Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 6, Morning By Nancy Carmon Dangerous Journey Read Isaiah 43:1-3 My home devotion study recently was entitled “Dangerous Journey”. I assumed the writers were going to reflect on Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness. That was a dangerous journey. The landscape east of Jerusalem down to Jericho […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, March 2, Evening – Ash Wednesday By Steve Richardson Welcome Read Luke 15:20-24 “But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.” Lent’s nature of repentance and renewal brings […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, March 2, Morning – Ash Wednesday By Dwight Wade The Gift of 40 Days Read Matthew 4:1-11 “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The Tempter […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 1, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Christ whose glory fills the skies, your mercies pierce the darkest morn and the most dreary night. As Jesus was transfigured on the mount, you transfigure everything you touch. Most Holy One, you remain our light upon the unknown […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 23, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Scripture tells us your spark of divinity resides within each of us. And whatever essence this spark is, we confess, such a notion of innate holiness unnerves us. Therefore, we have lacquered it over by our own illusions and […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 16, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Awaken us, we pray, to your Spirit-filled blessings that encircle the quiet earth. In our quest to “do” we forget you have called us to “be.” We confess we walk about with eyes closed to your splendors, but you […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of February 2, 2022 Rev. Pat Clendenen Loving and gracious God, in the quietness of these moments, speak to our hearts. We come to your house each week to offer our praise and thanksgiving with our words, our songs, our acts of commitment, and affirmations of faith. […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of January 26, 2022 Rev. Catherine Nance Loving and gracious God – we come today in praise and thanksgiving for you – the creator all good things. We remember that when you spoke the earth into being, you declared it good. As we stand on your earth […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of January 19, 2022 Rev. Tim Best Gracious Lord, this week we remember the life and legacy of your servant, Rev. Dr. King, praying that your Spirit would continue to teach us the ways of peace. When we encounter hate; grant us the gift of love. Help […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of January 12, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Welcoming One, we can imagine you now in our mind’s eye, with your arms outstretched, bidding us draw close. You must know quite well how overwhelmed and vulnerable we feel. The pandemic continues to unfold around the globe and […]
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