BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family March 3, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. . . . My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, March 3 By Dr. Felix Line, March 12, 1980 Faith With Works Read: James 2:26 “…Faith without works is dead.” The Christian religion makes many demands upon one who accepts it. The first step in becoming a Christian is to have faith. This concept emphasized by Paul […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family March 2, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Everybody’s talking at me; I can’t hear a word they’re saying, only the echoes of my mind. People stopping staring, I can’t see their faces, only the shadows of their eyes… (Harry Nilsson) There was confusion in […]
When you hear of the Congregational Care Committee, it’s easy to imagine what their day-to-day looks like: caring for the congregation. But, during the last year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the care provided by the committee has reached new lengths. This is the first year of recollection that the committee has been chaired by two […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, March 2 By Rev. William H. Balch, March 15, 1979 The Call Worth Answering Read: Luke 14:16-24 The teachings of our Lord are very real in our present day. I would like to share a parable that is written in response to the one found in Luke’s […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family March 1, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Fountain of Life, the sky above is gunmetal gray, matching the grayness of our outlook. But in evening’s sinking light, we can still make out the gnarled bark of the barren trees glistening in the falling […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, March 1 By Mrs. Gladys Phillips, March 12, 1978 Prayer Read Matthew 6:9-13; 6:7-8, Mark 1:35, Luke 18:1; 6:12, Matthew 7:7-8; 7:11; 6:6 Dr. Frank Laubach called prayer “The mightiest force in the world,” yet it is said to be the most neglected practice among Christians. One […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, February 28, Evening By Jim Kennedy, March 7, 1979 Dedication of Ourselves Read Matthew 20:25-28 Were we to be called on to list those ideals which have made this nation great among all nations, we might list its citizens’ devotion to liberty, freedom, independence, justice, mercy, honor, […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, February 28, Morning By Grace Parkhill, February 27, 1980 Today — As You Make It Read John 10:10b “…I came that they may have life and have it more abundantly.” “Every morning lean thine arms awhile Upon the window sill of heaven And gaze upon thy […]
Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, February 27 By Gene Flinter, April 2, 2017 The Companion Read: John 14:15-17 NIV “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot […]
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