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Prayers

What is the Daily Office?

by David Alexander on February 19, 2010

Yesterday, in my post about my plans for Lent this year, I mentioned that I was going to be using a book called Eastertide which is a prayer book put together by Phyllis Tickle. I promised to write more today about what is called The Daily Office, a pattern of praying at certain hours of [...]

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A prayer for our Confirmands

by David Alexander on February 9, 2010

Our 2010 Confirmation class kicked off this weekend, and we have a great group of kids signed up! I think we have about 65 young men and women who will be a part of this year’s class. These 6th graders will be gathering each Sunday afternoon for lunch, a time of teaching from one of [...]

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Prayers for Charlene

by David Alexander on February 5, 2010

One of our church staff members, Charlene McKinzey will be having surgery today in Dallas. Last Friday, Charlene was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Today, they hope to remove that cancer.
Charlene is one of our longest tenured staff members serving our church in multiple ways. Currently she works with our 5th & 6th grade program which [...]

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College Roommate heading to Haiti

by David Alexander on February 1, 2010

I received word today that one of my roommates from college is heading to Haiti. The year that we lived together, I rarely saw Kevin. He had a part time job as a phlebotomist [the people who stick you for an IV] at one of the local hospitals. When Kevin was not working, he was in [...]

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A prayer for SYNC

by David Alexander on January 26, 2010

Last weekend we kicked off our SYNC message series. The heart of this series is really about investing in our prayer life… the time we give to listening to God’s heart and sharing our heart with God.
At the end of the message, I shared the prayer below. Wherever we find ourselves on our journey, I [...]

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What does faith look like?

by David Alexander on December 14, 2009

Last spring, I had the opportunity to attend the Catalyst One Day event with several members of our staff. One of the speakers at the luncheon I attended who was also a part of an afternoon panel was Matt Chandler, pastor of Village Church, a church with three campuses in the DFW area. A few [...]

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Would you pray for me?

by David Alexander on November 19, 2009

During my reading of Ephesians last week, I was really blown away by the request Paul shares with the church at Ephesus near the end of his letter. In the sixth chapter, Paul writes this.
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make [...]

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Praying for the Fort Hood Community

by David Alexander on November 7, 2009

During our Saturday night worship service this evening, we shared a moment of silence prior to the message and the following prayer which was written by our Bishop, Mike Lowry. The Fort Hood area is within the boundaries of our Annual conference which consists of 320 United Methodist churches.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the Peacemakers.” In [...]

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