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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, November 29 By Therese Zaltash The Wonder of Hope Read Romans 15:12-14 Advent is “The coming of Christ” and the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. This time of year invites us to step away from the chaotic times […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, November 28 By Rev. Catherine Nance, Senior Pastor Wait Read Nehemiah 9:6-15 “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 24, 2021 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness, come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God. It is he that has made us and we are his; We […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family* Week of November 17, 2021 Rev. Tim Best Most Caring God, as we approach the holiday of Thanksgiving, remind us that true thanksgiving is not a single day of the year, but an eternal season of gratitude, a lifestyle that we practice our entire lives. Fill our hearts […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of November 10, 2021 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade And what do you have that you did not receive? And if also you did receive it, why do you boast as not having received it? (I Cor. 4:7) Ah, the apostle has rightly spoken – for what have we acquired that did not come to us from Divine […]
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