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For Such A Time as This – April 28, 2021 – Ilexene and Michaela Alphonse

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 Update” 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: “Compelling Vision” is our denomination's effort to identify a shared vision that can foster unity in the midst of great diversity and dividing differences.  A thirteen session Bible Study has been developed to undergird this statement.  We are using pieces of the Bible Study in our weekly devotion email.   Today’s reflection was written by Ilexene and Michaela Alphonse are a pastoral team in the Atlantic Southeast District. Ilexene pastors Eglise Des Freres Miami, a Haitian

For Such A Time as This – April 21, 2021 – Denise Kettering Lane

  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.    A Concern Mary Zellers was admitted to HMC on Friday with blood clots in her lungs.  Please keep Mary in your thoughts and prayers as she continues her recovery now from home.    Some Joys Today is Administrative Professionals Day - The Pastoral Relations Team is grateful for the efficient, cheerful, and faithful ministry of Gail Wagner, our Office Administrator. Thank you, Gail!   Congratulations to Jeff Clouser!  Jeff has received the May Schwarz Award in Church Music from Trinity Lutheran Seminary.  This award is given to “a graduating student who shows outstanding potential for and commitment to the church’s music ministry.”   See this Saturday’s “Weekly

For Such A Time as This – April14, 2021 – Audrey & Tim Hollenberg-Duffey

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.    Joy Filled Gratitude Dear friends of Palmyra COB: My heart is full of thanks to you for your many prayers and expressions of support over these past four months since my hip surgery.  I have started to stand on both legs to learn to pivot in and out of a wheelchair.  I praise God for keeping me safe through a journey of surgeries and infections since 2016.  I will continue with Rehab and hope to be home in several weeks. - Jill Keyser Speicher   See this Saturday’s “Weekly Update” email for any new prayer concerns.   From Sunday’s Sermon – Be Quick to Listen and Slow to Speak “Perhaps going forward, as a congregation that has been formed by the gospel’s call fo

For Such A Time as This – April 7, 2021 – Brandon Grady

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 Update” 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: “Compelling Vision” is our denomination's effort to identify a shared vision that will foster unity in the midst of great diversity and dividing differences.  A thirteen session Bible Study has been developed to undergird this statement.  Congregations are asked to use this resource in preparation for the adoption of this statement at Annual Conference this summer.  Beginning this week, we will use the scripture, reflection and sending parts of the Bible Study in our weekly