Scripture
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. I Timothy 2:1-4
Prayer
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Our Country (BCP 1928, USA)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
XXV Pentecost: All Saints' Sunday
Let Us Pray For…
Anglican Relief and Development Fund
Canon Nancy Norton (Director)
Board of Foreign Missions, REC
The Rt. Rev. Royal V. Grote, Jr. (President)
Christian Formation Ministries
The Rev. Canon William E. Blewett
Canon Carolyn C. Fouse
Special Prayer Petitions
from Nancy Norton of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund
Please pray for our upcoming Trustees meeting November 10-12 in Vero Beach, Florida, for the Holy Spirit's presence to guide us in our decisions for the future of ARDF.
From the Scriptures
Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel….
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
A Guiding Prayer
O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through the same thy Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Heritage Reflection
“As there is a perfect union betwixt the glorious Saints in heaven, and an union, though imperfect, betwixt the Saints on earth, so there is an union, partly perfect and partly imperfect, between the Saints in heaven and the Saints below upon earth, perfect in respect of those glorified Saints above, imperfect in respect of the weak returns we are able to make to them again.”
Anglican Relief and Development Fund
Canon Nancy Norton (Director)
Board of Foreign Missions, REC
The Rt. Rev. Royal V. Grote, Jr. (President)
Christian Formation Ministries
The Rev. Canon William E. Blewett
Canon Carolyn C. Fouse
Special Prayer Petitions
from Nancy Norton of the Anglican Relief and Development Fund
Please pray for our upcoming Trustees meeting November 10-12 in Vero Beach, Florida, for the Holy Spirit's presence to guide us in our decisions for the future of ARDF.
From the Scriptures
Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel….
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17 (ESV)
A Guiding Prayer
O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through the same thy Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
“All Saints’ Day,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)
A Heritage Reflection
“As there is a perfect union betwixt the glorious Saints in heaven, and an union, though imperfect, betwixt the Saints on earth, so there is an union, partly perfect and partly imperfect, between the Saints in heaven and the Saints below upon earth, perfect in respect of those glorified Saints above, imperfect in respect of the weak returns we are able to make to them again.”
Bishop Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
A Treatise of Christ Mystical; or the Blessed Union of Christ and His Members
A Treatise of Christ Mystical; or the Blessed Union of Christ and His Members
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Bishop James Hannington and his Companions (Martyrs, 29 October 1885)
Let us pray for...
All CCP congregations, clergy and people under the oversight of the Anglican Province of Uganda
Collect of the Day
Precious in your sight, O Lord, is the death of your saints, whose faithful witness, by your providence, has its great reward: We give you thanks for your martyrs James Hannington and his companions, who purchased with their blood a road into Uganda for the proclamation of the Gospel; and we pray that with them we also may obtain the crown of righteousness which is laid up for all who love the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, on God, for ever and ever. Amen.
From Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, Primate of Uganda
In the Church of Uganda, Anglicanism has been built on three pillars: martyrs, revival, and the historic episcopate. Yet each of these refers back to the Word of God, the ground on which all is built: The faith of the martyrs was maintained by the Word of God, the East African revival brought to the people the Word of God, and the historic ordering of ministry was designed to advance the Word of God...
...Tertullian’s oft-quoted statement “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church” is the story of the faith in Uganda. On his first visit to Uganda in 1885, the Englishman and missionary bishop James Hannington was martyred as he tried to cross the river Nile into central Uganda. Bishop Hannington was coming to Uganda from Kenya and decided to approach the Buganda kingdom from the east. Unfortunately, unknown to him, there was a Baganda belief that its enemies would approach the kingdom from the eastern route. So the king, the Kabaka, sent warriors to meet this encroaching enemy. Before they killed Hannington, on October 29, 1885, he is reported to have said, “Tell the Kabaka that I die for Uganda.”
Less than a year later, on June 3, 1886, the king of Buganda ordered the killing of twenty-six of his court pages because they refused his homosexual advances and would not recant their belief in King Jesus. They cut and carried the reeds that were then wrapped around them and set on fire in an execution pit. As the flames engulfed them, these young martyrs sang songs of praise. Far from eliminating Christianity, the martyrdoms had the opposite effect: If the faith of these martyrs was worth dying for, then it must also be something worth living for. Christianity began to spread like wildfire.
