Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 21, Evening By Barry Christmas Fear Not, I Bring Good Tidings Read Luke 2:10 “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 21, Morning By Virginia A. White Joy Read Philippians 1:3-4 “I Thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.” (NIV) One of my favorite memories is encased in a cold, mid-December when my […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 20, Evening By Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Breath of Heaven Read John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 20, Morning By Rev. Catherine Nance O Come, Thou Root of Jesse’s Tree Read Isaiah 11:1-10 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 19, Evening By Ann Reego Feeling It Read Psalm 43:3-4 “Send your light and your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling place. Then I will come to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 18, Morning By Sue Isbell Filling the Void Read Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.” I miss Walk Through Bethlehem. For eighteen of the twenty-three years that I worked at Church Street, recreating the village of Bethlehem consumed most of my Advent […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 18, Evening By Vivian Kempfer Elizabeth Read Luke 1:5 “There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.” (KJV) The […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 18, Morning By Judy Vest What a Year! Read 1 Peter 1:8 “You love him though you have never seen him; though not seeing him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself.” You have a […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 17, Evening By Steve Richardson The Church of How Read John 1:14-18 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us … No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 15, Morning By Dena Wise Our Amazing Ragtag Christmas Tree Read 1 Corinthians 12:18-20 “God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? As it is, there […]
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