Many people in our church are asking why we have new blue paraments for the season of Advent. In past years, we have used purple parament...

Today (January 6) we celebrate the concluding 12th day of the Christmas Season. In our western Christian liturgical calendar, we conclude...

Ash Wednesday, the 1st day of a 40 day Lenten season that will lead us all the way into the final days of Jesus' life and his crucifixio...

Sunday After Christmas Day Prayer (Contemporary Version) Lord, on this Sunday after Christmas Day, we thank you that we can continue to...

We light this first Advent candle as a symbol of expectation. We expect God to do great and wonderful things through each ...

Ash Wednesday (3 Services) - March 5 Noon (Half  Hour Service) & 7:30 P.M. @ Church, 163 E. Wheeling St. 6:30 P.M. @ Crossro...

A big thank you to Rev. Irvin J. Boudreaux, a United Methodist pastor for sharing this thought on Advent. Have you caught the Advent viru...

Most churches are careful to count the number of people who attend worship services.  Usually this is done by the usher team.  Pastors te...

Today (August 19) would have been mom's 83rd birthday.  She died a couple of months ago on June 9.  Traditionally, the church celebra...

Living God, when the Spirit descended on Jesus at his baptism in Jordan’s water you revealed him as your own beloved Son. You anointed ...

THE BELOVED It was a voice out of nowhere. It was a voice from everywhere. It was the voice of love. It was the voice from ...

In the West, we celebrate Epiphany (the visit of the Wise Men) on January 6 which is the twelfth day of Christmas.  It's a day to re...

O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our...

Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepa...

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grac...

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed th...

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in wh...

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Me...

The daily devotional reading from "Forward Day by Day" reveals the creativity and the depth within the Christian calendar. To...

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of th...