1.       You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Pray for Charlie and Vicki Brent in Texas.

2.       For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Pray for Anna Faircloth with Young Life Ministry.

3.       And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom he has given us. Pray for Moravians in Nicaragua.

4.       But where sin increased grace increased call the more. Pray for Joey Yokeley with Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

5.       Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Pray for the Unity Women’s Desk.

6.       What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Pray for the Harrisons with Greek InterVarsity.

7.       We ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Pray for the Board of World Mission.

8.       That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your hear that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Pray for Kevin and Charity in the Middle East.

9.       Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Pray for the Hoffmans in HIV/AIDS Ministry.

10.   Do not conform any longer to the patter of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Pray for PEC members, bishops and other church leaders.

11.   Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Pray for Adopt A Village in Tanzania.

12.   Do not repay evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. Pray for disaster relief volunteers.

13.   Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Pray for Phil and Eunice Raiford in Mexico.

14.   For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Pray for the Clinica Evangelica Morava in Ahuas.

15.   For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. Pray for the Rajpur Foster Child Project.

16.   Love is patient, love is kind. Pray for Moravians in Labrador.

17.   The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for seminarians and candidates for ordination.

18.   Always give yourselves full to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Pray for the Blessings Flow project.  

19.   Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love. Pray for short term mission teams.

20.   Therefore do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. Pray for Aaron and Amy Linville in Canada.

21.   Therefore if anyone is in Christ; he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! Pray for children’s and youth ministries.

22.   You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. Pray for Brian and Heather Marx with Mission Aviation Fellowship.

23.   This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Pray for Annie B Missions and Star Mountain.

24.   Let him who boasts boast in the Lord. Pray for Alan and DeeDee Iobst in France.

25.   My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Pray for Anthony’s Plot community.

26.   I no longer live but Christ lives in me. Pray for the Sineaths in Campus Outreach.

27.   But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. Pray for the Teshes in Kenya and Ray of Hope.

28.   Let us not become weary in doing good. Pray for your local homeless shelter.

29.   For we are God’s workmanship, created in him to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Pray for Moravians in Cuba and the Armando Rusindo Foundation.

30.   Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Pray for Safiatu Braima and Sierra Leone.

31.   Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Pray for Michael and Brenda Brent in Croatia.

Thank you ALL for coming to wrap diapers on Tuesday during our 12 Days of Service event. Everyone just jumped right in, unloaded that truck, wrapped 6,400 diapers and loaded them right back on the truck for Lisa to take back to Durham! In addition, generous members of NPMC donated an additional 500 – 600 diapers, so we hit about 7,000 diapers donated.

December 14, 2023, Thursday at 7:30 pm,

New Philadelphia Moravian Church

Join Salem Band for its annual Holiday Concert, Down-Home Christmas. Musical selections for reminiscing include American Christmas Folk Suite, When St. Nick Comes Marching In, Home for the Holidays, Laughing All the Way, and appropriate for Salem Band, Christmas on the Town Square. Hear your favorite traditional songs and carols: Ode to Greensleeves, Silent Night, The Holly & the Ivy, Amy Grant’s Breath of Heaven, and more. Our soloist this year is Salem Band’s own Principal Trumpeter Ken Kline, performing A Trumpeter’s Lullaby with the band.
FREE concerts at New Philadelphia Moravian Church (donations accepted for our charity partner, Sunnyside Ministry). Pre-concert holiday music by Salem Saxophone Quartet on December 14.

Mark your calendars for the following dates:

December 3 is the First Sunday of Advent. The Christmas Tree and Chrismon Tree lighting takes place beginning outside at 5:00 p.m. 

December 10 is the Second Sunday of Advent. Our 9:30 a.m. is the Advent Music Service followed by Sunday School and our children and youth have their Children’s Lovefeast at 11:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

December 17 is the Third Sunday of Advent. We have our regular 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. service. At 5:00 p.m. we have our Congregational Lovefeast with a band prelude beginning at 4:15 p.m. This is the same service as Christmas Eve.

December 24 is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Note we will have one Worship service at 11:00 a.m. Our Christmas Eve Lovefeast and Candle Services will be at 4:30 p.m. (band prelude at 3:45 p.m.) and 8:00 p.m. (band prelude at 7:15 p.m.)

December 31 we will have one Worship service at 11:00 a.m.

Shopping for gifts that give back!

Amani Gift Shop Support the Amani Children’s Foundation that cares for vulnerable infants in Kenya. You can shop on Saturday, December 2 from 9 a.m. until Noon in the Fellowship Hall.