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 Pastor Bill that week by Thursday evening.    Prayer Request: DeeAnn Daniels, admitted to HMC last evening with COVID symptoms, doing better.   See this Saturday’s “Weekly Up” email for additional prayer concerns.   Thank You: To all who call others to check in on them and to share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: I am thankful to Bonnie Rhoads for sharing today’s devotion.   Shalom, Dennis   Scripture – Philippians 2:1b (Contemporary English Version) God’s spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others.   Thoughts Brene’ Brown, author, speaker and university research professor, has written a book entitled Braving the Wilderness: The...

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,   Gratitude I have been so thankful for our Advent devotional booklet.  I enjoyed and was inspired by each one!  Thank you to everyone who contributed!!!  Perhaps we can do this again.   It’s been almost 2 weeks since the last devotion of that series.  Many have asked if I would go back to the weekly devotion emails.  That is my intention.  Here is the first one for 2021!  In so doing, I renew the invitation for others to compose and send devotional thoughts to share.  I prefer original compositions.  I find them more interesting and much less complicated as far as copywrite permissions go.  Each devotion should include a scripture reference, a thoughts section, and a brief prayer.  The overall intent is to provide encouragement and blessing.  It is in writing, sharing and reading our collective thoughts that we grow in community and in faith.   Joys and Con...