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And this I pray
How does each sermon connect to this theme?
There is a beautiful correspondence between the content of the Lord’s Prayer and the content of our lives — a mingling of eternity and the everyday, the majestic and the mundane, the glorious and the common, the lofty and the lowly. Along with specific phrases of the Lord’s Prayer, this month will also add, two other petitions that can become part of our ongoing conversations with God.
July 5: In this Service for the Departed, we pray that God would make us alive in His spirit. Rather than being bound to an earthly perspective of life, we know that Christ is Lord of life and death and He brings freedom, identity, endurance in suffering, and eternal life.
July 12: This Sunday begins our focus on the Lord’s Prayer with the phrase, “Your kingdom come.” We will come to know that the kingdom is at hand - it is within our space, time, and being.
July 19: Encapsulating all we need to exist, we pray that God would “Give us this day our daily bread.” It a prayer for earthly sustenance, for Christ - our spiritual nourishment, for communal responsibility, and for daily dependence and trust.
July 26: Praying that God would “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,” reveals the need for both recognition and response.
July midweek: In praying to love more and more, we recognize that any outpouring of love from us is rooted in God’s love, revealed in Christ. We are called to respond to this grace with tangible acts of love towards God and our neighbor, that reveal His love in our lives.
And this I pray... We simply pray because, as God’s children, we have been commanded to, and because it glorifies Him and enriches us. God is glorified when we are obedient to His commands and His name is kept holy. He is glorified when His children revere Him and seek to know Him. In this month, I encourage you to seek a more intensive and extensive discipline of prayer that causes each one to never neglect the opportunity that has been opened to us by God, to approach and commune with Him. Is it not an amazing privilege?
John S. Schnabel [USA District Apostle]
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2026 Annual motto: "Don’t be afraid. Just believe!"
2026 Annual motto: "Don’t be afraid. Just believe!"
A special message from Chief Apostle Schneider - video
New motto for 2026 - "Don’t be afraid; just believe!" - Learn more about this new theme from the church theologian
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Here’s some links the beautiful Pentecost weekend
Saturday Pentecost Concert
service transcript - NAC Service - 2026-05-24 Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider in CapeTown, South Africa (Pentecost) Transcript
May 2026 - Chief Apostle service in Philippines - video
April 2026 - Chief Apostle service in Canada - video
Jan 2026 - Chief Apostle service in Panama City, Panama - video
Feb 2026 - District Apostle service in SF Metro area - video
2025 A special message from Chief Apostle Schneider - video
Here are some additional resources:
Doing good: high time to take some time - additional thoughts from Chief Apostle on motto
New Apostolic Church Southern Africa | Behind the Word - "It’s time to do good!" - theological background
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. ~ Galatians 6: 9–10
Dist AP Schnabel Christmas service - video
Apostle Fendt - teaching on thanksgiving - video
Chief Apostle service from Canada - video
Chief Apostle service from India - video
Chief Apostle service from Zambia - video
Chief Apostle service from Germany - video
Apostle Fendt - teaching on prayer - video
For your journey - God of the Old Testament or God of the New Testament? - video
Apostle W. Schmidt teaching on concept of "Being Engaged Dual Citizens" [video]
Apostle W. Schmidt teaching on concept of "The Church and You" [video]
Pentecost 2025 - Pentecost service, here are links to a summary, service transcript, and service video in English. Additionally, you can read here about our new Chief Apostle Helper Helge Mutschler.
Apostle Fendt - teaching on Spiritual blessings - video
District Apostle Schnabel preached a sermon in Dallas, Texas on March 23, 2025 - video
A special Christmas message from Dist Apostle Schnabel - video
Apostle Fendt - teaching on Thanksgiving - video
Special Thanksgiving message from District Apostle Schnabel on Youtube - video
Apostle Fendt - teaching on CAp service - video
Chief Apostle service from SF, USA - video
Apostle Fendt - teaching on repentence - video
Chief Apostle J-L. Schneider | SHINE, Pan-American Youth Summit - video
For your journey - Mental Health and Suicide - video
Apostle Fendt - Why we go to church - video
Interview with CAp Schneider at a Youth event
Apostle Fendt - Teaching on Most Holy Faith - video
Chief Apostle DIvine service - Zambia 6.30.24 video
NAC Community Magazine - enjoy the latest publication about the church around the world
Service for the departed
Service for the departed
Our next Service for the departed will be conducted on Sunday, 5 July
Here's a few resources to help us prepare for this special day:
Touching and in need of explanation
Divine services for the departed are a moving experience for many. But why do they exist and how do they work? A module on nac.academy provides some insight.
Help for the departed: History - video discussion
Before a divine service for the departed, the hereafter seems to be especially near. Yet, what can we say offhand about this other world? Here are some answers from the Bible and the Catechism.
Advocating and interceding for someone is a true act of friendship! There is a story of four people who did just that and enabled a sick person to be healed through their own faith.
The sacraments: For the departed under the hands of the Apostles
Can the departed receive salvation too? The question is as old as Christianity itself. The answer of the New Apostolic Church is not even all that new—and nevertheless, it is unusual. Here is the story of how the sacraments for the departed came to be dispensed.
Being a help to the dead is an expression of God's will
In all churches there are memorial ceremonies and services—defined to a greater or lesser extent—for loved ones who have passed away. Some Orthodox denominations celebrate with bread and cake at the grave. Other churches celebrate services of remembrance. The New Apostolic Church celebrates divine services for the departed three times each year.
NAC Catechism Questions and Answers version - See Section 9 Life after death [starting on pg 177]
Sacraments can also be of help to the departed.
This is not only professed by the New Apostolic faith, but is also taught in the Catholic Church and in Orthodox Christianity. Following is a look at the bigger picture.
Before a divine service for the departed, the hereafter seems to be especially near. Yet, what can we say offhand about this other world? Here are some answers from the Bible and the Catechism.
Dist Apostle Schnabel NAC USA Announcements - Winter 2025
Dist Apostle Schnabel NAC USA Announcements - Winter 2025
Please click here to read the letter sent by our District Apostle for the Advent season.
"When we make the effort to make the return of Christ more existent, more concrete in our lives, a greater hope is awakened in us, and a source of comfort is unleashed. This will have a major effect on our souls if done properly: we will experience godly peace and joy in the assurance that nothing can delay His coming or prevent the plan of salvation from being completed."
NAC USA continues to publish new Small Group discussion content based on the series "The Chosen".
Together Conference in June 26-28 2026: visit www.together.nac-usa.org for more information. Registration is now open.
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