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 […]
Week of December 10, 2025 Pastor Sam Dzobo ___________________________ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (MSG) “Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.” Gracious God, Fill us again with the deep joy that flows from knowing […]
ADVENTure By: Elaine Eberhart “Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’” Luke 1:38 NRSVUE We witness the power and the consequences of saying yes to God when we read the angel’s prophetic invitation to Mary to bear Jesus into the world. We […]
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