Category - Preaching Resources

(Members of the BWM Board of Directors touring a home in western North Carolina damaged in last year’s floods.  The BWM is helping to completely refurbish the home.) Assigned Text: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 “I’ll Be...

A God of Second Chances…Lot’s of Them By Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Luke 13:1-9 I remember as a child going to the old Post Office building in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, and seeing a man out on the front...

Checking our Prejudices by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Luke 13:31-35 What is the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word “Pharisee?” Chances are you are thinking of the string of accusations that...

A Mission Rooted in God’s Will By Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Texts: Luke 11:1-13, Colossians 2:6-15 [16-19] Prayer is an essential part of the Christian life, but as I have worked with parishioners over the years, I...

(Board of World Mission representatives meeting with doctors and administrators of the Auhas Clinic in Honduras.)  Meeting Us Where We Are by Bishop Chris Giesler Assigned Scripture text: Luke 6:17-26 Did you notice anything...

My Name is Not Jesus by Bishop Chris Giesler Preaching Text: Luke 5:1-11 Simon Peter, his brother Andrew, and their partners James and John were fishermen from Capernaum on the coast of the Sea of Galilee. This was their...

(Beans and rice seeds are being distributed to flood victims in the Rio Coco region of Nicaragua.  These gifts were made possible through donations to the Moravian Disaster Response Fund) In All Things Love By Bishop Chris...

(Worship in the new Moravian Mission Province in Brazil) Jesus’ Mission is Our Mission by the Rt. Rev. Chris Giesler Assigned Texts: I Corinthians 12:12-31 and Luke 4:14-21 In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians...

(Bethlehem Area Moravians assemble water filters to provide clean water in Honduras) An Early Sign on the Journey By Bishop Chris Giesler Assigned Lesson: John 2:1-11 You know that first impressions are always important.  If you...