Please pray for all those who are having to deal with the snow/ice storm in the Southeast. I realize that many think that this is no big deal, but since we don't have these kind of storms often, we aren't very well prepared to deal with the icy conditions we are experiencing at this time.… Read the rest “Jessica would like prayers for those dealing with snow/ice”
Join us for this 30-minutes of song, celebration, scripture, and prayer surrounding a stirring Epiphany message by DisciplesNet pastor Rev. Bob Shaw. Also featured on this video are singer-songwriter Ronald Lee Berry sharing his own song that is popular during Epiphany, "A Star, A Star." This time of worship includes a short time of breaking bread--communion together. Scriptures used in this worship are Matthew 3:1-12 and Isaiah 60:1-6.
My heart goes out to the Christians who have been killed in recent bombings and other acts of violence directed against them, especially at this time of year when many had found refuge in churches where they'd gone to pray or celebrate the New Year.… Read the rest “Pastor Deb Phelps would like prayers for Christians killed in recent bombings”
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Epiphany is a Christian holy day that occurs on January 6th, but what does it mean? Why do Christians celebrate it? This DisciplesNet video answers questions about this special day in the Christian year.
"We Three Kings" performed [on hammered dulcimer] by Ted Yoder. From album: Comfort and Joy, used by permission. www.tedyoder.com
Join us for worship this New Year's Sunday where DisciplesNet pastor Deborah Phelps gives a brief message about "Kite strings"....and a God of connections who calls us to "Mend, tend, and extend" our networks with others. The video also features some New Year's blessings by some of our ministry team, and sing-along Christmas music for this Sunday following Christmas.… Read the rest “DisciplesNet Worship # 9, Kite strings (Phelps, 01.01.2011)”
Happy New Year to you from DisciplesNet Church! Try out this 22-minute New Year's gift to you, featuring storyteller Rev. Dr. Marti Steussy bringing her adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Where Love is, There Also is God." As Dr. Steussy tells of shoemaker's dream of Christ coming to visit him, we hear the scriptures that have been read of Matthew 25:35-40: "I was hungry and you visited me." Also on our worship is Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 ("To everything there is a season"), prayer, and the songs of Dean Phelps, Twana A. Harris, and background music of Susan McNeely on dulcimer and Bevery Heid on piano. Our DisciplesNet team wishes you a bright and blessed new year, and hope you enjoy this gift to you.
We've put together this 12-minute music worship video for you, combining four of the songs from our DisciplesNet Christmas Worship #8. This video features two gifted musicians who are also ordained clergy and helping DisciplesNet with our music: Rev. Dr. Twana A. Harris and Rev. Dean Phelps. Worship in song as we think of Christmas around the world through the songs, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," "Some Children See Him," "Go, Tell It on the Mountain," and "Silent Night."
Join our DisciplesNet ministers this Christmas for an inspiring and heartwarming journey of the birth of Jesus through 35-minutes of Christmas scriptures and songs. Here our DisciplesNet musicians, Twana A. Harris and Dean Phelps bring together their extraordinary musical gifts to warm your heart, reminding of the birth of a savior who came into the world for all children of God throughout the world. Rev. Dr. Audrey Borschel and Francisco Ramos add their talents in song as well as in reading scripture for you. Some favorites include "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," and "Some Children See Him," by Twana Harris and Dean Phelps, and "Santa la Noche," by Francisco Ramos. The worship includes lighting of the Christ candle and a short time of communion. Our prayer at DisciplesNet is that you will be blessed in worshipping with us this Christmas through our latest DisciplesNet Church worship experience.
All scriptural references are from New Revised Standard Version except for Matthew 1:18-25, which is from the New International Version.
There are lots of layoffs happening at the place of my full-time job. There are also the possiblities for more layoffs, so everyone is anxious.
I would like to ask prayer for my dear friend Darla. Darla and I have been best friends for 25+ years and she has been battling cancer for quite a few years now. It started in her liver, then spread to her neck and lymph node area, then spread to her brain and is now in her esophagus.She… Read the rest “Gale Vukicevic would like prayers for her friend Darla”