Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 9 By Linda Cox Confronted by God Read Job 38:2 (The Message) “Why do you talk without knowing what you’re talking about?” I love chapters 38-42 of Job. After suffering his ‘friends’ and their harangue about why he has lost everything, Job got in a few […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of December 8, 2021 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14:27) We await […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Wednesday, December 8 By Beth Cooper-Libby, Preschool Director A Recipe for Morals Read Judges 21:25 “In those days there was no king of Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” A boy in Sunday school had been taught by the same teacher for a number […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Tuesday, December 7 By Steve Richardson The Past and the Promise Read John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son …” In recent weeks, Mary Ellis has led the charge in our house to comb through mountains of files, documents, […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Monday, December 6 By Paula Morrison Be Faithful Through the Hard Times; Good Times Will Return Read Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, December 5 By Rev. Rick Isbell, Retired Minister of Discipleship Never Normal Again Read Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, December 4 By Laine Thomas Silent Night, Holy Night Read Psalm 62:5 “My soul, wait in Silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.” It’s hard to imagine silence in the heart of the Christmas season. There is always so much to do. The season […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Friday, December 3 By Elizabeth Reagon; Reprinted from the 2018 Advent devotional in honor of Murphy Builders Class Is Your Gift List Complete? Read James 1:17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:8-20 By now most of us are well along with our plans for Christmas—cards, decorations, gift list. But is […]
Daily Advent Devotions from Church Street UMC Thursday, December 2 By Fran Wheeler, Stephen Ministry Shadows Under the Star Read Luke 2:35b “And a sword will pierce your own soul, too.” Christmas—a fantasy, all gold and red—excitement and joy! But personal sadness and loss may overshadow Christmas, leaving some adrift and alone, and perhaps feeling […]
Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of December 1, 2021 Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Ps 42:5) O Root of Jesse and Hope of our World, upon […]
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