History of Asbury Devotionals - 2013 to 2024 (11 years!)

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 tenth 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 10 years of devotionals may be found at Asbury 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)

  • Coalition for the Homeless (women and families)

  • OURM - Orlando Union Rescue Mission (men)

  • Orlando Union Rescue Mission Families Project (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

  • Organization outside the United States:

    • Bolivia

    • El Salvador

    • Hope House, Haiti

    • South Africa

    • United Kingdom

Coordinator

This year, as well as the last 5 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 to provide 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:  February 22, 2024

Website is not an official outreach of Asbury United Methodist Church.
All content is provided by Asbury.

Any errors, omissions or non-scriptural thoughts
are forgiven by the Grace of God as they were unintentional and done in love.

The name, "Lenten Gatherings" will be used this season in lieu of "Lenten Luncheons"
We will continue the messages first brought to us by Dan and Fran McElheny in 1971, 53 years ago.