Martyrdom, however, is not a thing of the past. As recently as 1977, the archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Janani Luwum, was martyred at the hands of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Archbishop Luwum spoke out boldly against the injustices and atrocities of Amin. This, however, ushered in a swift and merciless reaction from Amin. The archbishop’s home was plundered during a 1:30 a.m. raid on February 5, 1977. This brought a piercing censure of Amin from the Ugandan House of Bishops. Church leaders were summoned to Kampala and then ordered to leave, one by one. Luwum turned to Bishop Festo Kivengere and said: “They are going to kill me. I am not afraid.”
On February 16, 1977, Amin had Archbishop Luwum arrested on trumped-up charges of treason. Thrown into a cell with several other political prisoners, the archbishop said, “Let us pray.” Then they were taken to Amin himself, brutally beaten, and shot to death. “While the opportunity is there, I preach the Gospel with all my might, and my conscience is clear before God that I have not sided with the present government which is utterly self-seeking,” Janani Luwum wrote. “I have been threatened many times. Whenever I have the opportunity I have told the president the things the churches disapprove of. God is my witness.”
The influence of these martyrs on the faith of Anglican Christians in Uganda cannot be underestimated. The Church of Uganda has been built not only on the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone, but also on its martyrs. The faith and moral vision for which our martyrs died can never be denied by the Church of Uganda. Their courage and complete confidence in the God of the Bible and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has left an indelible mark on Christianity in Uganda.
The experience of martyrdom is not, however, unique to Uganda. The faith of the Ugandan martyrs is the same faith that took Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley to the stake. Latimer’s dying words to Ridley were, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” Yet, as the light of the gospel continues to dim in the Western world, are we not betraying our founding fathers and the Reformation Faith for which they died?
Do we not need a revival of the martyrs’ confidence in the Word of God? A revival in the conviction that this Faith that was worth dying for is the same Faith worth living for today? The heroes of Anglicanism throughout the world are our martyrs...
First Things, August/September 2007
All CCP congregations, clergy and people under the oversight of the Anglican Province of Uganda
Collect of the Day
Precious in your sight, O Lord, is the death of your saints, whose faithful witness, by your providence, has its great reward: We give you thanks for your martyrs James Hannington and his companions, who purchased with their blood a road into Uganda for the proclamation of the Gospel; and we pray that with them we also may obtain the crown of righteousness which is laid up for all who love the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, on God, for ever and ever. Amen.
From Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, Primate of Uganda
In the Church of Uganda, Anglicanism has been built on three pillars: martyrs, revival, and the historic episcopate. Yet each of these refers back to the Word of God, the ground on which all is built: The faith of the martyrs was maintained by the Word of God, the East African revival brought to the people the Word of God, and the historic ordering of ministry was designed to advance the Word of God...
...Tertullian’s oft-quoted statement “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church” is the story of the faith in Uganda. On his first visit to Uganda in 1885, the Englishman and missionary bishop James Hannington was martyred as he tried to cross the river Nile into central Uganda. Bishop Hannington was coming to Uganda from Kenya and decided to approach the Buganda kingdom from the east. Unfortunately, unknown to him, there was a Baganda belief that its enemies would approach the kingdom from the eastern route. So the king, the Kabaka, sent warriors to meet this encroaching enemy. Before they killed Hannington, on October 29, 1885, he is reported to have said, “Tell the Kabaka that I die for Uganda.”
Less than a year later, on June 3, 1886, the king of Buganda ordered the killing of twenty-six of his court pages because they refused his homosexual advances and would not recant their belief in King Jesus. They cut and carried the reeds that were then wrapped around them and set on fire in an execution pit. As the flames engulfed them, these young martyrs sang songs of praise. Far from eliminating Christianity, the martyrdoms had the opposite effect: If the faith of these martyrs was worth dying for, then it must also be something worth living for. Christianity began to spread like wildfire.
Martyrdom, however, is not a thing of the past. As recently as 1977, the archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Janani Luwum, was martyred at the hands of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Archbishop Luwum spoke out boldly against the injustices and atrocities of Amin. This, however, ushered in a swift and merciless reaction from Amin. The archbishop’s home was plundered during a 1:30 a.m. raid on February 5, 1977. This brought a piercing censure of Amin from the Ugandan House of Bishops. Church leaders were summoned to Kampala and then ordered to leave, one by one. Luwum turned to Bishop Festo Kivengere and said: “They are going to kill me. I am not afraid.”
On February 16, 1977, Amin had Archbishop Luwum arrested on trumped-up charges of treason. Thrown into a cell with several other political prisoners, the archbishop said, “Let us pray.” Then they were taken to Amin himself, brutally beaten, and shot to death. “While the opportunity is there, I preach the Gospel with all my might, and my conscience is clear before God that I have not sided with the present government which is utterly self-seeking,” Janani Luwum wrote. “I have been threatened many times. Whenever I have the opportunity I have told the president the things the churches disapprove of. God is my witness.”
