Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 19, 2024 Written by Leah Brown, Duke Divinity School Summer Intern Merciful God, You are the source of all things good and lovely in this world. You make Your presence known even in small joys like nature, laughter, community, and art. Teach us to recognize […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 12, 2024 Written by Steve Richardson God in heaven and in our midst: Open our minds to your presence as you hear our prayers. Thank you for moments such as now to ponder your grace, mercy and blessings that refresh our spirits and emotions; to […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 5, 2024 Written by Rev. Catherine Nance Gracious God, we thank you for this gift of prayer, and for this technology. “Email” can sound so impersonal, yet, here we are, so many of us reading these words and praying the same words together. We thank […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 22, 2024 Written by Rev. Catherine Nance Tonight’s prayer is adapted from the one used this past Pentecost Sunday, May 19, 2024. The idea for the prayer petition came from a worship resource for the Reformed Church of America. O God, who always listens to […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 15, 2024 Written by David Martin, Church Street member Tonight’s prayer is one that church member, David Martin, wrote and shared with Pastor Catherine recently. This is a prayer that he offers each morning. Perhaps it could be your morning prayer as well. Magnificent Creator […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 8, 2024 Written by Steve Richardson O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come: Open our minds and hearts to sensing your closeness as you hear our prayers. We’re thankful for the sphere of your creation we call Earth, for […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 24, 2024 Written by Rev. Tim Best This week’s prayer is sent from Rev. Tim Best as he serves as a Marshal for the 2020 (2024) General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. God of all nations and peoples, Our hearts are filled with thanks and […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 17, 2024 Written by Rev. Catherine Nance O God, we pause at the end of the day with others in our church family to offer prayer. As we read these words, we imagine members of our church and what they mean to us. Some are […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 10, 2024 Written by Steve Richardson God in heaven and in our midst: Springtime surrounds our senses. Bright colors of flowers and trees’ green leaves, scents from fresh blossoms, sounds of singing birds (most of them always sound happy, except for the crows who seem […]
Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday By Rev. Catherine Nance Then… Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 “Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand…” We all know the scripture reading for […]
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