Sing Through The Bible February 17
Verses for today: Mark 2:16-17 (NLT) – But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?” When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come…
Sing Through The Bible February 16
Verses for today: Mark 1:40-42 (NLT) – A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed. “If you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean,” he said. Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” Instantly the leprosy…
Sing Through The Bible February 15
Mark 1:16​-18 (NLT) – One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”…
Sing Through The Bible February 14
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT) – Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I…
Reverend Fun #8
By Reverend Fun: Let us love one another…
Sing Through The Bible February 13
Psalm 34:1-7 (NLT) – I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speak his praises. I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart….
Free and Forgiven
Free and Forgiven- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “They were sweet sweet words to the one who did not grow up with a father, to hear words affirming her as “Beloved Daughter” by her Father God. That event set in motion actions which were to further set me free from my burdens.”
Sing Through The Bible February 12
Exodus 34:6 (NLT) – The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
Sing Through The Bible February 11
Psalm 33:6-9 (NLT) – The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs. Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him. For when he spoke,…
Sing Through The Bible February 10
Psalm 32:10-11 (NLT) – Many sorrows come to the wicked, but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord. So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
Sing Through The Bible February 9
Matthew 26:26-28 (NLT) – As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.” And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it…
Sing Through The Bible February 8
Matthew 25:31-33 (NLT) – But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place…
Sing Through The Bible February 4
Verse for today: Psalm 28:7 (NLT) – The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. The Texts for today are: Exodus 19:16-21:21 Matthew 23:13-39 Psalm 28:1-9 Proverbs 7:1-5
Sing Through The Bible February 3
Verses for today: Matthew 22:37-39 (NLT) – Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The Texts for today are: Exodus 17:8-19:15 Matthew 22:34-23:12 Psalm 27:7-14 Proverbs…
Sing Through The Bible February 2
Psalm 27:1-3a (NLT) – The Lord is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though a mighty army surrounds…
Sing Through The Bible February 1
Verses for today: Exodus 15:2-3 (NLT) – The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him—my father’s God, and I will exalt him! The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is his name! The Texts for today are: Exodus 13:17-15:18 Matthew 21:23-46 Psalm 26:1-12…
Reverend Fun #7
By Reverend Fun: “Sometimes you just need a little laugh.”
Reverend Fun #6
By Reverend Fun: “Sometimes you just need a little laugh.”
On Psalm 92
On Psalm 92- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “As people of faith we must believe beyond what we see. We cannot know what goes on inside a person’s mind, inside a person’s home; the secrets they keep for fear of judgment or recrimination. ”
Push The Green So Much Button?
By Rev. Mark Breese: “You see, everyone and their brother was going to get baptized by John. He had been preaching a message of repentance from sin, and people were responding! John had been telling them that, very soon, God was going to do something amazing…”
On Psalm 33
On Psalm 33- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “We are definitely frustrated by our lack of control over many things, but even as we accept that there are many things outside of our sphere of control, we can acknowledge the awesome power of God and trust that, in the end, things will be ok.”
Reverend Fun #5
By Reverend Fun: “Sometimes you just need a little laugh.”
The Law of Love
The Law of Love- By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “…using fear and intimidation and even pain to defend the law will not change the hearts of the people – except to harden them further against one another…”
Who ARE These Guys?
By Rev. Mark Breese: “Like with so many moments in Jesus’s earthly ministry, even as a baby, he apparently was hanging out with all the wrong people. Even before he could speak, Jesus was welcoming everyone no matter who they were.”
On Psalm 139
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “God searches me. God knows me, God formed me in my inward parts. God knows what makes me ‘tick.’ And God knows you too, just as intimately, just as fully, just as completely.”
Reverend Fun #4
By Reverend Fun: “Sometimes you just need a little laugh.”
The Real Deal
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “I began to think about how Jesus never broke character. We have people we admire but at some point we have to accept their flaws. We realize that they are only human with all of the vulnerability that entails.”
Nine Lessons and Carols
Community Missions presented a Nine Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve worship service online. This is the edited version of that streaming event. Merry Christmas!
God Is With Us
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: We are witnesses to the miracles and presence of God among us – Emmanuel – and yet we sometimes take them so for granted.
The Rea
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “… to trust in the promises requires us to let go: let go of always wanting to be in control, let go of having our own way, and let go of our over-abundance of resources so that there is enough for all God’s children.”
Discouraged and Inspired
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “I wonder: What was John’s life like growing up, born for this specific purpose? It must have been a favorite story told to him by his parents from the time he was very little. How he was a miracle sent by God.”
John the Baptizer
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “I wonder: What was John’s life like growing up, born for this specific purpose? It must have been a favorite story told to him by his parents from the time he was very little. How he was a miracle sent by God.”
Hope and Thanksgiving
By Rev. Mark Breese: “For as certain as it is that darkness comes with the night, the dawn is just as certain to follow. And through all these trials, God continues to sustain us. Life, like hope, is tenacious.”
“The Heart of the Matter” Chapel Worship November 25, 2020
We celebrate Christ the King Sunday. The past few weeks have all touched on loving our neighbors to one extent or another. Today’s text helps us learn how living into the understand of Christ being sovereign in ourselves makes loving our neighbors second nature, and what that says about us as people in the…
Plumb Line
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “And so I see that we need to set a plumb line up so that our country is more balanced – not leaning too far to the left or too far to the right – because if a tower leans too far either way, eventually it will topple.”
“Getting Ready To Get Ready” Chapel Worship November 11, 2020
Advent is coming! The texts for the final few weeks before advent are also all about getting ready for Christ to return or be born, or be with us, or well…. there are a lot of ways to look at it. Today’s text from Matthew 25:1-13 is a parable that points us to looking at getting…
Questions and Answers from Lazarus
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “Soon we will enter a New Year and Advent, a time of waiting for the coming Messiah, the birth of a child that will grow up as the Christ, and through his life will live the love of God, that we might live it too! There’s hope in that!”
Matters of Consequence
By Rev. Mark Breese: “Therefore, for the child, the imaginative inner life is unending. To them, from the midst of that inner life, their decisions and choices seem grand and consequential—and we adults watch in loving (and maybe even in envious) amusement, as they work through their great matters of consequence.”
All Saints Day Worship Service

This worship service the All Saint’s Day worship service of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Niagara Falls, NY. Since Pastor Mark at Community Missions has been (virtually) providing supply preaching for them, the church kindly invited the Mission to be part of their service today. The All Saints Day service (in many Protestant…

Snippets of Hope
By Rev. Wendy Depew Partelow: “Hope is the green shoot that refuses to be hindered by the cement surrounding a crack in the pavement..”
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