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Evening Prayer – January 20

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 20, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Blessed One, night tiptoes in softly across the fields and the city streets, altering both the landscape and the perspective of anyone wise enough to notice. Change is in the air, though in our weakness, we struggle […]

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Evening Prayer – January 19

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 19, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has chosen as his own. Psalm 33:12 Good and Holy God, we come to you in prayer with our souls wide open, seeking your […]

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Evening Prayer – January 18

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 18, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Mountains have a dreamy way of closing up a noisy day In quiet covers, cool and grey. (Leigh Hunt) O God of Presence, the greyness settles in across our beloved mountains and calls us home, much as […]

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Evening Prayer – January 14

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 14, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Portal of Life, even before our birth, your gentle rapping was taking place upon the door of our hearts; and as time passed, that rapping came to us in the form of a nudge, a whisper, a […]

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Evening Prayer – January 13

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 13, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast! Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be, End of faith, as its […]

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Evening Prayer – January 12

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 12, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;     you discern my thoughts from far away.  You search out my path and my lying down,     and are […]

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Evening Prayer – January 11

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 11, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Keeper of the Hours, daylight is seeping away and the twisted fingers of the oaks seem to be waving good-bye to the foggy hillsides.  For many, sundown seems to come too soon, for deadlines have not […]

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Evening Prayer – January 7

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 7, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O God, Our Refuge and Strength, although hours have passed, we can still hear the roar of the angry crowd, the breaking of glass, the noise of destruction. The unsettling sounds, sights, and shock of yesterday we […]

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Evening Prayer – January 6

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family January 6, 2021 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look,     and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it,     and find rest for your souls. (Jeremiah 6:16) O Holy Light That Shines […]

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Flowers that bless twice

If you’ve attended (either in-person or virtually) a Church Street United Methodist Church service, you might have noticed the beautiful flowers that line the altar.  But, what happens to those flowers after the service? Flower Committee Chair Ann Warwick and her team of four help make sure that these beautiful flower arrangements bless twice. The […]

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