The watchword for the week: Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 Eternal Spirit of the living God, be for us the fountain of water creating and sustaining us each day,be for us the enlivening wind searching us out and cleansing us,be for us the refining, warming flame steadying and transforming our desires,that, lovingly and truthfully, we may pray and we may live. Psalm 68:1-10,32-35 1 Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked ..read more

The Watchword for the Week: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give him glorious praise. Psalm 66:1,2 Let us give thanks for your goodness, dear God, let the people shout their joy. We praise you for your freely given love, and the gift or your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. May we live our praise through our daily lives. Gracious God, we love you, and we are thankful that you accept us as we are, but challenge us to become more of who you want us to be.  Psalm 66:8-20 8 Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard, 9 who has ..read more

Please note: I am pleased to announce that my “Daily Prayers for Moravians” has moved to another web address. Moving forward, these prayers will be found at https://www.moravian.org/daily-prayers-for-moravians/. The most significant improvement will be that you will no longer see ads in the middle of the prayers. Everything else will remain pretty much the same. I hope to see you there. If you have any questions, please reach me at rtrevchris@gmail.com. The Watchword for the week: Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 1 ..read more

Please note: I am pleased to announce that effective immediately “Daily Prayers for Moravians” is moving to the another web address. Moving forward these prayers will be found at https://www.moravian.org/daily-prayers-for-moravians/ . The biggest improvement will be that you will no longer see ads popping up in the middle of the prayers. Everything else will remain pretty much the same. I hope to see you there. If you have any questions, please reach me at rtrevchris@gmail.com . The watchword for the week: Jesus says, “I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go ..read more

The Watchword for the week: You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. I Peter 1:23 The Easter season calls us to celebrate new life. Loving God, grant that we may be renewed by the Holy Spirit.Help us to see the possibilities for new beginnings in our daily lives. We give praise to the risen Christ in whom we live, and move, and have our being. Psalm 116:1-4, 12-191 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The ..read more

The Watchword for the week: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I Peter 1:3 The Easter season calls us to celebrate new life. Loving God, grant that we may be renewed by the Holy Spirit.Help us to lay aside those things that hold us back from you, And help us to embrace those things which bring us closer to you and your will for our lives. Psalm 16 Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.I say to God, “You are my God;    I have no good apar ..read more

(May the awesome message of Easter speak to our hearts as together we continue our journey through the Covid-19 pandemic. Portions of these prayers are adapted from the Easter Liturgy in the Moravian Book of Worship. Used by permission of the IBOC) The watchword for the week: So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.Colossians 3:1 The Lord is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Hail all hail victorious Lord and Savior You have burst the bonds of death. Joyful, we with one accord Hail you as our risen Lord. P ..read more

The watchword for the week: And being found in human form, Jesus humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:7,8 We praise you, the Lord God of Israel! You came to the help of your people and have set them free. You have shown the mercy promised to our ancestors and have remembered your holy covenant.By your tender mercy you cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us, To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (From the Moravian Book of Worship, page 50) Psalm 31 ..read more

The Watchword for the Week: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. Psalm 130:5 Loving God, from the busyness of this day, Call us into your presence. From the distractions of our lives, Call us into your presence. From the slumber into which our faith can fall, Call us into your presence. From the pain present in our lives as well as in the world around us, Call us into your presence. Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O God.    Oh God, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O God, should mark iniquities,    who cou ..read more

The Watchword for the week: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. Psalm 23:6 Praise be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Praise be to the One who knits us together as a community of faith. Open our eyes Lord so we may see that you have blessed us in many wonderful ways. Open our ears, Lord, that we may hear your word and proclaim it to the world.  Psalm for the Week: Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me besi ..read more