History of Asbury Devotionals - 2013 to 2025 (12 years!) - 12yrs of Devotionals

General Information

The Asbury Devotionals were started in 2014 by Pastor Scott Harris, together with Jeanne Farmer as Editor.  Marti Pieper took over the role of Editor in 2017.  We are celebrating our 12th year of Asbury Lenten Devotionals

Asbury United Methodist Church has been sending out free Devotionals Booklets, written by members and friends of our congregation.  These Devotionals are distributed in many media formats to share the love of Christ with others.

Asbury also publishes Advent and Christmastide Devotionals from the first Sunday in Advent until the Saturday following Epiphany." 

These booklets, as well as booklets written for the Christmas Advent season, are written, compiled, printed, collated and distributed by volunteers and our office staff prior to Ash Wednesday. Each individual devotional is emailed on the appropriate day to all those who wish to receive them personally.

This year we will distribute 54 devotionals written by 49 Contributors.  Truly a labor of love by all people involved.

A compilation of all 12 years of devotionals may be found at 12yrs of Devotionals.

Distribution

  • Asbury members and friends

  • Home-bound friends and members

  • Those in Hospital / Hospice

  • Central Florida Reception Center (men's prison)

  • The Oasis at Lowell Correctional Institution (Women's prison)

  • Cornerstone Church at Lake Correctional Institution (men's prison)

  • Coalition for the Homeless (women and families)

  • OURM - Orlando Union Rescue Mission - Project Hope (men)

  • Orlando Union Rescue Mission - Families Mission (women and families)

  • Wesley Foundation serving students of Central Florida

  • Russell Home

  • United Methodist Children's Home

  • Asbury Early Learning Center

  • All organizations that use Asbury for meetings

  • Locations outside the United States:

    • Bolivia

    • El Salvador

    • Hope House, Haiti

    • South Africa

    • United Kingdom

Coordinator

This year, as well as the last 6 years, we have been blessed to have David Vatcher as our Editor.  His dedication to excellence and quality is appreciated.  He has spent countless hours providing Asbury with a devotional booklet we can freely pass on to believers and non-believers - "To know the love of Jesus Christ, and pass it on."

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Revised:  March 01, 2025

Website is not an official outreach of Asbury United Methodist Church.
All Devotionals are provided by Asbury by way of Lenten Booklets.

This is a private website that is a collection of 2025 Lenten devotionals published by Asbury United Methodist Church. 

In a 2018 church meeting, the design and hosting of the 2018 Advent devotions website was accepted on a no cost basis to the church.  Since then, yearly Advent and Lent devotionals plus "Connection" and related websites have been made available in the same spirit.

  The church is free to reference this website at their discretion.  The WebMaster is sensitive to the wishes of the church and will continue to host them in a proper and timely manner.