Weekly Prayer – August 4
We open wide our hearts & hands to receive your rich food of love, purpose and resilience.
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MAD in the City
Making a Difference (MAD) in the City is Church Street Youth’s annual summer mission project. This project is focused on serving Knoxville and is a longstanding partnership with the Wesley House Community Center. Historically, we have spent time each summer with Wesley House students by providing academic support with one-on-one schoolwork, playing games, going on field trips, and working on […]
Update Regarding Covid-19 Protocols
We are thankful for the love and support you have shown to your neighbors and to your church since the Covid-19 pandemic started re-shaping much of our daily lives last year. We will continue to practice and model good health and safety measures for all in our congregation, particularly for our children under age 12 […]
Weekly Prayer – May 26
Continue to open our ears, Spirit of Truth, that we might hear how you desire to shape us, rather than our words shaping how we allow you to fit into our hearts.
Weekly Prayer – May 19
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of May 16, 2021 Written by Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Let us sing a glad song of gratitude to our God who has given us life and has imbued us with power to change the world. How amazing is that grace! The Holy One believes in us! […]
To the parents of the noisy kids in church
To the parents of those noisy kids today I have a few words I want to share with you…
Life After a COVID-19 Vaccine – New Guidelines!
The CDC has issued new guidelines for people who have been fully vaccinated. You are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or 2 weeks after a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. If you are fully vaccinated: you can now gather indoors with […]
Confirmation Class Zooms Along!
During this time of the COVID pandemic and in-person classes being suspended, Church Street’s Confirmation class has continued without any interruption. This year’s class of fifteen 6th and 7th graders began last September and will continue through April 2021. They meet every Sunday at 11 am via Zoom.
Questions about Covid Vaccines?
Two vaccines are now being offered to prevent COVID-19. Pfizer-Biontech and Moderna vaccines have been released under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA. Both are messenger RNA vaccines (mRNA) which work by teaching our cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune response. The mRNA from the vaccine does not enter the […]
Hope Amid Exile
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, November 29, Morning By Bishop Kenneth L. Carder Hope Amid Exile Read Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill […]
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 Welcome Statement