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Saturday Jan 30

Commemoration: John Raleigh Mott;

Prayers for health of body and soul, for protection, for unity of the church.

Gospel:  Matthew 8:28-9:1 CEV

Friday Jan 29

Commemoration:  Andrei Rublev

Prayer for the recovery of sickness, for a person in trouble or bereavement, for the answering of prayer.  

Letter to the Church:  Revelation 2:12-17 CEV

Thursday Jan 28

Commemoration: Thomas Aquinas;

Prayers for those who mourn, prayer for victims of addiction, for peace. 

Letter to the Church:   Revelation 18:11-20   CEV

Wednesday, Jan 27

Commemoration: John Chrysostom;

Prayers for strength and confidence, prayer for the choice of fit persons for the ministry, prayer for those we love.

Gospel:  Mark 3:13-19   CEV​

Tuesday Jan 26

Commemoration:  Timothy and Titus;  prayers for a sick person, for travelers, for heroic service. 

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

Monday, Jan 25

Jan 25:  Commemoration – The Conversion of Paul.

Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for the beauty of the earth, prayer for the absent. 

Letter to the Church:  Galatians 1:11-24 CEV

Saturday Jan 23

Commemoration:  Sarah Ann Dickey

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

Gospel:  Luke 10:13-16 CEV

Friday Jan 22

Meditation – Proverbs 22:1-8

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

Letter to the Church:  2 Peter 3:1-7 CEV

Thursday Jan 21

Commemoration: Agnes Of Rome;

Prayers for those who mourn, prayer attributed to St Francis of Assisi, for those who live alone.

Letter to the Church:  Revelation 18:11-20   CEV

Wednesday, Jan 20

Scripture Meditation – 1 Timothy 2:1-3, Proverbs 19:21, 1 Peter 2:13-17, Daniel 2:21, Proverbs 29:2; prayers for strength and confidence, for guidance, for the nation.

Gospel:  Luke 18:15-17   CEV

Tuesday, Jan 19

Commemoration:  John Ernest Rattenbury

Prayers for a sick person, for the unemployed, for families.

Letter to the Church:   Acts 5:1-11  NRSV

 

 

 

Monday, Jan 18

COMMEMORATION: The Confession of Peter

Prayers for health of body and soul, for agriculture, for future of the human race.

Gospel:    Matthew 16:13-19 NRSV

 

 

 

January 16

COMMEMORATION: HIRAM RHOADES REVELS

Prayers for health of body and soul, for in times of conflict, for social service, Prayer of John Chrysostom.

Gospel:  Matthew 25:1-13 CEV

 

 

January 15

Meditation – 1 John 5:1-5; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for social justice, for the harvest of lands and water, collect of the week.  

Letter to the Church:  Acts 13:16-25    CEV

 

Thursday Jan 14 v

Jan 14:  Meditation – 1 John 3:1-3; prayers for those who mourn, for the conservation of natural resources, for those who suffer for the sake of conscience. 

Letter to the Church:  2 Corinthians 10:1-11  CEV

 

January 13

Commemoration – GEORGE FOX; prayers for strength and confidence, for those in the armed forces, for knowledge of God’s creation.

Gospel:  John 1:29-34 CEV

January 12

Meditation;  prayers for a sick person, for those who influence public opinion, for local government. 

Letter to the Church: Acts 22:2-16   CEV

 

January 11, 2021

Jan 11:  Meditation;  Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for Prisons and Correctional Institutions, prayer for church musicians and artists.  Letter to the Church:  Romans 4:1-12   CEV

 

 

January 9

January 8

Commemoration – Richard L. Watson; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for the congregation, for the good use of leisure, collect of the week.

Letter to the Church:  1 Timothy 4:11-16   VOICE

 

January 7, 2021

Prayer of John Chrysostom; prayers for those who mourn, for the oppressed, for the Greater New Jersey Annual Conf of the United Methodist Church

Letter to the Church:   Acts 9:10-19a CEV

January 6

Commemoration – HOLY EPIPHANY; prayers for strength and confidence, for clergy and people, for the poor and neglected.    

Letter to the Church:  Matthew 2:1-12   NRSV

January 5

Apostle’s Creed;  prayers for: a sick person, for the mission of the Church, for towns and rural areas.  

Gospel: Luke 6:27-31   VOICE

January 4

 Commemoration – John Seybert;  Prayer for recovery of sickness, prayer for the Church, prayer for cities.

Letter to the Church:  James 4:11-17 VOICE

January 2

Apostle’s Creed, prayers for health of body and soul, for peace, for sound government, Psalm 148.

Letter to the Church:  James 3:13-18  NRSV

January 1

Commemoration – THE HOLY NAME; prayer for the recovery of sickness, for peace among the nations, for courts of justice, collect of the week.

Letter to the Church:  Revelation 21:1-6a   NRSV