Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 25, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade O Radiant One, the prophets of old spoke of you as the God of Light; and Jesus taught that your shining essence is embedded within each of us. And yet it seems that we have grown comfortable living within […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 18, 2022 Rev. Pat Clendenen* I will come to you in the silence; I will lift you from all your fear. You will hear my voice; I claim you as my choice. Be still and know I am here. Gracious and Merciful God, we come […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 11, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade O Light of Each New Day and Luster of Evening Star, we tremble when we consider how your goodness permeates every hour of every day! You have brought us safely to this point, as the curtain of dusk falls […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 4, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade From the grain of the field and from the fruit of the vine you continue to feed us, O Sustainer. Having received the bread of life and the cup of grace in our community this past Sunday, you addressed […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 27, 2022 Rev. Catherine Nance* Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, That I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do. Breathe on me, Breath of God. Breathe on us, Breath of God. Life-giving God, we […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 20, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Hail thee Festival Day! It was just before dawn when the glow of the Easter moon pulled our eyes upward — the first to disclose that darkness was fleeing – the first to whisper that new life was coming […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, April 18 – Afterword By Nancy and Barry Christmas, On Behalf of the Congregational Care Committee Let Your Light Shine Read: Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put […]
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 […]
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!) […]
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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