Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of October 11, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Lament. It is the word on our hearts, O God. Lament. Usually spoken when there are no words – or, at least, no words that make sense. Israel. Gaza. Hamas. Palestine. We are horrified by the images and videos. We […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of October 4, 2023 Steve Richardson* *Italicized excerpts are from “God of Grace and God of Glory,” hymn #577, written by Harry Emerson Fosdick God of grace and God of glory … free our hearts to work and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of September 27, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance* A portion of today’s prayer was written by Bishop Ken Carter, UMC. As we prepare for Blessing of the Animals Sunday ….. O God, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen: You place us in your […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of September 13, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance We pause O Loving God, to acknowledge that you are our Creator and that you are God of the Universe. You know what a leap it is for us, to look up from our routine to acknowledge that there is […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of September 6, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance This prayer was adapted from a prayer written by Christine Longhurst whose worship blog is called re:WORSHIP. Christine teaches at Canadian Mennonite University. O God, just as You rescued the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt, setting them free […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of August 30, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance I see the moon and the moon sees me. God bless the moon and God bless me. Tonight is the Super Blue Moon, O God! You have set the cosmos in place and have given human beings the ability to […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of August 9, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance We turn to you, O God of Wednesday, with our mid-week concerns. We know you are the Lord of all days! There are no mini gods over each day! But there is a particular bent to our posture of prayer […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of August 9, 2023 Today has been a beautiful day; a cooler day. We give you thanks, O God, for what we call pleasant weather. We have enjoyed the way ‘outside’ feels today as we have shared stories about how the winds and the tornado affected us […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of August 23, 2023 “Where did July go?” That is what we are asking ourselves, O God! You hear it under our breath! You hear it as we put new school schedules in our phone. You hear it as monthly reminders pop up. You hear it as […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 26, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance At our Church Council meeting Tuesday night, one of our youth offered the closing prayer. Her words were …. “Dear Lord, thank you for giving us the opportunity to change our world for the better, even through our basic day-to-day […]
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