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Prayer Suggestion | O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in the righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to your fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; that it may please you to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their s ufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Collects and Prayers | Book of Common Prayer Bible in Time | New Testament Study, Day 21 It’s 47 - 48 CE/a....

Friday, 28 January 2021 Third Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 20 The year that we are studying | 47 CE/ad Today: Acts 13 | Revo. p. 97 Tomorrow : Acts 13:14 - 50 | Revo. pp. 105 - 107 January Assignments Calendar February Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  For All Sorts and Conditions O God, the creator and preserver of all, we humbly beseech you for all sorts and conditions of people; that you would be pleased to make your ways known unto them, your saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for your holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by your good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in the righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to your fatherly goodness all those who are in any ways afflicted or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; that it may please you to comfort and reliev...

https://depositphotos.com/vector-images/evangelism.html Wednesday, 27 January 2021 Third Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 19 The year that we are studying | 47 - 53 CE/ad Today: Background on the Antioch Churches | Revo. pp. 85 -95 Tomorrow : Acts 13 | Revo. 97 January Assignments Calendar February Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  For Peace against violence God of life, Every act of violence in our world, in our communities, between myself and others destroys a part of your creation.  Stir in my heart a renewed sense of reverence for all life. Give me the vision to recognize your spirit in every human being, however, they behave towards me. Make possible the impossible by cultivating in me the fertile seed of healing love. May I play my part in breaking the cycle of violence by realizing that peace begins with me.  In the name of Christ, who is our peace, Amen. (adapted from St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, “Pra...

Winter Sun by DWE In a post-COVID era, How does the church need to change to recapture its people from online at home viewing? It will be a different time for people to come back to a community of worship and a center for Christian action and ministry = congregational ministry. Can we take to the model of the early Church formation and apply it to the modern era? How will the Church aid the Holy Spirit to instill a sense of personal call and ministry to the individual Christian? How will we help people discern their ministry as called by God to do? How can the Church help the individual believer find what God is calling them to do to transform  the world to the Way of Christ?  

Simeon called Niger. Image Credit:  Reading Acts https://essentialchurch.net/2018/02/09/simeon-called-niger-prophet-and-teacher-in-acts-13-black-history-of-the-bible/ Wednesday, 27 January 2021 Third Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 18 The year that we are studying | 46 CE/ad Today: Acts 13:1 | Revo. pp. 73 Tomorrow : Background on the Antioch Churches | Revo. pp. 85 -95 January Assignments Calendar February Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  Sermon by the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith - Third Sunday after Epiphany - Sunday | January 24, 2021 Dear Friends in Christ, Edwards Key points - The years are 46 CE The five Antioch men are the ones who are able to proclaim Christ rose and ascended and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Marks the beginning of church coming out of Antioch rather than Jerusalem. 4 years from 1st piece of Christian literature being written. My Thoughts- The teachers/prophets in Antioch led by the Holy Spirit to act- Bar...

https://www.rootedministry.com/blog/justice-in-the-name-of-jesus-teaching-white-teens-to-be-anti-racists/photo-of-people-doing-handshakes-3184578/ Tuesday, 26 January 2021 Third Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 17 The year that we are studying | 45 CE/ad Today: Acts Not Mentioned | Revo. pp. 71- 72 Tomorrow : Acts 13:1 | Revo. pp. 71-72 January Assignments Calendar February Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, f orever and ever. Amen. Book of Common Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer Dear Friends in Christ, Edwards Key points - The years are 45 CE Rome is ruled by Claudius Fadus is ruler in Israel - kills anyone who claim...

Antonio de Bellis ,  The Liberation of St. Peter , early 1640s Wikipedia Monday, 25 January 2021 Third Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 16 The year that we are studying | 44 CE/ad Today: Acts 12 | Revo. pp. 67 - 69 Tomorrow : Acts Not Mentioned | Revo. pp. 71- 72 January Assignments Calendar February Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Third Sunday of Epiphany Dear Friends in Christ, Edwards Key points - The years are 44 CE Herod kills James and arrests Peter. Angel of the Lord breaks Peter out and Peter escapes out of town. Herod kills the prison guards Herod is struck down for enjoying being compared to a god. ...

Barnabus and Paul Encouraging the Church https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/barnabas-an-encouraging-early-church-leader-2/ Friday, 22 January 2021 Second Week of Epiphany Bible in Time: New Testament Study Day 14 The year that we are studying | 41 - 43 CE/ad Today: Acts 11 | Revo. pp. 61 - 65 Monday, 25 Jan 2021 : Acts 12 | Revo. pp. 67 - 69 January Assignments Calendar Prayer Suggestion:  Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in o...