Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Holy Saturday, April 8, 2023 — Morning By Verna McClain Beneath the Cross As a youth, I would walk to my church on Sunday evenings for my MYF, as it was then called. It was safe to walk around our small town, even at night. I always sang […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Good Friday, April 7, 2023 — Evening By Ann Reego O Sacred Head Now Wounded Read: John 19:2 Imagine a hymn so powerful that it has been a favorite and beloved Passion Hymn for 900 years! That is the story behind O Sacred Head, Now Wounded. Written by […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Good Friday, April 7, 2023 — Morning By Suzanne Matheny Seeing the Love in His Glance Read: Psalm 22:1, Mark 15:34, Matthew 27:46 “‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” Read: John 14:20 “‘On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023 — Evening By Dan Kelley Calling Me Home Read: Joshua 24:15 “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” I was 10 years old when my family moved from Saint Louis […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023 — Morning By Rev. Rick Isbell, Reprinted from the 2022 Lenten devotional Towel and Basin People Read: John 13:3-5, 12-17 On Maundy Thursday evening one year in the church I served before coming to Church Street, we had a foot washing as part […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 5, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance O God who calls forth all springtime flowers, thank you for the beauty of this day. Sunshine. A breeze. Pinks, whites, yellows, pale purples are smiling from bushes and gardens. We want to stay outside and bask the beauty of […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — Evening By Barry Christmas No Greater Love Read: John 15:13; John 13:34-35; Matt. 7:1-2 (NIV) When I contemplate the degree of suffering and torture my Savior endured on the cross so that I might be cleansed of all sin and redeemed unto God, […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, April 5, 2023 — Morning By Rev. Rick Isbell The Act of Giving Read: Luke 21:1-4 On Sunday, January 15, during the singing of the first hymn at the 11 am service, she slipped quietly into the nave and sat down in the south transept. She was […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, April 4, 2023 – Morning By Verna McLain Who He Is Read: Psalm 139:9 “If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me and your right hand will hold me.” Albert Schweitzer, […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, April 3, 2023 – Evening By Krystal Cranfield Keep Trying Read: Galatians 6:9 “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” – Pablo Picasso Since college, I’ve kept this quote as my laptop wallpaper. I’ve scribbled it on notes when struggling to meet a deadline, muttered […]
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