by cbaker | Jan 13, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
January 13, 2021 INVITATION and READING We come to you now, O Lord, in troubled and lonely times. We come for guidance. We come to free ourselves from the darkness of sin that we may find the light of your truth and love. Ephesians 4: 1-6 (Unity in the Body of Christ)...
by cbaker | Jan 6, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Christ brings fresh light to the world, may our reflection help us carry this light into the new year. Psalm 90 (A prayer of Moses the man of God) 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. 2 Before the mountains...
by cbaker | Dec 30, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVITATION and READING What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a Shepherd I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man I would do my part, Yet what I can I give Him, Give my heart. (In the Bleak Midwinter, st. 6) John 1: 1-5, 14 1 In the beginning was the Word,...
by cbaker | Dec 23, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
December 23, 2020 Dreams of Love Invocation and Reading Like a child love would send to reveal and to mend, Like a child and a friend, Jesus comes. Like a child we may find claiming heart, soul, and mind, Like a child strong and kind, Jesus comes. (“Like a Child”...
by cbaker | Dec 15, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
December 16, 2020 Dreams of Joy INVOCATION and READINGS O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel! Psalm 126 (A Song of Ascents) 1When the...
by cbaker | Nov 30, 2020 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
MID-WEEK DEVOTIONAL and Hymn Reflection December 2, 2020 Advent 1 – Dreams of Hope INVITATION and READING Let us prepare our hearts as we await the coming of our Lord, Let us watch for the one who heard our cries and shouldered the suffering of our world, Let us...