Longing to Pray – Day 4 “I think God is the kind of good Friend who enlists other people to pray for us. I think that’s what may be happening on those occasions when someone comes to the mind unbidden; this may be God’s nudge to pray for that person. But God reveals no secrets …
We are privileged to see the spiritual giants who wrote the psalms, not in portraits of their spiritual finery, but in the rags of their candid struggles. No wonder, then, that in our own times of despair and struggle, we turn to the book of Psalms. We know we will find some spiritual kin there.” …
“Since friendship unfolds in the context of daily life, it can hardly be expected to fit into neatly engineered rules. Friendship has more to do with desire than with design. It is a grand thing, but it flourishes in common places, and often in unlikely ones, like the flower that blooms through a crack in …
During the season of Lent we will be focusing on fostering a life of prayer with the help of Dr. Elsworth Kalas’ book, ‘Longing to Pray’. Each day we will post a short quote from the book and a prayer prompt to engage us in prayer. Let the journey begin! “Thinking that our posture wins …
Join us on Christmas Eve for a Candlelight service at 4:00 PM!
The youth group volunteered at Bentleyville last night to serve cookies and hot cocoa to all the visitors looking for Santa! We were joined by the youth and volunteers from Norton Park, Asbury, and Northwoods UMC as well. We always make a bigger impact for God’s Kingdom when we work together!
We begin our prayer… In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance, and in your kindness grant those you stir to a sense of devotion a gracious hearing when they cry out to you. Through our Lord Jesus …
We begin our prayer… In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance, and in your kindness grant those you stir to a sense of devotion a gracious hearing when they cry out to you. Through our Lord Jesus …
As we enter into the Season of Stewardship together we are posting our Lectio Divina guide for this week. The scripture reading is from the gospel of Luke and will be our scripture reading for worship this Sunday. Take time to connect with this reading during the week. Consider how God might be calling you …
Your daily inspiration from our Youth students: Youth picture project day 3. This picture was taken by one of our youth and he shared with us that he took this picture, “because it reminds him of his favorite season of the year, FALL”.