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A Recipe for Morals

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, December 8 By Beth Cooper-Libby, Preschool Director A Recipe for Morals Read Judges 21:25 “In those days there was no king of Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” A boy in Sunday school had been taught by the same teacher for a number […]

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The Past and the Promise

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, December 7 By Steve Richardson The Past and the Promise Read John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son …” In recent weeks, Mary Ellis has led the charge in our house to comb through mountains of files, documents, […]

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Be Faithful Through the Hard Times; Good Times Will Return

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 6 By Paula Morrison Be Faithful Through the Hard Times; Good Times Will Return Read Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which […]

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Never Normal Again

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 5 By Rev. Rick Isbell, Retired Minister of Discipleship Never Normal Again Read Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way […]

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Silent Night, Holy Night

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 4 By Laine Thomas Silent Night, Holy Night Read Psalm 62:5 “My soul, wait in Silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.” It’s hard to imagine silence in the heart of the Christmas season. There is always so much to do.  The season […]

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Is Your Gift List Complete?

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 3 By Elizabeth Reagon; Reprinted from the 2018 Advent devotional in honor of Murphy Builders Class Is Your Gift List Complete? Read James 1:17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:8-20 By now most of us are well along with our plans for Christmas—cards, decorations, gift list. But is […]

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Shadows Under the Star

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 2 By Fran Wheeler, Stephen Ministry Shadows Under the Star Read Luke 2:35b “And a sword will pierce your own soul, too.”  Christmas—a fantasy, all gold and red—excitement and joy! But personal sadness and loss may overshadow Christmas, leaving some adrift and alone, and perhaps feeling […]

Weekly Prayer – December 1, 2021

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of December 1, 2021 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.  (Ps 42:5) O Root of Jesse and Hope of our World, upon […]

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We Will Be Found

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, December 1 By Judy Grubb We Will Be Found Read Isaiah 11:2-4 “And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. He will […]

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Comfort & Joy

Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, November 30 By Jenny Cross, Director of Youth & College Ministries Comfort & Joy Read Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”  Here we are, […]