by cbaker | Feb 10, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVITATION and PSALM Come, seek the Lord. Seek His path and He will light it for you. Psalm 5 – For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David. 1 Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. 2 Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray....
by cbaker | Feb 9, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
In our ongoing series on the stained glass windows in the sanctuary, we’ve come to the window that shows Jesus feeding the multitude. This scene is found in all four gospels (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:12-17 and John 6:1-14). The day was getting on the...
by cbaker | Feb 3, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
He came for us INVITATION and SCRIPTURE Come, witness the one who came for us, who lived for us, and who died for us. Come and know Jesus, who personifies God’s love, compassion, and mercy, that we may live and work in His ways. Hebrews 2:14-18 14 Since the children...
by cbaker | Feb 2, 2021 | Newsletters
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by cbaker | Jan 27, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
“What Would Jesus Do?” INVOCATION and READING Day by day, Dear Lord of thee three things I pray: to see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day. att. Richard of Chichester Matthew 11:25-30 The Father Revealed in the Son 25 At...
by cbaker | Jan 26, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Visiting the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center today showed that there have been 421,239 deaths in the United States from COVID-19. Around the world, the number of deaths is recorded as 2,143,198 and Frederick County Health Department reports 232 deaths. The...
by cbaker | Jan 19, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
On the day before the inauguration of a new president and vice president, I will pass on a prayer provided by our Bishop and the Baltimore Washington Cabinet. (This is found in the weekly e-connection for January 19) A weekly prayer for the Baltimore-Washington...
by cbaker | Jan 19, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
January 20, 2021 INVITATION and READING Jesus is all the world to me: My life, my joy, my all. He is my strength from day to day; Without Him I would fall. When I am sad, to Him I go; No other one can cheer me so. When I am sad, He makes me glad; He’s my Friend. John...
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 12, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Window #5 John 2:1-11 Jesus Changes Water Into Wine 2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have...
