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.    See this Saturday’s “Weekly Up” email for any new prayer concerns.   Thank You: To all who call others to check in on them and to share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: Continuing our Lenten theme on the prayers of Jesus, I offer these reflections and ideas for deepening our relationship with God.   Shalom, Dennis   Scripture – Luke 23:34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they are doing.”   Thoughts What is a “spiritual discipline?” The simple answer is that it is a “spiritual practice” like prayer, or meditation, or fasting, or singing, or reading scripture, or journaling that forms and transforms us as we engage in it

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.    See this Saturday’s “Weekly Up” email for any new prayer concerns.   Invitation to Ministry I encourage you all to write letters to Jose’ Aponte.  The news that he will remain confined until his sentence is finished in May of 2022 has been difficult for him.  There is an option for parole in September 2021, but parole will be limited to placement in a residential treatment/recovery program until May of 2022.  Be aware that Jose’ may not be able to respond, as paper, envelopes and stamps must be purchased by Jose’ from the prison commissary.    Jose’ E. Aponte Lebanon County Correctional Facility 730 East Walnut Street Lebanon, PA  17042   Inmate Mail may be ret

 

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 Concern Heidi Neiswender asks for prayer for her former sister-in-law's sister, Sandy.Sandy had open heart surgery yesterday to repair a valve.  Her heart has not yet started to beat on its own so Sandy is still on a bypass machine. Todd Albaugh asks for continued prayer for his brother-in-law Gary, who remains in the hospital fighting a COVID infection, is making small improvements, but has a long recovery ahead. See this Saturday’s “Weekly Up” email for any new prayer concerns.   Thank You: To all who call others to check in on them and to share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: Continuing our Lenten theme on the prayers of Jesus, Rache

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.    See this Saturday’s “Weekly Up” email for any new prayer concerns.   Thank You: To all who call others to check in on them and to share our emails and devotions.   Today’s Devotion: Continuing our Lenten theme on the prayers of Jesus, I offer these reflections and ideas for deepening our relationship with God. Shalom, Dennis   Scriptures Luke 4:1-2 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.   Matthew 6:16-18 And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, f