Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Daily Readings for Friday, May 10, 2024 Morning Psalms 96; 148 First Reading 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Second Reading Ephesians 2:1-10 Gospel Reading Matthew 7:22-27 Evening Psalms 49; 138 Eternal God, Author of our life and End of our pilgrimage: Guide us by your Word and Spirit amid all perils and temptations, that we may not wander from your way, nor stumble in the darkness; but may finish our course in safety, and come to our eternal rest in you. Eternal God, your hand shaped our lives by grace and your hand ..read more

  CENTERING PRAYER   Loving God, help us to love others as Christ first loved us. Bring us into the spiritual joy of living our lives as your friend, and teach us to abide in your love, that we may show that love to the world. Amen.     CALL TO WORSHIP Sing to our God a new song. God has done marvelous things! Make a joyful noise to the Lord! Break forth into joyous song and sing praises. Let the sea roar and all that fills it. Let the world and its people sing together for joy!     PRAYER OF CONFESSION   Loving God, we do not love you or each other with o ..read more

 I John 5:1-6 Faith in the Son of God 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. 2 We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. 3 Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. 6  ..read more

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a humble spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Daily Readings for Friday, May 3, 2024 Morning Psalms 96; 148 First Reading Leviticus 23:1-22 Second Reading 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 Gospel Reading Matthew 7:1-12 Evening Psalms 49; 138 Eternal God, you draw near to us in Christ and make yourself our guest. Amid the cares of our daily lives, make us attentive to your voice and alert to your presence, that we may treasure your word above all else. O God, you are infinite, eternal and unchangeable ..read more

THANK YOU for being a good earth steward by appropriately donating and recycling items you no longer use. April 2024  Electronics Recycling Drives  Third Saturday of odd number months, 8-11AM, Schroeder Park, Manchester, MO 63021  First Thursday of the month, 12-5PM, Bluebird Park, Ellisville, MO 63011  Electronics Drop Off  SpectrumEcycle, 1521 Page Industrial Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63132 -- spectrumecycle.com Electronics,  Hazardous Household Waste, Magazines, Encyclopedias, Single Stream Recycling, Scrap Metal, Large Appliances for Scrap, and Much More!  ..read more

  CENTERING PRAYER   Time is Too slow for those who Wait, Too swift for those who Fear, Too long for those who Grieve, Too short for those who Rejoice, But for those who Love, Time is not.   - Henry van Dyke Jr.     CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 1)   Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their lea ..read more

Psalm 46  For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices.[a] 1 God is our refuge and strength,     always ready to help in times of trouble. 2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come     and the mountains crumble into the sea. 3 Let the oceans roar and foam.     Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude 4 A river brings joy to the city of our God,     the sacred home of the Most High. 5 God dwells in that city; it ca ..read more

My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord. I know them and they follow me; and I give them eternal life. Daily Readings for Friday, April 19, 2024 Morning Psalms 96; 148 First Reading Exodus 24:1-18 Second Reading Colossians 2:8-23 Gospel Reading Matthew 4:12-17 Evening Psalms 49; 138 God of our forebears, as your chosen servant Abraham was given faith to obey your call and go out into the unknown, so may your church be granted such faith that we may follow you with courage for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spi ..read more

 CENTERING PRAYER – Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918)   O God, we thank you for this earth, our home; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and the running water, for the everlasting hills and the never-resting winds, for trees and the common grass underfoot. We thank you for our senses by which we hear the songs of birds, and see the splendor of the summer fields, and taste of the autumn fruits, and rejoice in the feel of the snow, and smell the breath of the spring. Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty; and save our souls from being so blind that we pas ..read more

 1 Corinthians 12:14-26 14 Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. 15 If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? 18 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19&nbs ..read more