Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 5, 2023 — Evening By Sarah Elliott Fasting from Fear Read: Psalm 27:13-14 “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” In […]
Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 5, 2023 — Morning By Rev. Rick Isbell Fasting from What to What? Read: Matthew 6:17-18 Fasting is normally not a real popular word. When I was growing up I heard that others fasted from meat on Fridays. As I grew and began reading and studying the […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 1, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance O God who shaped us from the dust, it is hard to believe that Ash Wednesday was a week ago. We had good intentions. We have good intentions. Forgive us for not following through or not truly paying attention to […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, February 26, 2023 — Evening By David Lineberger Who has Moved? Read: Psalm 27:8-9 “You have said, ‘Seek My face.’ My heart says to You, ‘Your face, LORD, do I seek.’ Hide not Your face from me. Turn not Your servant away in anger, O You who […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, February 26, 2023 — Morning By Laura Still When Jesus Came to Jordan Read: Matthew 3:13-17, 4:1-11, Mark 1:9-13, Luke 21-23, 4:1-13 John 1:29-34 “When Jesus came to Jordan, to be baptized by John He did not come for pardon, but as the Sinless One. He came […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 22, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance As we bow in prayer together tonight, O God, we cannot help but call you Scooper of Dust. That doesn’t quite sound so holy, but yet, that is how you are described in one of our Sacred Stories. You are […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023 — Evening By Rev. Tim Best, Senior Associate Pastor Depending on the Divine Read Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; and Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Lent has always been a time for me to reflect upon my great need for God. I […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023 — Morning By Donald Rickels Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days Ash Wednesday is a time to begin reflection on life. It is almost like a New year. What would you like to get rid of this season of Lent? Guilt? Sorrow? Regrets? […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 15, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Today’s lectionary reading from the Psalms is from Psalm 119:10 -16 … 119 10 With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. 11 I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 8, 2023 Rev. Catherine Nance Over eleven thousand dead … We close our eyes to pray about the world but we cannot even fathom eleven-thousand people. But you know, O Lord; you know each one. Thankful for your tenderheartedness, we look at the map, find […]
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