Weekly Devotions

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, We are working on prerecorded worship service for this Sunday morning.  We have opted for prerecording instead of live streaming in order to reduce the number of people that need to get together at the same time to create the service.  You should have an email in your inbox on Sunday morning with a link to view the service.  The video should be around 30 minutes in length.  Also, if you have a joy, concern or prayer request to share for the service, please call, text or email me by tomorrow morning.  I am thankful to Bethany Hoffer for writing today's devotion.  If you want to respond directly to Bethany, her email address is  bhoffer@palmyracob.org . Shalom, Dennis     Scripture Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you t...

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, We have been working on ways to stay connected with and support one another through emails and by developing an online worship video that will be available starting this Sunday morning.  Yet, not all of our congregants use email or have access to the internet.  I have been asking you to print and share our emails with those who don't get them.  We are working on strategies to communicate with and resource those who are not digitally connected.  For now,  if you know someone who does not receive emails, please call them and offer to read the daily devotions and announcement to them.  This also offers an opportunity to check in with each other regarding the joys and challenges of the day. I am thankful to Karen Haldeman for writing today's devotion.  I enjoyed getting responses to yesterday's devotion.  If you want to respond to Karen, her email address is  kbhaldeman@verizon.net. Shalom, ...

To the Good Folk of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren,   As we navigate this time of uncertainty, isolation, dislocation, anxiety and stress, our staff, retired pastors and others are providing a daily devotional for our reflection and encouragement.  Thank you to those who will be sharing their thoughts with us.  If you know someone who would like to be on our church email list, have them email Gail at  gwagner@palmyracob.org  to give us their permission.  Please feel free to share these devotions with those who do not have email addresses.  I have composed today’s devotion.  I pray it brings hope, blessing and peace.   Shalom, Dennis   “Peace, Be Still” Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that...