Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 24, 2024 Written by Rev. Tim Best Caring and loving Lord, You are our good shepherd and bring hope to us when we are lost and scared. We are grateful for the ways you have sought us out with your tender mercy this week. When […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 17, 2024 Tonight’s prayer is taken from The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer. (General Editor, Matt Miofsky and Contributing Writer; Contributing Editor, Layce Warner; Copyright 2023 Abingdon Press) After each prompt, I encourage you to take some time to reflect on the people, events, and […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 10, 2024 Written by Steve Richardson God in heaven and in our midst: Time seems to melt away as quickly as a cone of ice cream on these hot summer days. During moments of reflection such as now, help us to place priority on our […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 3, 2024 Written by Rev. Andy Ferguson Rev. Andy Ferguson shared this prayer with Open Door last Sunday. He wrote it several years ago, back when he was doing yearly short-term mission trips in other countries – what we call ‘third-world countries.’ He prefaced the […]
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 […]
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