Weekly Devotions

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,   Joys and Concerns If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.  If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning.   Pray for: Please pray for Amy Rhine and her family.While traveling home this week to California, they were in a serious automobile accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma.Amy and her husband Greg suffered numerous cuts and bruises.Their children, Sutton and Nordy, suffered injuries that require surgeries to address.Their injuries are serious but not life threatening.Please pray for healing for the injuries and from the trauma of this accident. Thank You:  To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Bethany Hoffer for providing today’s devotion.  Bethany first shared this devotion on June 21st in her weekly Connec

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,   Joys and Concerns If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.  If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning.   Pray for: Cindy Weatherholtz requests prayer for the great nephew of a friend from work.  Ryder, 4 years old, was just diagnosed with a type of brain cancer that is not curable.  He is in treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Prayers for his family, his mom Jenna, his dad Toby and his two brothers that are not much older than Ryder.   Thank You:  To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Karen Haldeman for providing today’s devotion.  If you wish to respond to Karen directly, her email address is kbhaldeman@verizon.net .    Shalom, Dennis   Scripture – Deuteronomy 6:7-9 (CEV) Tell them to

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, Joys and Concerns If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.   If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning. Thank You:   To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions. Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Jeff Clouser for sharing this devotion with us.   This devotion was written by Rev. Kathryn A. Kleinhans, Ph.D., Dean, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH, where Jeff has been working on his Master of Arts in Church Music degree. It is being shared with her permission and blessings. If you wish to respond to Rev Kleinhans you may do so through Jeff. His email address is jclouser@palmyracob.org . Shalom, Dennis Scripture – Isaiah 55:12 (NRSV) For you shall go out in joy,    and be led back in peace; the mountains

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, Joys and Concerns If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.   If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning. Thank You:   To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions. Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Joy Derck for providing today’s devotion.   If you wish to respond to Joy directly, her email address is joyderck2@gmail.com .   Shalom, Dennis Scripture - Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to God's purposes."   Thoughts As a child, when we faced difficulties, my dad would often say, "I can't wait to see the good that God is going to bring out of this!" Sometimes it would take a while, but we could usually

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, Joys and Concerns If you have a joy or concern you would like us to share and pray about, please call, text or email it to me.   If you would like it included in our Sunday Worship sharing and prayer time, please share it with me that week by Friday morning. Thank You:   To all who call others to check in on them and share our emails and devotions. Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Bethany Hoffer for providing today’s devotion.   Bethany first shared this devotion on June 14th in her weekly Connect post on our website Youth Page.   If you wish to respond to Bethany directly, her email address is bhoffer@palmyracob.org . Shalom, Dennis Scripture - James 5:13-16 (NRSV) Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the p