Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 15 By Steve Richardson Timeless Joy Read: 2 Corinthians 4:4-18 “For it is God who said, ‘Light will shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” (v.6) […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of December 14, 2022 Rev. Catherine Nance Oh, Lord! Time is running away from us! Six more days until school is out … Ten more days until Christmas Eve…. Seventeen more days until a new year begins! You have gifted us with morning and evening, O God, […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, December 14 By Linda Henderson Cox Expectation, Excitation, Exhilaration Read: Luke 1:31-33 “You will … give birth to a son … He will be great … His kingdom will have no end.” Unlike Zechariah’s unbelief when an angel told him he and Elizabeth would have a son, […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, December 13 By Jeffrey H. Johnson, M.D. Welcome to the Family Read: Colossians 3:16 NLT “Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 12 By Judy Grubb Christmas and Traditions Read: Luke 2:10 “…but the angel said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people’.” Christmas 2020 may be the saddest Christmas I have ever […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 11 By Rev. Palmer Cantler, Associate Pastor Always Check the Christmas Lights Read: Luke 11:33 CEB “People don’t light a lamp and then put it in a closet or under a basket. Rather, they place the lamp on a lampstand so that those who enter the […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 10 By John Eldridge, in honor of Blessing of the Animals The Earth is the Lord’s Read: Psalm 24 KJV “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” We recently did an upgrade to our backyard. We put […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 9 By Dena Wise The Morning of Forgiveness Read: Luke 1:76-77 ESV “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 8 By Caroline Lamar The Discomfort of Waiting Read: Isaiah 35:1-10 A few months ago, a guest from the Soup Kitchen attended the 8:30 a.m. worship service. When it came time for Holy Communion, she remained seated in her pew. The ushers indicated it was her […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of December 7, 2022 Rev. Catherine Nance* It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: “Peace on the earth, good will to all, from heaven’s all gracious King.” The world in solemn […]
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