Welcome to February! 

Where best intentions to pray meet commitment.

 Here you will find a structure of the daily office with a variety of morning prayers to pray throughout the week. Experience the benefits of a disciplined prayer time with videos, Monday through Saturday, posted each week.

 If being committed to prayer describes you, be sure to  let us know that you, too, have moved from intention to commitment and are praying with us.

Please click on the date to pull up a pdf if you would like to read along.

A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.

Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.

Saturday Feb 27

Commemoration: Fred McFeely Rogers

Prayers for health of body and soul, for renewal of life, for self-dedication.

Hebrew Reading:  Genesis 16:7-16 CEV

Friday Feb 26

Commemoration: Romey Pitt Marshall

Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for the aged, for quiet confidence.

Hebrew Reading:   Genesis 16:1-6 CEV

Thursday Feb 25

Commemoration: Amanda Berry Smith

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for those who live alone, prayer attributed to St Francis. 

Hebrew Reading:   Genesis 15:1-6, 12-18  CEV

Wednesday Feb 24

Commemoration: MATTHIAS the APOSTLE

Prayers for those who mourn, for guidance, Wednesday in the first week of Lent.

Gospel:  Matthew 4:1-11   CEV

Tuesday Feb 23

Commemoration – Polycarp

Prayers for strength and confidence, for the unemployed, for families. 

Letter to the Church:  1 Peter 3:8-18 NRSV

Monday, Feb 22

Commemoration – Kanichi Miyama

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for agriculture, prayer for future of the human race. 

Letter to the Church:  Ephesians 2:1-10 CEV

Welcome to February! 

Where best intentions to pray meet commitment.

Here you will find a structure of the daily office with a variety of morning prayers to pray throughout the week. Experience the benefits of a disciplined prayer time with videos, Monday through Saturday, posted each week.

If being committed to prayer describes you, be sure to  let us know that you, too, have moved from intention to commitment and are praying with us.

Please click on the date to pull up a pdf if you would like to read along.

A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.

Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.

Saturday Feb 20

Commemoration: Frederick Douglas

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for social service, for in times of conflict.

Gospel:  Matthew 9:2-13 NRSV

Friday Feb 19

Meditation:  Proverbs 19:1-6

Prayer for health of body and soul, for the harvest of lands and waters, for social justice.  

Letter to the Church:  2 Timothy 4:1-5 CEV

Thursday Feb 18

Commemoration: Martin Luther

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for conservation of natural resources, for those who suffer for the sake of conscience. 

Letter to the Church:   John 1:3-10   CEV

Wednesday Feb 17

Commemoration: FRANCES ELIZABETH CAROLINE WILLARD;

Prayers for those who mourn, for those in the armed forces, for knowledge of God’s creation.

Gospel:  Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21   CEV

Tuesday Feb 16

Meditation:  Proverbs 16:1-8; 

Prayers for strength and confidence, for prisons and correctional institutions, for church musicians and artists. 

Letter to the Church:  1 Timothy 3:14-16 CEV

Monday, Feb 15

Commemoration – THOMAS BRAY

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for local government, prayer for those who influence public opinion. 

Letter to the Church:  Hebrews 2:1-4   THE VOICE

Welcome to February! 

Please click on the date to pull up a pdf if you would like to read along.

A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.

Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.

Saturday Feb 13

Commemoration: Absalom Jones

Prayers for health of body and soul, for right use of God’s gifts, for unity of the church.

Gospel:  Luke 19:41-44  CEV

Friday Feb 12

Commemoration: Charles Freer Andrews

Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for the good use of leisure, for the congregation.

 Letter to the Church:  1 Timothy 1:12-20 CEV

Thursday Feb 11

Commemoration: Fanny Jane Crosby

Prayers for those who mourn, for the oppressed, for the Greater NJ Annual Conference. 

Letter to the Church:   2 Corinthians 2:12-17  CEB

Wednesday Feb 10

Commemoration: Scholastica

Prayers for strength and confidence, for the poor and neglected, for clergy and people.

Gospel:  Mark 3:7-12   CEV

Tuesday Feb 9

Meditation:  Proverbs 9:7-11; 

Prayers for a sick person, for the mission of the church, for prayers for towns and rural areas. 

Letter to the Church:  Acts 15:36-41    CEB

Monday, Feb 8

Commemoration – High Price Hughes

Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for cities, prayer for the church. 

Early Church History:  Acts 14:1-7 NRSV

Welcome to February! 

Please click on the date to pull up a pdf if you would like to read along.

A video version of morning prayer is available on Facebook, and is linked to YouTube below.

Audio and video versions are available at 12:00am on given date.

Saturday Feb 6

Apostle’s Creed, prayers for health of body and soul, for our enemies, for schools and colleges, Psalm 147.

Gospel:  Matthew 12:9-14   NRSV

Friday Feb 5

Commemoration: PHILIPP JAKOB SPENER

Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for courts of justice, for peace among the nations, collect of the week.  

Letter to the Church:  1 Corinthians 9:1-16   VOICE

Thursday Feb 4

Feb 4:  Commemoration: CORNELIUS THE CENTURION

Prayers for those who mourn, prayer – COVID poem, for peace. 

Letter to the Church:   Galatians 5:2-15 VOICE

Wednesday Feb 3

Commemoration: Anskar

Prayers for strength and confidence, for the human family, for Congress.

Gospel:  Mark 5:1-20  CEV

Tuesday Feb 2

Commemoration:  The Presentation

Prayers for a sick person, for all places and predicaments, for the President of the United States and all in Civil Authority. 

Letter to the Church: Acts 5:33-42  CEV

Monday, Feb 1

Commemoration: Brigid of Kildare;

Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for joy in God’s creation, prayer for our country. 

Early Church History:  Acts 21:17-26   CEV