Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 15 By Dr. Dwight Wade Precious Gifts Often Overlooked Read: Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (NRSV) Absorbing the evening TV news is particularly wrenching in our era, as much of what is reported […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 14 By Barry Christmas, in honor of Congregational Care The Best Christmas Gift Ever! Read: James 1:17 NKJV Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, December 13 By Ann Reego In the Bleak Midwinter Read: Luke 2:1-20 This is my favorite Christmas carol. It moves me more than Silent Night, Hark the Herald, Joy to the World, or O Come, All Ye Faithful. It’s the last verse that gets me. The carol […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, December 12 By Verna Mclain What Gifts Can We Bring? Read: 1 Corinthians 13:13 So now faith, hope and love abide, but the greatest of these is love. Christmas is a time of gift giving. We spend time, energy and money to buy that special gift for […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 11 By David Lineberger The Only True Way Read: Psalm 25:8-10 Living in the 21st century is tough. It seems that many things we considered rock steady in life are falling apart. People are attacking other people just because they perceive them to be inadequate role […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 10, Evening By Dr. Edie Johnson, Organist and Music Associate People, Look East Read: Isaiah 40:4 Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter of an American actor, penned this Advent hymn replete with vivid seasonal imagery. Though a shy girl who grew up […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 10, Morning Rev. Tim Best, Senior Associate Pastor Patience Read: Psalm 98 I am not particularly musical. I played in the band in middle school but quit to pursue other interests. I always liked the idea of singing, but I didn’t take voice lessons nor did […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 9 By Dan Kelley Who Are You? Read: 1 Peter 3:3-4 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 8 By Jim Lantrip Behold, Your God! Read: Zechariah 6:12-13 “The king shall come when morning dawns and light triumphant breaks, When beauty gilds the eastern hills and life to joy awakes. And let the endless bliss begin by weary saints foretold, When right shall triumph […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 7 By Jenny Cross, Director of Youth Ministries Pleased to Dwell Read: Colossians 1:15-20 There is a familiarity to the Christmas story that often distracts me from the magnitude of it all. The poor mother and father traveling to the small town. The farm animals surrounding […]
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