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...
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 | Jan 5, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Have you ever stopped to wonder why it is that we read the Bible? Scripture doesn’t tells us how to make decisions or how to make a living. It won’t help you find a parking place or tell you who will win a football game. And yet, we read the Bible with the...
by cbaker | Dec 30, 2020 | Newsletters
January 2021
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,...
