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Spirit of the Sycamore

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, April 17, Evening – Easter Sunday By Rev. Jan Buxton Wade, Minister of Spiritual Enrichment Spirit of the Sycamore Read: Ephesians 4:20-24 ESV “You learned Christ … and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to […]

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Mouths of Babes

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, April 17, Morning – Easter Sunday By Katie (& Evie) Strangis Mouths of Babes Read: 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 “…then he diiiieeed, and he was kiiillllled, and now Jesus lives in my heeeeaaarrrrttt.” That is the song my 3-year-old has made up and started to sing (and dance!) […]

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The Miracle of Life

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, April 16, Evening – Holy Week Day 6 By Bill Terry The Miracle of Life Read: John 10:10b “…I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” Many years ago when I was caring for children with cancer, one family was unique. The father was […]

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Holy Saturday

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, April 16, Morning – Holy Week Day 6 By Ann Reego Holy Saturday Read: Matthew 27:62-66 “The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, […]

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Despair, but also Hope

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, April 15, Evening – Good Friday By Jeff Cheek Despair, but also Hope Read: Lamentations 3:16-24 “He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust. I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. So I say, ‘My splendor […]

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Sitting in Silence

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, April 15, Morning – Good Friday Rev. Catherine Nance, Senior Pastor Sitting in Silence Read: Psalm 62:1-2 “For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. God alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.” It is […]

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Towel and Basin People

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, April 14, Evening – Maundy Thursday Rick Isbell Towel and Basin People Read: John 13:3-5, 12-17 On Maundy Thursday evening one year in the church I served before coming to Church Street, we had a foot washing as part of the service. The clergy conducting the service […]

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Behold the Light

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, April 14, Morning – Maundy Thursday In Honor of Stephen Ministry Behold the Light Read from the Gospel of John “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The […]

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The Scarcest Thing

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, April 13, Evening – Holy Week Day 3 By Dona Bunch The Scarcest Thing Read: Matthew 6:6 NIV “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, […]

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The Pioneer of Our Faith

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, April 13, Morning – Holy Week Day 3 By Rev. Tim Best, Senior Associate Pastor The Pioneer of Our Faith Read: Hebrews 12:1-3 NIV “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that […]