For the past 9 years, Community Missions has been presenting this interfaith prayer service. It is held on the National Day of Prayer For Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding. this day of prayer is part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, which is the first full week in October each year. This year, our 10th anniversary of the service, was presented as an online service because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
By Rev. Mark Breese: “It feels a little magical and it helps float the troubles away for a time. Each step feels like I’ve entered the magical Technicolor world of OZ and I’m walking down my own ‘Yellow Brick Road’.”
Continue reading →By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “Hope is built into struggle. We do not struggle or wrestle with something unless we have the hope of change. Our text does not say why Jacob wrestled with this stranger it only says that he did, all night long, and he wasn’t going to let go until he received a blessing.”
Continue reading →During the month of October, our Featured Worship will be from Pendleton Center United Methodists Church. Join them at 9 AM or 11 AM each Sunday.
Continue reading →Good intentions are generally…. well, good. But sometimes we miss the mark and so things don’t go as we expect. Peter had good intentions one day, the best actually. He just got is wrong on this occasion. The question becomes what does he, or we, do about it when we miss.
About this channel: Weekly worship normally takes place at Community Missions each Wednesday morning in our Chapel at 1570 Buffalo Ave. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, we have moved the service online. A new chapel worship service will be posted each week on the Hope For Niagara YouTube Channel.
Daily Reflections and links to other resources can be found at https://www.HopeForNiagara.org and at https://www.facebook.com/HopeForNiagara.
Special thanks to TheHymnalProject.com for today’s hymns.
Arrangement ©2018 and Video ©2020 Michigan District, LCMS.
Information about Community Missions in Niagara Falls can be found at https://CommunityMissions.org.
During the month of September, worship on Sunday mornings at 11AM with First Baptist Church in Niagara Falls.
Continue reading →Every few weeks, HopeForNiagara.org features the Sunday worship service of a different church.
For the month of September we are featuring Sunday Worship at First Baptist Church in Niagara Falls. You can see the live stream of their service on their Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNiagaraFalls/live
First Baptist Church has been worshiping in and serving Niagara Falls and the Niagara Region since 1842, and is a member of the American Baptist Churches in the USA. First Baptist was among the downtown churches in Niagara Falls that founded Community Missions in 1925. Worship on Sunday begins at 11 AM. The Pastor of First Baptist is Rev. Kathleen Ordiway, who also serves on the board of Community Missions.
Today’s invitation to worship from Pastor Kathleen.
Contributed By: Reverend Fun
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Sometimes you just need a little laugh. Reverend Fun cartoons were drawn by Dennis Hengevel. The Reverend Fun series has over a decade of cartoons and is part of the Bible Gateway Family of online resources.
Read the text: Genesis 1:1-2:3
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “An important step in any dance that requires a partner is that the follower let the leader lead. In life, there are times when we are called to be a leader, and times when we are called to follow one. We always have a choice to follow or to lead.”
Continue reading →Contributed By: Reverend Fun
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Sometimes you just need a little laugh. Reverend Fun cartoons were drawn by Dennis Hengevel. The Reverend Fun series has over a decade of cartoons and is part of the Bible Gateway Family of online resources.
Read the text: Genesis 2:18-25
