Bloomfield Christian Church

Bloomfield Christian Church A caring Disciples of Christ church community in the town of Bloomfield, IA. Live sermons and music.

Sunday School at 9:30am (not in summer)
Sunday Services at 10:30am

08/31/2026

MORNING PRAYER

Gracious God, Giver and Sustainer of life, we praise You for awakening us to a new Monday and for placing before us another day to love, serve, and bear witness to Your goodness.

Like Moses, we sometimes begin the day feeling inadequate, afraid, and uncertain of what to say or do. Yet You reminded Moses that You created the human mouth, promised to be with him, and provided Aaron to walk beside him. Teach us that we do not face our responsibilities alone; You supply the strength, wisdom, and companions we need.

Lord, forgive us when fear—especially the fear of death—keeps us from fully living. The fear of death can cause us to misunderstand the value of life, for life is precious not simply because it continues, but because each day offers another opportunity to love, forgive, encourage, and serve. Help us treasure our days without clinging anxiously to them, trusting that our lives and our eternity are held securely in Christ.

As Revelation calls the church in Sardis to awaken and strengthen what remains, awaken our faith this morning. Revive whatever has grown tired within us, strengthen the goodness that remains, and help us live as people whose names are known and remembered by You.

When evil appears powerful, teach us to pray with the psalmist and trust that You remain Lord over every threat. Let us not spend this day merely fearing what might happen, but faithfully using the life You have given us. May our words bring hope, our hands offer help, and our presence remind someone that they are not alone.

We entrust this Monday, our loved ones, our unfinished concerns, and the mystery of life and death into Your merciful hands. In the name of Jesus Christ, who conquered death and gives us life abundant, we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don

EVENING PRAYERFaithful God, as this evening settles around us, quiet our restless minds and calm our anxious hearts. Lik...
08/30/2026

EVENING PRAYER

Faithful God, as this evening settles around us, quiet our restless minds and calm our anxious hearts. Like Jeremiah, help us trust Your sustaining presence when life feels difficult; like the psalmist, lead us to walk in integrity and remain mindful of Your steadfast love. Teach us, as Paul wrote, to hold fast to what is good, to be patient in suffering, persistent in prayer, and willing to overcome evil with good.

Lord Jesus, You remind us that true life is found not by clinging tightly to control, but by surrendering ourselves to You. Forgive us for replaying conversations, imagining every possible problem, and carrying tomorrow’s burdens before tomorrow arrives. Overthinking will kill our peace, so tonight we choose to pray and leave our concerns with You, for You care about us.

Watch over our families, comfort those who are grieving, strengthen those who are ill, and protect all who work through the night. As we rest, renew our bodies, clear our minds, and assure us that nothing entrusted to Your hands is ever forgotten. Grant us peaceful sleep and awaken us ready to love sincerely, serve faithfully, and follow Christ courageously. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don.

08/30/2026

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08/30/2026

MORNING PRAYER

God of steadfast love and transforming grace, we gather on this Sunday morning grateful for the gift of a new day and the privilege of worshiping You.

When we feel worn down like Jeremiah, remind us that Your Word is still the joy and delight of our hearts. When disappointment leaves us questioning Your presence, become for us the spring that never runs dry. Strengthen us to speak what is faithful, even when faithfulness is difficult.

Like the psalmist, we come to Your altar with songs of thanksgiving, remembering the wonderful things You have done. Examine our hearts, forgive our sins, and lead us in lives of integrity. May our worship be more than words spoken inside a sanctuary; may it become a life lived in gratitude and obedience.

Teach us, as the apostle Paul writes, to let our love be genuine. Help us honor others, serve You with enthusiasm, rejoice in hope, remain patient in suffering, and persevere in prayer. When others wound us, keep bitterness from taking root. Give us grace to bless rather than curse and courage to overcome evil with good.

Lord Jesus, when Peter resisted the way of the cross, You reminded Your disciples that following You requires surrender. Forgive us when we seek comfort without commitment or blessing without sacrifice. Help us take up our crosses, lose our lives in loving service, and discover the abundant life that only You can give.

Bless all who worship today. Comfort the grieving, heal the sick, encourage the discouraged, strengthen caregivers, guide our leaders, and bring peace to troubled communities and nations. Send us into the coming week as people of sincere love, courageous faith, and enduring hope. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don

08/29/2026

MORNING PRAYER

O God of mercy and healing, we give thanks this morning for Your faithfulness through every generation. As the psalmist calls us to remember Your wonderful works, help us trust that You are still working even amid suffering we cannot understand. Forgive us when fear overwhelms our faith, as it once overwhelmed Moses, and give us courage to answer Your call with compassion.

Jesus, You entered Peter’s home, touched the sick, and carried the burdens of those who suffered. Reach now toward American military families living with six months of uncertainty, separation, and emotional strain. Protect the more than 50,000 American troops stationed across the region, comfort those who wait anxiously at home, and guide the leaders of the United States and Iran toward peace.

Be near the devastated people of Nepal and Tibet. Receive those who have died into Your eternal care, comfort thousands of grieving families, strengthen rescuers facing dangerous weather, and help them find those who remain missing. Move the nations to provide the specialized assistance, resources, and mercy so urgently needed.

We also remember the African Christian congregation mourning the 27 members killed when their minibus collided with a truck and caught fire. Surround their families, church, and community with Your comforting presence, and bring healing to everyone who was injured or traumatized.

Lord, make us instruments of Your healing today. Where there is fear, help us bring reassurance; where there is grief, a compassionate presence; and where there is suffering, practical love. In the name of Jesus Christ, our healer and hope, we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don

08/28/2026

MORNING PRAYER

Merciful Father, whose love holds us through every uncertain hour, Thank You for this new morning and for the grace that meets us here. As today’s psalm calls us to remember Your wonderful works, help us begin with gratitude. You have carried us through days we did not know how to face; teach us to seek Your strength again today.

