Easter Prayer Vigil 2026- Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church

04/21/2025

Thank you to ALL who joined us in our Easter Prayer Vigil. We are SO blessed that He Is Risen !!!!!

04/18/2025

GOOD FRIDAY!!! We are given THE Ultimate gift because of Good Friday and the sacrifice of our Lord. A Sad Friday...we need to experience TODAY to fully understand and offer our sincerest praise for Jesus' death on the Cross.

7:00PM TONIGHT>>>> Come and worship at Mt. Moriah Lutheran
750 Mt. Moriah Church Rd, China Grove, NC 28023

AND

7:00 AM SUNDAY Sunrise Worship (jeans are welcome)
donation breakfast following

10:00 AM SUNDAY Resurrection Celebration with Holy Communion
(come casual, come dressy....just come worship with fellow believers)

03/29/2024

Jesus knew how He was going to die.
He knew how horrendous it would be.

That part really gets me.

We see Jesus in Gethsemane just hours before He gets arrested, praying to the Father and experiencing something many of us can relate to.. agony and sorrow.

He says to His disciples, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” -Matthew 26:38

Unfortunately, His disciples couldn’t even stay awake to keep watch.

I can only imagine the feeling of grief in that lonely hour.

Multiple times, Jesus prays: “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” -Matthew 26:39

These verses make me want to cry my eyes out.

Jesus didn’t want that “cup”. He knows exactly what He will be walking through, and He doesn’t want the unbearable pain that is about to take place.

Yet, He always goes back to God’s will. Even if it’s brutal, He will choose to follow through.

All I can think about is how many of us don’t want this “cup” we have, either.

We don’t want the fear, the illness, the loss, the loneliness.

You might think the point of this is to say that we just need to accept our circumstances and go through with it.

That’s not exactly the point.

What I was reminded of was that Jesus accepted His “cup” (death and taking on our sin) so that we would never have to experience our “cup” without Him.

What I mean is, Jesus had to experience true separation from the Father so that we wouldn’t ever have to.

He took on our sin and endured the separation you and I deserved.

Our “cup” will still come. We will still experience the full range of human emotion and suffering.

But never alone.
Never like He did.

Jesus shows us here that it’s okay to feel and grieve. But He also reminds us we never have to do it alone now.

So that cup you have? That thing that you really don’t want to experience?

Know that you aren’t the only one holding on to it.

He took it on Himself long ago.

He’s with you, and He will never leave you.

~Kelli Bachara, The Unraveling Blog

03/29/2024

Have YOU set aside some time this evening to PRAY?
Our world seems to be in constant turmoil. Life seems to FLY by.
So many are in need,not just in the USA- but in the world. Those whose lives are being devastated by natural disasters , by WAR, by aggression on so many levels, by mental illness, by unexplained
physical attacks and gun violence. YOU know the prayer needs for your own family and circle of friends. Let's expand that CIRCLE and include our neighbors ( known & unknown), our leaders ( local, state,national), those who wish harm to our world. Thankfully our Heavenly Father KNOWS the issues of our world. He KNOWS what and who are needed to do His work. We KNOCK, We ASK, We SEEK - We PRAY...........
Please feel free to post a prayer that you would like to share or post a NEED that you are praying for and would like others to join you in praying for that need.

Thank you for joining our congregation in our time of praying as we await The Risen Lord.

03/29/2024

04/06/2023

Welcome friends!
Our Easter Prayer Vigil is an " at home" prayer event this year. PLEASE set aside some time TONIGHT, during the night and tomorrow on Good Friday to offer prayers for the many needs of our world. Personal prayers, prayers for our congregation, prayers of healing for those in need, prayers for peace, prayers for our kids, schools and communities. God knows the needs - we just need to ASK, SEEK and KNOCK. Our ever present heavenly Father will be listening. Feel free to post prayer requests or to share your prayers right here on this page