Prayer for the New Year

God of the New Year and New Beginnings,

     Only you know what this year holds for EST, for your work in Poland, and for each of us. We ask that your will be done, that you will use each of us to be your hands, feet, minds and resources to your world.

     Draw the people you call to visit Poland, to give and to be part of your ministry there.

"Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul."

            Psalm 143:8b 

Christmas Prayer

 What do I want for Christmas?
      I want to kneel in Bethlehem,
           the air thick with alleluias,
                the angels singing

       that God is born among us.

In the light of the Star,

      I want to see them come,
  the wise ones and the humble.
I want to see them come
    bearing whatever they treasure
         to lay at the feet
 of him who gives his life.


 What do I want for Christmas?
       To see in the stable
             the whole world kneeling in thanks
                   for a promise kept:
                         NEW LIFE.
For in his nativity
       we find ours.
               Ann Weems

Oh Gracious and Loving God,

Revive us and transform us this season as you transformed the world through our Savior's birth in Bethlehem.

Prayer for the Week of Thanksgiving

"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done."    
I Chronicles 16:8

Prayer of Thanks

Gracious and Loving God,
We are thankful and encouraged by the ways you are using our friends in Poland to spread your love and hope to the people of Wroclaw through their
interfaith conferences, their "Days of Reformation", and their involvement in the recognition of Bonhoeffer as a formal patron of Wroclaw. We give you thanks for such a mighty ministry from your small group of faithful followers at EWST.

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."    Phillipians 4:13

Prayer for Week of October 12

Eternal God,
We thank you for the time of renewed spirits and friendships with Wojtek and Marek and the Board of EST. Continue to guide all of us, Oh Lord, as we seek, and respond to, your direction in our lives. Help us to trust you more, for you are the only one who can make us more than we are.

"But as for me, I will look to the Lord,I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me."  Micah 7:7

Prayer for Guidance

Spirit of the Living God,

Guide those from EST and the United States involved in the EST Board meeting in Raleigh on September 22-25. Make it a time to renew spirits and friendships, and rejuvenate your call to create a closer, stronger Christian community in Poland. Be especially with those newly called to serve you through the board, and with those traveling from Poland. Let your Spirit of hope and your heart of joy be felt by all as your mission is discerned for EST.

"  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."     Romans 15:13 

Prayer for Week of September 1

Father God of all people in all languages,

Touch the lives of those being served through EST-faculty and staff, former graduates, new students, adults in the third generation program of continuing theological education, students at other universities whose lives are being shaped by EST, former and future mission trip participants, terminally ill children in the hospice program,  and people of multiple faiths who have found a common ground of reconciliation through EST. Be present in Poland as we feel your presence where we are right now.

"Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God."

        1 John 3:2