In Exodus, You assure Your people that You have seen their suffering. Remind us that You see ours, too. As Second Thessalonians calls us to love the truth, forgive our careless words, convenient excuses, and indifference toward others. Give us discerning minds and compassionate hearts.

We pray for those devastated by flooding along the Nepal–Tibet border. Comfort the grieving, protect those still in danger, and strengthen rescuers searching for the missing. Bring shelter, clean water, and loving care to families who have lost so much.

Draw near to the families mourning after yesterday’s fatal crashes in Custer County and Bear Lake County, Idaho. Hold everyone affected in Your mercy, including witnesses and emergency responders. Surround those receiving heartbreaking news with people willing to walk beside them.

Place Your healing hand upon seven-year-old Aiden in Georgia, critically injured when he was struck by a truck while trying to catch his school bus last week. As he remains in a medically induced coma, guide his medical team and sustain his parents and siblings through each anxious hour.

Remember the families of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis as they mark one year since the shooting that claimed two children’s lives. Comfort grieving parents, survivors, teachers, and parishioners. Where memories stir sorrow and fear, bring patient care, renewed strength, and peace.

Be near all whose suffering remains unseen today. Help us notice someone who needs encouragement and offer more than hurried sympathy. Let our prayers become acts of kindness, and let our presence remind someone that they are not alone. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don

2:30-7:00 TODAY
08/27/2026

2:30-7:00 TODAY

08/27/2026

MORNING PRAYER

O God who hears every sigh and remembers every promise, we welcome the gift of this new morning. Before we speak our worries or name our needs, we pause to remember Your marvelous works and praise You for the faithfulness that has sustained generations.

When the Israelites groaned beneath the weight of slavery, You heard their cries and remembered Your covenant. Hear the cries that rise from troubled hearts today. Draw near to those who are grieving, lonely, sick, frightened, or burdened by circumstances they cannot change. Remind us that when heaven seems silent, You have not forgotten us; You are already at work in ways we cannot yet see.

Hold especially close the mother struggling with the impending death of her child. Surround her child with Your tender presence, and give this mother strength for each heartbreaking moment. When words fail and hope feels painfully fragile, assure her that neither life nor death can separate her or her precious child from Your everlasting love.

Be near to the father whose young son cannot seem to find a healthy path. Give this father patience when he is discouraged, wisdom when he does not know what to do, and courage to keep loving without giving up. Reach into his son’s heart, guide him away from destructive choices, place trustworthy people around him, and lead his feet toward healing, wholeness, and life.

Your Word calls us to become imitators of You and to walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us. Forgive us when our words have wounded, our attitudes have grown bitter, or our choices have reflected darkness rather than Your light. Keep us from empty promises and selfish desires that cannot satisfy the soul. Shape our lives so others may recognize the patience, compassion, forgiveness, and sacrificial love of Jesus within us.

The psalmist calls us to seek Your presence continually and remember the wonders You have done. When today’s difficulties cause us to forget yesterday’s blessings, restore our grateful hearts. Help us tell the story of Your faithfulness, not only through the words we speak but also through the kindness we offer, the burdens we help carry, and the mercy we extend.

Lord, make us attentive to the needs around us today. May our words bring encouragement, our hands offer help, and our presence bring comfort. Whatever this day may hold, help us trust that You hear our cries, remember Your promises, and walk beside us. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don

08/26/2026

PASTOR DON'S THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Jesus once told of a traveler who was beaten, robbed, and left beside the road. A priest and a Levite passed by, but a Samaritan stopped. He treated the wounded man’s injuries, carried him to safety, and paid for his care. The Samaritan may not have left behind a monument or great possessions, but he sent love ahead of him into the life of a hurting stranger.

We often measure a successful life by how much a person accumulates. Jesus measures it by how generously a person loves. Possessions eventually pass into other hands, and accomplishments may fade from memory, but compassion given in Christ’s name continues to bless others.

The richest life is not the one that leaves the most behind, but the one that sends the most love ahead. Every kindness, encouraging word, forgiving heart, and compassionate deed becomes a treasure that neither time nor death can destroy.

Today, ask yourself: Who is lying beside my road, waiting for me to notice, stop, and share the love of Christ?

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don.

08/26/2026

MORNING PRAYER

O God, whose majestic name fills all the earth, we thank you for the wonder of creation and for the dignity you have given every person. Forgive us when pride causes us to forget that everything we have is a gift from you.

As you cared for Moses when he was far from home and uncertain about his future, assure us that no unfamiliar place is beyond your presence. Help us welcome strangers, support those who feel displaced, and trust you when our plans suddenly change.

Loving Savior, the woman who poured costly perfume upon you offered her very best, even though others criticized her. Teach us not to judge another person’s devotion, but to serve you generously with our time, compassion, possessions, and love. Remind us that no sincere act of love offered to you is ever wasted.

Bless your church, that it may become a welcoming home for the lonely, a refuge for the hurting, and a faithful witness to Christ. Strengthen pastors as they preach, teach, visit the sick, comfort the grieving, and carry the burdens of others. Renew those who are weary, encourage those who feel discouraged, and bless their families.

Lead us through this day with humble, welcoming, and generous hearts. May our lives become a beautiful offering that brings honor to Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

May you be blessed just as you are a blessing to me.
Pastor Don.

Address

107 N Davis Street
Bloomfield, IA
52537

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4pm
Thursday 8:30am - 12pm
Sunday 9:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+16416642181

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