Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 15, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Searching God, we praise you for always seeking those who are stumbling by the wayside, knowing full well that, most often, we are the very ones who have misread the road signs pointing homeward. Thank you for retracing your […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 13, Evening By Vivian Kemper, Received in God’s holy presence on January 28, 2022 River of Life Read: Romans 8:18-23 NIV A friend and I traveled to Pigeon Forge in January. Going through the Smoky Mountains, we mentioned how all the trees looked so grey and […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 13, Morning By Barry Christmas Our Journey Through the Wilderness Read: Matthew 4:1-4 “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 8, 2022 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade O God of Lengthening Days, we have traveled our own ways for so long that we fear we might not find that singular trail that leads to your redemption. Call out to us once again, we pray, that we […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, March 6, Evening By Laura Still Becoming Green Read Psalm 63:1-8 “O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked […]
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 […]
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