Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 3 By Rev. Catherine Nance Magic Word Read: Isaiah 64:1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence! My mind goes back to early 70’s Saturday morning TV. For us pre-teens and early teens, […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 29, 2023 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Holy and Elusive God, we enter your presence in these moments because we desire to know your truth. We seek to comprehend the whole of you, often trying to define you with names and attributes. Yet our spiritual impulses […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 22, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance God is great; God is good. Let us thank God for our food. Amen. We learned this prayer at an early age, O God. Eyes closed, head bowed, hands folded. We were not even sure who ‘God’ was, but we […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 11, 2023 Rev. Tim Best Gracious Lord, Thank you for the overwhelming abundance of your love. In your love we discover that we need not try to save ourselves. We hear the voices of the world around us speaking doubt and fear. It is so […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 8, 2023 Steve Richardson God in heaven and in our midst, we come to you with our prayers, trusting fully in your grace and mercy to receive them. Your handiwork placed this Earth in its position so we can thrive from the brightness and energy […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 1, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance O God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob …. We often begin our prayers recalling our spiritual roots began before the birth of Jesus O God, Creator of the Universe … We often begin our prayers recalling your love and desire […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of October 25, 2023 Rev. Tim Best O God over all creation, We give you thanks for the mercies of this day. As we come to the end of the day we look back with gratitude. For the bright and happy moments today, we praise you and […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of October 18, 2023 Rev. Rick Isbell O good and gracious God in whom we move and have our being, we come before you this morning with great thanksgiving for all your blessings in our lives. We give thanks for the love of our family and friends. […]
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 […]
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