2024 | | "Love each other deeply." | | 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) |
2023 | | "His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot." | | Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV) |
2022 | | "The righteous are as bold as a lion" | | Proverbs 28:1 (NIV) |
2021 | | "Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near." | | Philippians 4:5 (NIV) |
2020 | | "Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him." | | Hosea 6:3 (NLB) |
2019 | | "Rejoice always, pray continuously, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" | | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) |
2018 | | "My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus" | | Philippians 4:19 (NIV) |
2017 | | "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord" | | Psalm 27:14 (NIV) |
2016 | | "As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord" | | Joshua 24:15 (NIV) |
2015 | | "This is a day of Good News" | | 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV) |
2014 | | "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand" | | Jeremiah 18:6 (NIV) |
2013 | | "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess" | | Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) |
2012 | | "Run in such a way as to get the prize" | | 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV) |
2011 | | "I have hidden your word in my heart" | | Psalm 119:11 (NIV) |
2010 | | "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" | | Romans 2:12 (NIV) |
2009 | | "transforming the Valley of Trouble into the Door of Hope" | | Hosea 2:15 |
2008 | | "In all things grow up into Him" | | Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) |
2007 | | "It is for freedom that Christ has set you free" | | Galatians 5:1 (NIV) |
2006 | | "This is a day of good news" | | 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV) |
2005 | | "Let your light shine" | | Matthew 5:16 (NIV) |
2004 | | "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth" | | Ezra 5:11 (NIV) |
2003 | | "So that we might be mature and
full-grown in the Lord, measuring
up to the full stature of Christ" | | Ephesians 4:13 (NLB) |
2002 | | "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain" | | Psalm 127:1 (NIV) |
2001 | | "Live a life worthy of the calling you have received" | | Ephesians 4:1 (NIV) |
2000 | | "... our eyes are upon you" | | 2 Chronicles 20:12 (NIV) |
1999 | | "I am not ashamed of the gospel." | | Romans 1:16 (NIV) |
1998 | | "In everything, by prayer..." | | Philippians 4:6 (NIV) |
1997 | | "All I want is to know Christ." | | Philippians 3:10 (NEB) |
1996 | | "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. Receive the Holy Spirit." | | John 20:21-22 (NIV) |
1995 | | "The Lord is my shepherd ... he restores my soul ... my cup overflows." | | Psalm 23:1,3,5 (NIV) |
1994 | | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." | | Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) |
1993 | | Jesus commanded: "Love each other as I have loved you." | | John 15:12 (NIV) |
1992 | | "If God is for us, who can be against us?" | | Romans 8:31 (NIV) |
1991 | | "Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" | | Joshua 1:9 (NIV) |
1990 | | "Be filled with the spirit. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always givings thanks to the Father for everything." | | Ephesians 5:18-20 (NIV) |
1989 | | "I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me." | | Philippians 4:13 (AV) |
1988 | | "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." | | Colossians 4:6 (NIV) |
1987 | | "Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus." | | Philippians 3:13-14 |
1986 | | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." | | Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) |
1985 | | "The God of hope." | | Romans 15:13 (AV) |
1984 | | "Go ... make ... disciples." | | Matthew 28:19 (NEB) |
1983 | | Jesus said, "I shall build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." | | Matthew 16:18 (AV) |
1982 | | "Christ gave Himself for our sins." | | Galatians 1:4 (AV) |
