“Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.”
30 Days of Prayer
Prayer is the most important activity of our lives. It is the main way in which we develop a relationship with our Father in heaven. Jesus said, "When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen" (Matthew 6:6). It is a relationship rather than a ritual. It is not a torrent of mechanical and mindless words. Jesus said, "Do not keep on babbling like pagans" (Matthew 6:7). It is a conversation with our Father in heaven; a vertical conversation, not a horizontal one.
Morning Prayer
6:30am - weekdays in Hope Hall
8:00am - weekends in the Library
Begins July 1
Daily Moravian Texts
The Daily Texts is a daily devotional guide published yearly since 1731. It is the oldest such guide in continuous use. Begun in Germany as a daily oral tradition, it soon became a regularly printed set of texts for each day of the year.
The texts are chosen yearly in Germany for use in all editions of the Daily Texts throughout the world. The Old Testament text is chosen by lot from a collection of about 2,000 appropriate texts. The New Testament text is then selected to expand on the Old Testament text, to give some point of Christian doctrine or to match with the special celebrations of the church year. In the American edition, appropriate hymn verses and prayers are added for each day and chosen by designated writers of varying ages, both lay and clergy, for each month.
The strength of the Daily Texts lies in presenting the Scripture unhindered by commentary or illustration. The texts are left to stand alone and to speak to each reader in his or her life. This also allows the Daily Texts to be adaptable to different patterns of devotion and study.