At the start of each summer, Church Street participates in a special hands-on mission project in conjunction with the Holston Conference. In an unprecedented year, the need was greater than ever, and the task more challenging than ever. Within the Holston Conference, projects in Liberia and Zimbabwe are supported by the fulfillment of buckets full […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 12, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade O Silent Companion, we are again apprised of the numbers — numbers representing the ill ones, breathing souls who are beloved of God. When did it happen that our days were clouded by statistics? Numbers are meaningless […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 11, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Great and Gentle God, you seem to know that this is a time when we need your brightness more than ever, and that is why you have bequeathed us this strand of dazzling days. In the brightness […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 10, 2020 God of Today and Every Day, we are fragile folk and we confess that we have allowed fear to control our lives. Our hearts are tattered and our minds race as we wait for the next blow: “What if…… happens?” we ask […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 9, 2020 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Great Teacher, you ask of us a hard thing. Our experiences are limited, for many of us have never lived in foreign cultures nor have we been […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 5, 2020 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. -Psalm 31:24 Be still my soul: the Lord is on your side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain, leave to your God to order […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 4, 2020 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear… Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth. -Psalm 46:1-2a, 10 All-Knowing God, in whom […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 3, 2020 Make me a channel of Your peace; Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love; Where there is injury, Your pardon, Lord, And where there’s doubt, true faith in You. Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope; Where there […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family November 2, 2020 Great is thy faithfulness, O God… Morning by morning new mercies we see. O Holy One, with the sounds of the bells still faintly ringing in the distance, we find ourselves still longing to linger in yesterday’s celebration of All Saints Day. […]
BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE Prayers for the Church Street Family October 29, 2020 Rev. Dr. Jan Buxton Wade Forever Guide, on this long journey called life, we confess that we do not always live as your people. We want to shine as the saints above, but we are often consumed in our own pursuits and […]
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