by Crystal Harris | Jan 28, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized
Faith Journeys “Looking Up During Uncertain Times” A Daily Devotional Text: Mark 4:1-9 & Mark 4:15-20 International Children’s Bible Scripture Reading: A Story About Planting Seed 4 Another time Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 26, 2021 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer for January 24, 2021 Let us begin with a time of silent prayer. Let us pray. Always Seeking-God….sometimes we are so much like the prophet Jonah…loving to receive grace and compassion when it is directed toward us….and yet sometimes so reluctant to...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 21, 2021 | blog
Crazy Friendship Looking Up During Uncertain Times” A Daily Devotional Text: Mark 2:2-5 International Children’s Bible Scripture Reading: 2 So many people gathered to hear him preach that the house was full. There was no place to stand, not even outside the door....
by Crystal Harris | Jan 18, 2021 | blog
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bob Livingsto January 18, 2021 With today being the 35th year MLK Day has been commemorated in our nation, I thought I would take a moment to speak to the powerful and lasting legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I grew up...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 16, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized
We go into ceremony to talk with God Text: “When we run out of words, then and only then can God be God. When we have eaten our words until we are sick of them, when nothing we can tell ourselves makes a dent in our hunger, when we are prepared to surrender to the...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 14, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized
Focusing In A Loud World A Daily Devotional Text: Mark 1:35-38 International Children’s Bible Scripture Reading: 35 Early the next morning, Jesus woke and left the house while it was still dark. He went to a place to be alone and pray. 36 Later, Simon and his...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 13, 2021 | blog, Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral Prayer for 1/10/21 (Jesus’ Baptism) God as we heard the echoes of the familiar baptism story, our minds bring back so many memories of baptisms past; we hear the stories that were told about our own, we can maybe even see old pictures of chubby infants in...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 11, 2021 | blog
It Couldn’t Be Done Devotional for Monday, January 11, 2021 Greetings today! After the events of last week and the ongoing challenges, fears, and drudgery of the coronavirus, many people begin to feel helpless and hopeless, as if nothing can or will ever...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 9, 2021
Contemporary Issues. February 14 at 11:15 am, after church BLACK HISTORY IN WASHTENAW COUNTY Please join the Contemporary Issues Committee as we learn more about Black History in Washtenaw County. We are delighted to welcome a speaker from the African American...
by Crystal Harris | Jan 9, 2021
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