Recent Devotions from Centreville UMC
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 19SHEPHERDS Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar on their way into Bethlehem passed by a flock of sheep, but they could see no shepherds. It seemed like each of the sheep had gone astray, but the shepherds were night shift shepherds, sleeping during the day to watch the flock by night. SCRIPTURE
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 18LAMB After the baby shower, the three wise men came upon a sheep who had gotten away from its flock. It was Zebedee, who belonged to the CUMC Children’s ministry. The lamb told the wise men a story about one time that he got separated from a flock. SCRIPTURE What
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 17A PENNY OPERA The last game they played at the baby shower was to “Guess the diameter of the mother.” They each had to cut a piece of yarn that they felt would be closest to Mary’s diameter. The camels won this one -maybe because they understood how much space
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 16BABY SHOWER Next thing they knew, the three wise men were swept up in a baby shower for a poor young woman from Nazareth. They played “Guess the baby photo!” with the staff of CUMC (Can you guess whose baby photo is whose?) and Melchior won! Balthazar had his “water
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 15MARY The three wise men noticed that one of the candles on the Advent wreath was pink. The candle told them, “I have many names. The Gaudette Candle, which means “Joy.” I am also called the Shepherd’s candle or the Mary candle. And the candle told the story of a
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 14CANTATA The wise men and their camels couldn’t wait for Cantata Sunday at CUMC, they loved the musical ministry so much. They “sang lustily with good courage” as John Wesley suggested in the hymnal. But their organ playing left something to be desired. SCRIPTURE And let the peace of God
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 13PEACEABLE KINGDOM Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar came across an old van that had been abandoned in the mud and decided to give their camels a rest from carrying them to Bethlehem and following the star. Besides, they were cold from giving up their hair. They found peace in their hearts
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 12THANKSGIVING Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar stumbled upon a group of Young Adults who were giving thanks and feasting together. They gave thanks for all they had been given and let their supplications be known. SCRIPTURE Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 11O LITTLE TOWN Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar were following the star and now could see their destination in the distance. The little town of Bethlehem. “It is little.” said Caspar. “How still we see it lie.” said Balthazar, who was still humming tunes from the Bonfires and Carols two nights
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 10TWO COATS As cozy as the caroling had been, the best part had been giving away their chocolate! Caspar even began giving away his gold, and miraculously the bag would never stay empty. They found the Angel Tree at Centreville United Methodist Church and began buying items for folks! They
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 9BONFIRES AND CAROLS Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar happened upon a bonfire and people singing lovely songs about a child, the very king they were seeking. Caspar, who loved his gold, wondered what was in the refiner’s pot -and he felt as though his affections were being refined. Melchior wondered which
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 8PEACE Theologians tell us that there was an old country saying in Bethlehem, which has since become more common about turtles and fence posts. It goes, “If you see three wise men up on an Advent wreath stand, they didn’t get there by themselves. They had to have a little
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 7Our Wandering Wise Men - December 7 THE LITTLE TYRANT Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar had seen the star, they knew what it portended, and they had hope. But they were still not wise, and they went to the big and bright and important city of Jerusalem to ask no
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Our Wandering Wise Men – December 6STAR They had not fallen asleep, and just when all seemed lost, and not a moment before, in the east they saw a star. And it all came flooding back. All the years of study and the books of the prophets. The Lord was to come and pitch his tent
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