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John H. Giesler                          PRAY EVERY DAY                                  September 2006

1. School resumes in many parts of the world in this month, so let’s pray for Moravian schoolteachers and students around the world. This is a worthy cause!

2. The oldest Moravian school still in service is the girls and boys schools in Bethlehem. The Moravian Academy is still serving on the same grounds in the elementary school downtown. 1742 is the founding date. Pray for this fine school.

3. 1780 Friedland, W-S, NC. SUNDAY. The  secondary campus of the academy is at suburban Green Pond. This beautiful campus is about 5 miles north of the downtown campus.

4. Moravian College for Women and Moravian College for Men merged in 1954 and is now considered the 6^th oldest college in America. It is a leader in music, pre-med, and business, etc.

5. 1869 Main ST, Northfield, MN. A boys school was began in 1743 in Nazareth. From 1745-1759 it was moved to a number of locations. In June 1759 it returned to Nazareth and served until it closed in 1929.

6. Moravian Theological Seminary was begun as an outgrowth of Nazareth Hall in 1807. The Seminary moved between Nazareth and Bethlehem until 1893 when it located on the present site in Bethlehem.

7. In Bethlehem, we can pray for the Moravian Academy, elementary and secondary; Moravian College, a coed college with two campuses; and Moravian Theological Seminary.

8. In Lititz, about 90 miles SE of Bethlehem, there is a fine girls’ school. Linden Hall was begun in 1748. It is perhaps the oldest Moravian School in America on the same campus.    

9. In the South we have Salem Academy and College, founded in 1772, the oldest and one of few wormen’s schools in the South. An innovative 2^nd career coed school meets at night and on Saturdays to train older students to achieve goals for leadership and education.

10. 1911 Daggett, MI. Christian Education Sunday. We have had other schools in Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, which served for short times but could not survive due to financial needs.

11. 1854 Watertown, WI. The 1^st US kindergarten opened here. We are open to new ideas in education in our congregations, in nursing and other needs that present themselves. Pray we may never stop learning.

12. The Moravian Music Foundation carries on an education task in teaching about the extensive amounts of music in our archives. It enriches our worship and reaches out to other denominations that do not have the treasures we have.  

13. 1893 Union Cross, W-S, NC 1896 Mizpah, Rural Hall, NC. The foundation holds workshops on hymn and tune writing that bring out gifts in people.

14. Our Archives in Bethlehem has taught hundreds of researchers to learn to read German Script that opens the vast recourses of both Archives to translation.  

15. 2003 Holly Springs, NC. Looking at the schools in Moravian provinces, we find a rich ministry. We can only mention the highlights. In Alaska we have a seminary with Br. Tom Conrad as the new dean.

16. 1741 Recognition & acceptance of Christ as Chief Elder of the Moravian Church. 1858 Canadensis, PA. 1984 New Dawn, Toronto, ONT. Canada. In the Czech Republic we have a large Comenius School from kindergarten through high school, and a Seminary with over 50 students in Liberec.

17. Church development SUNDAY. In Germany there are many kindergartens in at least six towns. In Koenigsfeld there are several fine high schools and Herrnhut has just opened the first year of a high school.

18. 1768 Baptism of the 1^st Moravian convert on Barbados, W.I. In England there are two boarding schools at Fulneck and in Ockbrook.

19. In Guyana there are two fine schools that have done well for many years.

20. In Honduras a seminary is held in Pta Lempira.

21. In Jamaica there were many schools before the government had schools, but we still have Bethlehem Teachers College and an active part in the Seminary of the West Indies.

22. In Nicaragua there are several grade schools, a large Comenius Colegio in Bilwi and the Colegio Moravo in Bluefields. The University in Bilwi has a Moravian Seminary as part of its program.

23. In South Africa we have a Seminary in Capetown and a school for handicapped in Elim. There may be other schools but few are under the church.

24. Senior Adults SUNDAY. Suriname has the most schools of all with over 65 of all types. These schools cover the whole country and serve many language groups.There a variety of special schools to equip people for today’s needs. Pray for Suriname.

25. 1887 Oak Grove, W-S, NC. The largest province of our church is Tanzania. There are four districts and many schools of many types. Recently they have opened a University named after one of their bishops, (TEKU). They also have a very successful seminary which is always filled to capacity.

26. 1765 Arrival of Moravian missionaries on Barbados, W.I. There are many congregations in Holland so we do not know which have schools. There are schools in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and in Zeist.

27. 1868 Third, Philadelphia, PA. One of the best known is the School for Handicapped Children on Star Mountain in the West Bank. They work under terrible conditions, but continue to serve.

28. Another place with schools is North India. There is a school in Leh with over 1000 students and the large Moravian Institute in Rajpur for Tibeten refugees.

29. 1946 Midway Manor, Allentown, PA. Pray for all students in your community to be blessed by God.