Vision Statement
“Through the power of God, by the year 2022, we will be a most caring, vibrant and effective Church, attracting and transforming lives and communities.”
Motto
Our Lamb Has Conquered, Let Us Follow Him
THIS MONTH: NOVEMBER
1-3 – SDC Youth Retreat
02 – MMA Executive Meeting
04 – CDC Planning Retreat
09 – U&O Day
10 – Theological Education and Chief Elder Sunday
10 – JEMM 40th Anniversary Mid-Year Service
12 – PEC Meeting
13 – Prayer and Fasting
15 – CD Conference
15 – WD Conference
16 – Provincial Strategic Review
17 – Sunday School Exams
23 – M.D. Classes
29 – WDC Evening of Excellence
30 – DEMY Board Meeting
30 – EDC Excursion/Outing
COMING UP: DECEMBER
04 – PEC Meeting
06 – EDC Fundraiser
07 – Youth Leadership Workshop
07 – MMA Family Fun Day
07 – Provincial Youth Board meeting
08 – DEMY Sunday (Special Offering for Mission,
Observation of the start of the Mission in Jamaica – December 9, 1754)
12 – BMC Board Meeting
14 – MWF Executive Retreat
19 – Provincial Staff Social
LEST WE FORGET: MORAVIAN MEMORIAL DAYS
March 1 – The founding of the Unitas Fratrum at Lititz, Bohemia, 1457
March 26 – The election of the first Minister of the Unitas Fratrum, 1467
May 12 – The signing of the Brotherly Agreement which marked the Renewal of the Unitas Fratrum at Herrnhut, Saxony, 1727
June 17 – The founding of Herrnhut, 1722
July 6 – The Martyrdom of John Hus, 1415
August 13 – The Manifestation of the Holy Spirit at Herrnhut, 1727
August 17 – The Revival among the children at Herrnhut, 1727
August 21 – The departure of the first Moravian Missionaries from Herrnhut, 1732
September 16 – The experience of the Headship of Christ, 1741. This date is observed as Ministers’ Covenant Day for renewal of their covenant with God and with one another.
November 13 – The Proclamation of the Headship of Christ, 1741 (Christ as Chief Elder of the Moravian Church).
December 9 – The beginning of the Moravian Missions in Jamaica, 1754
