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 […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 19, 2023 Rev. Tim Best Almighty God, King of the Universe, We give you thanks for all the blessings of this day. For rain, for a day where the air feels fresher, and a time to give thanks for all the simple blessings and mercies […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of July 5, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance You know us so well, O God. It is tempting to jump down to the prayer concerns—not stopping to pray. We want to see the concerns. We ask, “Is it anyone I know? Is my request listed there?’ We are […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 28, 2023 Rev. Andy Ferguson This prayer was given by Rev. Andy Ferguson on Sunday, June 25 during the Sunday School hour in the Open Door class. A Prayer for Holy Wonder God of Creation’s first morning, God of our children’s first prayer. […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 21, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance On this night of Summer Solstice, I am inspired by the hymn writer, Kathleen Thomerson, and offer her words here …. I want to walk as a child of the light. I want to follow Jesus. God set the starts […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 14, 2023 Rev. Tim Best God of Abraham, We thank you for the many blessings you pour out upon us. We are thankful for summer camps for children, sunny days outside, rainy nights that seem to leave the world refreshed the next morning. We are […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of June 7, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Good evening friends! I am at Lake Junsaluksa, North Carolina attending the Holston Annual Conference along with Pastor Tim and our lay members. It has been a glorious time of worship and hearing reports about what is happening in our […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 31, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Ah … summer! Thank you, God, for the season of summer vacation! Even for those who are not ‘in school,’ there seems to be an energy in the air. A spirit of relaxation, a spirit of exploring, a spirit of […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 24, 2023 Rev. Andy Ferguson Fire-giving God, on the day before long-ago Pentecost, You looked down on all you had created: –a universe beyond measure, –a world of sustained beauty and productivity, –creatures great and small. You looked down […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 17, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance O God of Alpha and Omega, God of Beginnings and Endings and Beginning Again, we can hear the strains of Pomp and Circumstance in the air and see mortarboards being tossed towards the heavens. Students are relieved and giddy; parents […]
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