East Village Community Church

An elderly woman named Violet sat on her bed in a Jamaican infirmary and smiled as some teenagers stopped to visit with her. The hot, sticky, midday air came into her little group home unabated, but she didn’t complain. Instead, she began wracking her mind for a song to sing. Then a huge smile appeared and she sang, I am Source: Singing with Violet http://evchurch.org/singing-with-violet/

Our experiences of loss and disappointment may leave us feeling angry, guilty, and confused. Whether our choices have closed some doors that will never reopen or, through no fault of our own, tragedy has invaded our lives, the result is often what Oswald Chambers called the unfathomable sadness of ‘the might have been.’ We may try to suppress the Source: The Ministry of Memory http://evchurch.org/the-ministry-of-memory/

One of my favorite television programs is The Amazing Race. In this reality show, ten couples are sent to a foreign country where they must race, via trains, buses, cabs, bikes, and feet, from one point to another to get their instructions for the next challenge. The goal is for one couple to get to a designated finishing point before everyone else, Source: Press On http://evchurch.org/press-on/

Read: Romans 5:1221 Mom noticed four-year-old Elias as he scurried away from the newborn kittens. She had told him not to touch them. Did you touch the kitties, Elias? she asked. No! he said earnestly. So Mom had another question: Were they soft? Yes, he volunteered, and the black one mewed. With a toddler, we smile at such duplicity. But Elias’s disobedience underscores [ 194 more words ] http://evchurch.org/little-lies-kittens/

Read: Genesis 16:113 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 3133; Matthew 22:122 I see you, a friend said in an online writers’ group where we support and encourage each other. Having felt stressed and anxious, I experienced a sense of peace and well-being with her words. She saw memy hopes, fears, struggles, and dreamsand loved me. When I heard my friend’s simple but powerful encouragement, I thought of Hagar, a slave in Abram’s household. [ 159 more words ] http://evchurch.org/i-see-you/

Read: Psalm 32:111 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 2728; Matthew 21:122 On the day our youngest daughter was flying from Munich to Barcelona, I visited my favorite flight tracking website to follow her progress. After I entered her flight number, my computer screen showed that her flight had crossed Austria and was skirting the northern part of Italy. From there the plane would fly over the Mediterranean, south of the French Source: Always in His Care http://evchurch.org/always-in-his-care/

Read: Nehemiah 2:1118 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 2324; Matthew 20:116 When Edward Klee returned to Berlin after being away for many years, the city he remembered and loved was no longer there. It had changed dramatically, and so had he. Writing in Hemispheres magazine, Klee said, Returning to a city you once loved tends to be a hit-or-miss proposition . [ 236 more words ] http://evchurch.org/thought-day-rebuilding/

We serve a God who loves us more than our work. Oh, it’s true that God wants us to work to feed our families and to responsibly take care of the world He created. And He expects us to serve the weak, hungry, naked, thirsty, and broken people around us even as we remain alert to those who have not yet Source: Always Loved, Always Valued http://evchurch.org/always-loved-always-valued/

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Praise the Lord God Still answers prayer. We are thankful for those who are healed and praying for those in recovery. http://evchurch.org/god-answers-prayer/

We continue to pray for the church's health and guidance, also for our sick and shut in. We send out a call for those who want to become part of the prayer ministry. http://evchurch.org/prayer-for-the-churchs-health/

Men as well as women much care for the temples as well. http://evchurch.org/womens-health-101/

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