The influence of these martyrs on the faith of Anglican Christians in Uganda cannot be underestimated. The Church of Uganda has been built not only on the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone, but also on its martyrs. The faith and moral vision for which our martyrs died can never be denied by the Church of Uganda. Their courage and complete confidence in the God of the Bible and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has left an indelible mark on Christianity in Uganda.
The experience of martyrdom is not, however, unique to Uganda. The faith of the Ugandan martyrs is the same faith that took Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley to the stake. Latimer’s dying words to Ridley were, “Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” Yet, as the light of the gospel continues to dim in the Western world, are we not betraying our founding fathers and the Reformation Faith for which they died?
Do we not need a revival of the martyrs’ confidence in the Word of God? A revival in the conviction that this Faith that was worth dying for is the same Faith worth living for today? The heroes of Anglicanism throughout the world are our martyrs...
First Things, August/September 2007
Saturday, October 25, 2008
XXIV Pentecost
Let Us Pray For…
Anglican Evangelism
Mrs. Jenny Noyes (Director)
Anglicans for Life
Mrs. Georgette Forney (President)
Anglican Global Mission Partners
Mr. Stewart Wicker (Chairman)
Special Prayer Petitions
from Georgette Forney of Anglicans for Life
Most important prayer request is that we will fulfill our mission: advocate the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death in the Church and society and successfully end abortion and euthanasia, protect embryos from research abuse, and promote abstinence and adoption.
I am also working on next year’s goals and budget which I will present at our Nov. 10th Board of Directors meeting and include in our Church Grant request going to over 500 Church Pastors. Please pray I will have a clear sense of what God is calling this ministry to accomplish and what He will fund, also pray for Churches to support AFL.
Another issue we pray for relates to the fact that we rent office space from St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley, which is in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The Diocese and majority of Churches have left the Episcopal Church including St. Stephen’s. There is concern that the Episcopal Church will at some point in the future try and take over our church property. Our computer support system and accounting/database management is all hosted and housed by St. Stephen’s. We have decided to convert to our own system. While this is a good thing it will also open pandora’s box on potential computer glitches. Please be praying for this conversion process which will begin in late November. Specifically ask the Lord to provide a smooth transition for the data and for all the computers to get connected properly.
Finally, I hope the door will open so I can present AFL’s ministry to the Common Cause Bishop’s Council, with the hope that they would endorse us and make the Sanctity of Life a plank in the foundation of the new province so all churches would be involved in doing life-ministry as part of fulfilling the great commission.
From the Scriptures
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
A Guiding Prayer
O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Heritage Reflection
“God speaks not as man, but as GOD. His thoughts are very deep; and thence his words are of inexhaustible virtue. And the language of his messengers, also, is exact in the highest degree: for the words which were given them accurately answered the impression made upon their minds: and hence, as Luther says, ‘Divinity is nothing but the grammar of the language of the Holy Ghost.’ To understand this thoroughly, we should observe the emphasis which lies on every word; the holy affections expressed thereby, and the tempers shown in every writer. But how little are these, the latter especially regarded! though they are wonderfully diffused through the whole New Testament, and are in truth a continued commendation of him who acts, speaks, or writes.”
Anglican Evangelism
Mrs. Jenny Noyes (Director)
Anglicans for Life
Mrs. Georgette Forney (President)
Anglican Global Mission Partners
Mr. Stewart Wicker (Chairman)
Special Prayer Petitions
from Georgette Forney of Anglicans for Life
Most important prayer request is that we will fulfill our mission: advocate the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death in the Church and society and successfully end abortion and euthanasia, protect embryos from research abuse, and promote abstinence and adoption.
I am also working on next year’s goals and budget which I will present at our Nov. 10th Board of Directors meeting and include in our Church Grant request going to over 500 Church Pastors. Please pray I will have a clear sense of what God is calling this ministry to accomplish and what He will fund, also pray for Churches to support AFL.
Another issue we pray for relates to the fact that we rent office space from St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley, which is in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The Diocese and majority of Churches have left the Episcopal Church including St. Stephen’s. There is concern that the Episcopal Church will at some point in the future try and take over our church property. Our computer support system and accounting/database management is all hosted and housed by St. Stephen’s. We have decided to convert to our own system. While this is a good thing it will also open pandora’s box on potential computer glitches. Please be praying for this conversion process which will begin in late November. Specifically ask the Lord to provide a smooth transition for the data and for all the computers to get connected properly.
