(Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Verses from Psalm 111 – New Revised Standard Version) Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight […]
Watchword for the Week The Lord is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. (Psalm 145:13) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and OPENING RESPONSES Blessed be God who creates out of nothing, who shapes beauty out of chaos, breathes life into dust, delights in designing difference and embodies in […]
Watchword for the Week So then you are no longer strangers or aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. (Ephesians 2:19) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and OPENING RESPONSES (based on 1st Corinthians, Chapter 12) Leader: Christ is like a single body which has many […]
Watchword for the Week Surely God’s salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. (Psalm 85:9) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Psalm 24 – New Revised Standard Version) The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the […]
Watchword for the Week I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. (Psalm 40:8) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Verses from Psalm 139 – New International Version) O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit […]
Watchword for the Week Paul wrote: But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. (Galatians 4:4-5) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE SOLO “Halleluia” WELCOME […]
Watchword for the Week Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (Matthew 25:13) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Psalm 78:1-7 – The Message translation, adapted) Listen, dear friends, to God’s truth, bend your ears to what I tell you; I’ll let you in on […]
Watchword for the Week Paul wrote, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (from […]
Watchword for the Week Jesus spoke to his disciples and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” (Matthew 14:27) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (from the Iona Abbey Creation Liturgy) God above us – trees, birds and sunshine, stars and moonlight – God above us. God […]
Watchword for the Week The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made. (Psalm 145:9) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP Like a hungry crowd, we come to be fed. Like an anxious child, we come to be comforted. Like a forlorn friend, […]
Watchword for the Week God, turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your custom towards those who love your name. (Psalm 119:132) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (from the Iona Abbey Justice and Peace Service) O God, who created the heavens and stretched them out, we […]
Watchword for the Week Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; beside me there is no god. (Isaiah 44:6) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (as used in the Iona Abbey Commitment Service) […]
Watchword for the Week Paul wrote: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (as used in the Iona Abbey Welcome Service) This is a place where saints were found, a special house, a holy ground where […]
Watchword for the Week The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. (Psalm 145:8) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (as used in the Iona Abbey Morning Service) The world belongs to God, the earth and all its people. How good it is, how […]