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Weekly Prayer – April 28

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 25, 2021 Written by Rev. Jan Buxton Wade Lord of Change, you show us the sacred in everything, even in the simple occurrences in our lives. As you are turning over the season, we feel the warmth of the spring sun, behold the fresh buds […]

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Confirmation class continues amidst pandemic obstacles

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in East Tennessee and caused closures across Knoxville, it was unclear how long a shutdown would last. In a typical year, 6th grade students who choose to participate in Confirmation meet weekly with Rev. Rick Isbell to learn more about their faith, the traditions in the United Methodist Church, and […]

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Weekly Prayer – April 21

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of April 18, 2021 Written by Rev. Jan Buxton Wade O Song of the Resurrection, each day and each night you play your bold melody of hope. Such a welcome hymn is difficult to hear, however, when the world seems to be spiraling downward. Newscasts sing of […]

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Doubt to Dedication

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, April 4, Evening By Johnie Elliott, March 18, 1979 Doubt to Dedication Read John 20:24-28 The world sometimes has a way of remembering the bad that we do and forgetting the good. Thomas is an example, as a usual thing, when people think of the doubting Thomas. […]

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From Death to Life

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Sunday, April 4, Morning By Rev. Dr. Tooms H. Kay, Jr., March 26, 1978 From Death to Life Read John 19:41-42 (J.B. Phillips) “In the place where he was crucified, there was a garden containing a new tomb in which nobody had yet been laid. Because it was […]

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Our Church

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, April 3, Evening By Dr. Don Rhodes, February 29, 1980 Our Church Read James 2:26 (Living Bible) “Just as the body is dead when there is no spirit in it, so faith is dead if it is not the kind that results in good deeds.” Article X […]

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Between Calvary & the Resurrection

Daily Lent Devotions from Church Street UMC Saturday, April 3, Morning By Helen Smithson, April 14, 1979 Between Calvary and the Resurrection Read Matthew 27:57-60 “And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man came to Pilate and asked […]