Finally, I hope the door will open so I can present AFL’s ministry to the Common Cause Bishop’s Council, with the hope that they would endorse us and make the Sanctity of Life a plank in the foundation of the new province so all churches would be involved in doing life-ministry as part of fulfilling the great commission.
From the Scriptures
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:17-22 (ESV)
A Guiding Prayer
O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
“The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)
A Heritage Reflection
“God speaks not as man, but as GOD. His thoughts are very deep; and thence his words are of inexhaustible virtue. And the language of his messengers, also, is exact in the highest degree: for the words which were given them accurately answered the impression made upon their minds: and hence, as Luther says, ‘Divinity is nothing but the grammar of the language of the Holy Ghost.’ To understand this thoroughly, we should observe the emphasis which lies on every word; the holy affections expressed thereby, and the tempers shown in every writer. But how little are these, the latter especially regarded! though they are wonderfully diffused through the whole New Testament, and are in truth a continued commendation of him who acts, speaks, or writes.”
Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791)
“Preface,” Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament
“Preface,” Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Week of XXIII Pentecost - Stewardship
Pray for good stewardship
May all CCP members be blessed with the means, thankfulness and cheerfulness to be good stewards.
May all CCP ministries be blessed with all they need to do the work God assigns.
Scripture
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. II Corinthians 9:6-8
May all CCP members be blessed with the means, thankfulness and cheerfulness to be good stewards.
May all CCP ministries be blessed with all they need to do the work God assigns.
Scripture
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. II Corinthians 9:6-8
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Week of XXIII Pentecost
Please pray for clergy who are being attacked by religious authorities:
Brandon, Manitoba - Clergy of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)
California - Clergy of the Diocese of San Joaquin (Province of the Southern Cone)
Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Brandon, Manitoba - Clergy of the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)
California - Clergy of the Diocese of San Joaquin (Province of the Southern Cone)
Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
XXIII Pentecost
Let Us Pray For...
AMiA Youth Ministry
The Rev. Chris Zoephel (Director)
Young Anglicans Project
The Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig (Director)
Anglican Academy
Special Prayer Petitions
from Rev. Chris Zoephel:
1) For our team to help advance the Kingdom by helping churches reach students with the gospel of Jesus Christ
2) For unity of our team
3) For encouragement and strength
4) For protection
5) For Soul in the City Summer Camp coming next summer in Denver and Jacksonville (and all that goes into the planning and running of such events)
6) For our workshops at Winter Conference etc...
7) For our teaching and training in East Africa. We are going with Youth Specialties to train youth in six countries (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania and the Suday) in mid August.
From the Scriptures
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
A Guiding Prayer
Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Heritage Reflection
“For the way of all those who see is single and upward, illumined by the heavenly light, but the ways of those who do not see are many, dark and divergent; the one leads to the kingdom of heaven, uniting man to God, while the others lead down to death, separating man from God. Thus it is necessary for you and for all who are concerned about their salvation to make your way by faith, without deviation, surely and resolutely, lest, in slacking, you remain in gross desires, or, erring, wander from the right path.”*
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*Translated by John Behr, Copyright 1997, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press
AMiA Youth Ministry
The Rev. Chris Zoephel (Director)
Young Anglicans Project
The Rev. Dr. Jack Gabig (Director)
Anglican Academy
Special Prayer Petitions
from Rev. Chris Zoephel:
1) For our team to help advance the Kingdom by helping churches reach students with the gospel of Jesus Christ
2) For unity of our team
3) For encouragement and strength
4) For protection
5) For Soul in the City Summer Camp coming next summer in Denver and Jacksonville (and all that goes into the planning and running of such events)
6) For our workshops at Winter Conference etc...
7) For our teaching and training in East Africa. We are going with Youth Specialties to train youth in six countries (Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania and the Suday) in mid August.
From the Scriptures
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:3-11 (ESV)
A Guiding Prayer
Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
“The Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)
A Heritage Reflection
“For the way of all those who see is single and upward, illumined by the heavenly light, but the ways of those who do not see are many, dark and divergent; the one leads to the kingdom of heaven, uniting man to God, while the others lead down to death, separating man from God. Thus it is necessary for you and for all who are concerned about their salvation to make your way by faith, without deviation, surely and resolutely, lest, in slacking, you remain in gross desires, or, erring, wander from the right path.”*
St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr (d. ca. 202)
The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching
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*Translated by John Behr, Copyright 1997, St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press
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