Oconee Street UMC Online Service
January 24, 2021
Full Service Stream
Welcome
Prelude: “I’d Rather Have Jesus”
Invocation
Hymn: “Blest Be the Ties that Bind”
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Sermon: “Holiness and Hope”
Anthem: “The Good … Read the rest
By Meg Morrison
Last night, one of my very good friends Claire, who lives in Spokane, Washington, FaceTimed me out of the blue and said, “I just need a good sad girl/hopeful girl chat,” and I knew exactly what she meant. Claire and I joke a lot about being “sad girls,” girls that listen to sad music on purpose, love … Read the rest
By Martina Bober
Luke 2: 21-38
“After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the … Read the rest
By Erin Steele
John 12:24:
“Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that 2020 belongs on the trash heap of history. Somewhere in the sadistic heat of July, I decided my … Read the rest
By Sloan Dobrin
2020 is a weird year for hope. When I think back to January, we had so many dreams and plans for the year that vanished in a puff of smoke. My planner has a yearly “bucket list” in the front that now looks like a joke. I think the only thing I can actually cross off is … Read the rest
By Laura Valentine
Psalm 25:5
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
The year 2020 will likely go down in world history as one of the worst for many. From a world wide pandemic that continues to wreak havoc, to the killing of multiple … Read the rest
By Gayle Chimo
Romans 12:12:
“Be joyful in hope, patient in afflictions, faithful in prayer.”
February 8, 2020 was a gray, bitter cold day. With frost on the lawn it was a day you just wanted to stay in your jammies, sit by the fireplace and savor your coffee. But a commitment was made and must be kept. It was … Read the rest
Oconee Street UMC Online Service
December 13, 2020 • Third Sunday of Advent
Full Service Stream
Call to Worship
Welcome
Prayers of the People / The Lord’s Prayer
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:46-55
Sermon: “Proclaim Joy”
by Nancy Staton
I realized as I was thinking about an advent devotion for this year’s season that I have used the word “hope” more flippantly than I should. I seem to always say, “Hope you have fun. Hope your new shoes fit.”
That is all good, but “ hope” is a deeper emotion than that. In a year like … Read the rest
by Ross Pendley
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.”
—Romans 12:12
What is hope? Hope to me is a feeling of expectation and desire for certain things to happen. And how do we give hope to others? I would say that we do that by demonstrating love and care for others. All people have a … Read the rest