Holy Week 2021

One year since we last met in person for worship! 

Welcome, 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 Apr 3

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

Hebrew Reading:  Job 19:21-27a    CEV

Gospel:  John 6:60-71   CEV

Friday Apr 2

Prayer for the health of body and soul, for those those who live alone, prayer attributed to Francis of Assisi. 

Hebrew Reading:   Genesis 22:1-24    CEV

Gospel:  John 13:36-38   CEV

Thursday Apr 1

Commemoration: John Donne

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for guidance, for those who mourn. 

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 20:7-11  CEV

Gospel:  John 17:1-11  CEV

Wednesday Mar 31

Commemoration: Francis Asbury

Prayers for the unemployed, for families, in the morning.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 17:5-10  CEV

Gospel:  John 12:27-36   CEV

Tuesday Mar 30

Prayers for strength and confidence, prayers for the future of the human race, for agriculture. 

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 25:8-17  CEV

Gospel:  John 12:20-26 CEV

Monday, Mar 29

Commemoration:  Charles Wesley

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for social service, prayer for use in times of conflict.

Hebrew Reading:    Jeremiah 12:1-16 CEV

Gospel:  John 12:9-19 CEV

Lent:  Week 5

One year since we last met in person for worship! 

Welcome, 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 Mar 27

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for the harvest of lands and waters, for social justice.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 31:27-34   CEV

Gospel:  John 12:37-50   CEV

Friday Mar 26

Commemoration: RICHARD ALLEN  

Prayer for the health of body and soul, for those who suffer for the sake of conscience, conservation of natural resources. 

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 29:1, 4-13    CEV

Gospel:  John 11:1-27   CEV

Thursday Mar 25

Commemoration: The Annunciation

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for those in the armed forces, knowledge of god’s creation. 

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 26:1-16  CEV

Gospel:  John 10:19-42  CEV

Wednesday Mar 24

Commemoration: Ida Bell Wells‑Barnett

Prayers for those who influence public opinion, for local government.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 25:30-38  CEV

Gospel:  John 10:1-18   CEV

Tuesday Mar 23

Commemoration – Martin and Henry Boehm

Prayers for church musicians and artists, for Prisons and Correctional Institutions  . 

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 25:8-17  CEV

Gospel:  John 9:18-41 CEV

Monday, Mar 22

Commemoration:  Jonathan Edwards

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for unity of the church, prayer for right use of God’s gifts. 

Hebrew Reading:    Jeremiah 24:1-10   CEV

Gospel:  John 9:1-17   CEV

Lent:  Week 4

One year since we last met in person for worship! 

Welcome, 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 Mar 20

Commemoration: Cuthbert of Lindisfarne

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for the congregation (parish), for good use of leisure.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 23:9-15   CEV

Gospel:  John 6:60-71   CEV

Friday Mar 19

Commemoration: JOSEPH

Prayer for the health of body and soul, for the oppressed, the Greater NJ Annual Conference.  

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 23:1-8 CEV

Gospel:  John 6:52-59   CEV

Thursday Mar 18

Commemoration: Cyril of Jerusalem;

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for clergy and people, for the poor and the neglected. 

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 22:13-23  CEV

Gospel:  John 6:41-51  CEV

Wednesday Mar 17

Commemoration: PATRICK

Prayers for the mission of the church, for towns and rural areas, for Wednesday in the fourth week of Lent.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 18:1-11  CEV

Gospel:  John 6:27-40   CEV

Tuesday Mar 16

Commemoration – Lucy Rider Meyer;  prayers for strength and confidence, for the church, for cities. 

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 17:19-27  CEV

Gospel:  John 6:16-27 CEV

Monday, Mar 15

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for schools and colleges, prayer for our enemies. 

Hebrew Reading:    Jeremiah 16:10-21   CEV

Gospel:  John 6:1-15 CEV

Welcome to March! 

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 Mar 13

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for courts of justice, for peace among the nations.

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 13:1-11 CEV

Friday Mar 12

Commemoration: GREGORY THE GREAT

Prayer for the health of body and soul, for Congress, the human family.  

Jeremiah 11:1-8,14-20 CEV

Thursday Mar 11

Commemoration: THOMAS WARE

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for peace, for a sound government.

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 10:11-24 CEV

Wednesday Mar 10

Commemoration: HARRIETT ROSS TUBMAN

Prayers for all places and predicaments, for the President and those in civil authority, for Wednesday in the third week of Lent.

Gospel:  John 8:12-20 CEV

Tuesday Mar 9

Commemoration – Gregory of Nyssa 

Prayers for strength and confidence, for our country, for joy in God’s creation. 

Hebrew Reading:  Jeremiah 7:21-34 CEV

Monday, Mar 8

Commemoration – Perpetua

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for those about to be baptized or renew baptism vows, prayer of St. Ephrem. 

Hebrew Reading:   Jeremiah 7:1-15   NRSV

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 Mar 6

Commemoration: William W. Mayo, Charles Menninger, and Sons.  

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for, for unity of the church, for protection.

Hebrew Reading:  Exodus 19:16-25 CEV

Friday Mar 5

Commemoration: WILLIAM McKENDREE

Prayer for the health of body and soul, for the answering of prayers, for those in trouble or bereavement.  

Church History:   Acts 7:30-40 CEV

Thursday Mar 4

Commemoration: PAUL CUFFEE

Prayers for recovery of sickness, for victims of addiction, a general thanksgiving. 

Hebrew Reading:   Exodus 19:1-9a  CEV

Wednesday Mar 3

Commemoration: KATHARINE MARY DREXEL

Prayers: for the choice of fit persons for the ministry, for those we love, for Wednesday in the second week of Lent.

Gospel:  John 12:36-43 CEV

Tuesday Mar 2

Commemoration – JOHN WESLEY

Prayers for strength and confidence, for heroic service, for travelers. 

Hebrew Reading:  Genesis 22:1-19  NRSV

Monday, Mar 1

Commemoration – David of Wales

Prayer for a sick person, prayer for the beauty of the earth, prayer for the absent.

Hebrew Reading:   Genesis 21:1-7 CEV