Bethany UMC Lenten Journey

"I Will Turn" is an inspiring and challenging prayer for drawing close to God during Lent this year. It is ...

A Spiritual practice of Fasting:

And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces ...

Yesterday we talked about intentional fasting.  Today, then is a good day to think about others and what we can ...

Facebook Worship starts at 10:25am. We invite you to join us in the comments! 

Let's worship and praise our Holy God ...

Come & Worship today at 10:25am on our Facebook page for Bethany United Methodist Church.  

We gather in the comments section ...

Read: Genesis 9:8-17

Today's Commentary is from the artist of the photo above.  The photo is titled:  In Our Hands and ...

Today, We share another story and resources from the Michigan UMC about efforts to combat hunger here within Michigan. The ...

God of living waters, we confess that we have often turned from you and wandered in our own ...

Is it warm enough to walk outside now? I write this in the deep cold of early February in the ...

Today we feature a video devotional on the words we studied in worship on Sunday.  We also share a  prayer ...

Come & Worship today at 10:25am!  We are worshipping online on our Facebook page and hope to see YOU in ...

From the Michigan UMC Lenten Prayer Journey, we can learn another prayer technique.  

Breath Prayers:

Choose a word or brief phrase to ...

If we’re back to back will my brokenness find you—  

slide through the air and weigh you down too?

If we ...

Tonight at 7pm, please join us online for a special streaming version of the Living Last Supper. 

We will reflect on ...

Read: Mark 1:9-15

Commentary by Rev T. Denise Anderson

My personal story is, though my family wasn’t very “churchy,” I somehow came to ...

We are kicking off Holy Week today with our normal Sunday worship at 10:25am.  

Watch our website for more details about ...

A prayer today from the Lenten Devotional (An American Lent through The Repentance Project)

Father, thank you for leading me to ...

He Is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed!

Join us for Easter Worship today at 10:25am!

REMEMBER WHEN? 

God never begins letters with the words,

“I hope this finds you well,”

For those words imply distance.

Instead, God begins God’s ...

Let's continue to try a Prayer for Illumination before we read Scripture. 

 Creator God,

We don’t just want to listen.

We want to ...

A prayer of Intercession

Lord Jesus, we desire to have your light break forth like the dawn in the world in ...

An Affirmation of our Faith

We believe in a God who knows holy rage—

A God who stands with the underdog,

Who passionately ...

From the Michigan UMC Lenten Prayer Journey, let's learn another prayer technique. This works for praying with children or for ...

Tonight at 7pm please join us on Facebook for a streaming Service of Shadows and Lament. We will ...

Invited

I like to imagine that each year,

God invites me to a party.

God drops me a note that says,

“No gifts, casual ...

A Lenten Hymn Devotion from UMC Resources. 

Charles Wesley did not write his powerful hymn “And Can It ...

Happiness, a word that we don’t usually associate with the Lenten season. Lent is often seen as a more somber ...

A Devotional on Doubt

"My God, my God, why have you left me?" (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 CEB) This painful cry ...

Prayer for Illumination before reading Scripture. A new Lenten practice to try. 

Holy God, If I am honest, faith often feels like ...

Christians around the world have long meditated on the 14 stations of the cross as a devotional practice during Holy ...

As we continue through this season of sacrifice, we share another story and resources from the Michigan UMC and their ...

A new spiritual practice?

Many of us seek to sacrifice or "give something up" for Lent.  That comes from the spiritual ...

February 17, 2021

Come to church today for drive thru imposition of the ashes.  From ...

Today we feature a Desktop meditation for a moment of rest. 

This week in worship we focused on the words of Jesus, "I thirst" and so it is fitting for us ...

Come & Worship online today as we continue our Lenten worship series.  The Words of Jesus from the Cross is ...

Commit To Praying today:

Commit to praying for a “child of God” who seems to be beyond the walls of the ...

This week during worship we encountered a powerful word of grace and promise from Jesus on the cross.  

Luke 23: 39 ...

A few weeks ago in our daily devotion here we read Mark 1:9-15. Today, I'd ask you to read it ...