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All are Welcome

All are welcome at Church Street! We believe every person is of sacred worth and created in God’s image. We welcome and celebrate the gifts God has given to all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, disability, status, economic condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religious affiliation. We respect diversity of opinion and expressions of Christian faith. We believe God loves everyone unconditionally! As God loves us, so let us love and serve in the name of Christ.

Church Street News

Lent Devotional – What Would Jesus Do?

Monday, April 14 By: Pat Freeland Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4 ~~~ Do you remember when WWJD bracelets were popular? As Christians, any prompt is useful [...]

Lent Devotional – Beech Trees

Thursday, April 10 By: John Eldridge See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 The woods behind our house are full of beech trees. They are the trees that do not shed […]

Weekly Prayer – April 9, 2025

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 9, 2025 Written by Steve Richardson God in heaven and in our midst: As our Creator, you hear the rhythms of our heartbeats. You feel the trickling of our tears. You know the ebbs and flows of our souls – – sometimes restless, sometimes joyful, […]

Lent Devotional – Embracing Divine Interruptions

Monday, April 7 By: Julie Massie She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. ‘Who touched me?’ Jesus asked. Luke 8:44-45 We live in a world where interruptions are incessant. Through social media, advertising, emails, pop-up notifications, children, coworkers, and a billion other things, we are […]

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