Week of February 4, 2026 Rev. Catherine Nance ___________________________ It is easier to pray to you on warm days, O God. We know you are always with us, but on cold days it is more difficult to raise our head, lift our hands out to you, and take deep satisfying breaths as we give thanks […]
Week of January 28, 2026 Rev. Tim Best ___________________________ God of strength and mercy, Hear us when we call out to you, gracious Lord. When we lift our voices, with longing, with expectation, out of grief or suffering, hear us. We are drawn to you, and our hearts guide us towards you. Yet, we often […]
Week of January 21, 2026 Rev. Amber Lloyd ___________________________ Holy One, Our hearts are filled with a new song for you this day. We praise you for your everlasting faithfulness, your steadfast love day after day. Your grace goes before us, illuminating our steps and shining light in the dark places of our hearts. Your […]
Week of January 14, 2026 Pastor Sam Dzobo ___________________________ Do you not say, “Four months more, then comes the harvest? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting” (John 4:35). Gracious and loving God, We thank you for this new year you have set before us, a year […]
Week of January 7, 2026 Rev. Catherine Nance ___________________________ It is customary at the beginning of a new year for United Methodists to pray the Covenant Prayer written by John Wesley (1780). As you can imagine the language sounds … 1780ish. Rev. Jeremy Smith offers a contemporary version which still reflects Wesley’s intent. You can go […]
Week of December 31, 2025 Steve Richardson ___________________________ God in heaven and in our midst: This day we find ourselves again at the mark of a measurement of time conceived by our ancestors. While we set the standards of a calendar and counting of days, you, Omnipotent Creator, set the standards and laws of a […]
Week of December 24, 2025 Rev. Tim Best ___________________________ Holy are you, God of presence and love, You have made your love most fully known in and through Jesus Christ. As Christmas Eve settles around us, grant to each person your peace. Calm the heart of every child. To those full of energy and joy, […]
All Still Within By: Kristen Struyk Titus 3:4-6 “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us […]
Week of December 17, 2025 Rev. Amber Lloyd ___________________________ O God of Grace and Mercy, You sit enthroned on the praises of your people. All glory and honor is yours, Almighty God, and your people at Church Street join with the saints and the angels singing songs of adoration and joy today. All the earth […]
Tough Hope By: Andy Ferguson “For a child has been born for us, a son given to us. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”Isaiah 9.6, 7 Most people are drawn to babies. I am drawn to babies. This passage from Isaiah speaks of a newborn king, a male child. It […]
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