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 […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 10, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Sunshine! Light of the World! Let there be light! Let your light shine! Arise, shine; your light has come! O God who is Light and who created Light and shares Light, we are aware of and grateful for what the […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 3, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance We come together in prayer this evening – knowing that is only through the power of your grace and the mystery of the Holy Spirit that we are able to commune with you and with one another. This is more […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 26, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance We thank you, O God of Words and Poetry, for the gift of the Psalms. We begin our prayer tonight with the words of the psalmist: In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put […]
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