1981 | | "The Lord shall guide you continually." | | Isaiah 58:11 (AV) |
1980 | | "The fruit of the Spirit is...goodness." | | Galatians 5:22 (AV) |
1979 | | All Scripture is inspired by God...giving instruction for right living." | | 2 Timothy 3:16 (NEB) |
1978 | | "You are the body of Christ." | | 1 Corinthians 12:27 (AV) |
1977 | | "I will make you a light to the nations of the world." | | Isaiah 49:6 (Living Bible) |
1976 | | "Always pray, never lose heart." | | Luke 18:1 (NEB) |
1975 | | "Tell them how much the Lord has done for you." | | Mark 5:19 |
1974 | | "If God is for us, who is against us?" | | Romans 8:1 (AV) |
1973 | | "I will guide thee with mine eye." | | Psalm 32:8 (AV) |
1972 | | "There remains...much...to be possessed." | | Joshua 13:1 (AV) |
1971 | | "For ye serve the Lord Christ." | | Colossians 3:24 (AV) |
1970 | | "Take up his cross and follow..." | | Matthew 16:24 (AV) |
1969 | | "Launch out into the deep." | | Luke 5:4 (AV) |
1968 | | "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth." | | 3 John 1:2 (AV) |
1967 | | "I have set before you a open door." | | Revelations 3:8 (AV) |
1966 | | "Serve the Lord with gladness." | | Psalm 100:2 (AV) |
1965 | | "Persist in prayer." | | Romans 12:12 |
1964 | | "Seek and ye shall find." | | Matthew 7:7 (AV) |
1963 | | "Quench not the Spirit." | | 1 Thessalonians 5:19 (AV) |
1962 | | "Be thou faithful...." | | Revelation 2:10 (AV) |
1961 | | "They continued steadfastly." | | Acts 2:42 (AV) |
1960 | | "Behold, now is the accepted time." | | 2 Corinthians 6:2 (AV) |
1959 | | "Go ye...and make disciples." | | Matthew 28:19 (AV) |
1958 | | "In nothing be anxious." | | |
1957 | | "Be clothed with humility." | | 1 Peter 5:5 (AV) |
1956 | | "Pray for us here that the Lord's message may go forward unhindered and may bring Him glory." | | 2 Thessalonians 3:1 |
1955 | | "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former ... and in this place will I give peace." | | Haggai 2:9 (AV) |
1954 | | "If God be for us, who can be against us?" | | Romans 8:31 (AV) |
1953 | | "Unto you ... which believe, He is precious." | | 1 Peter 2:7 (AV) |
1952 | | "The Lord .... delighted in thee." | | 1 Kings 10:9 (AV) |
1951 | | "Reckon on God's faithfulness." | | |
1950 | | "Work in the midst of the years." | | A mid-century prayer |
1949 | | "Christ shall be magnified." | | Philippians 1:20 (AV) |
1948 | | "He shall not fail...thee." | | Isaiah 42:4 (AV) |
1947 | | | | |
1946 | | "For me to live is Christ." | | Philippians 1:21 (AV) |
1945 | | "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." | | Philippians 4:13 (AV) |
1944 | | "The Lord is my helper." | | Hebrews 13:6 (AV) |
1943 | | "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." | | Proverbs 4:23 (AV) |
1942 | | "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." | | 1 John 5:4 (AV) |
1941 | | "As thy days so shall thy strength be." | | Deuteronomy 33:25 (AV) |
1940 | | "I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." | | Psalm 16:8 (AV) |
1939 | | "In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths." | | Proverbs 3:6 (AV) |
1938 | | "My expectation is from Him." | | Psalm 62:5 (AV) |
1937 | | "I will go in the strength of the Lord." | | Psalm 71:16 (AV) |
1936 | | "There shall be showers of blessing." | | Ezekiel 34:26 (AV) |
1935 | | "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." | | 1 Peter 1:5 (AV) |
1934 | | "The battle is not your's, but God's." | | 2 Chronicles 20:15 (AV) |
1933 | | "Never forget Jesus Christ risen from the dead." | | 2 Timothy 2:8 |
1932 | | "Consider your ways"; "One another"; "Jesus Christ." | | Haggai 1:5,7; Hebrews 10:24; Hebrews 3:1 (AV) |
1931 | | "This God is our God for ever and ever." | | Psalm 48:14 (AV) |
1930 | | "Establish Thou the work of our hands." | | Psalm 90:17 (AV) |
1929 | | "Launch out into the deep." | | Luke 5:4 (AV) |
1928 | | "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." | | Isaiah 30:15 (AV) |
1927 | | "Do and teach these commandments." | | Matthew 5:19 (AV) |
1926 | | "The pure in heart ... shall see God." | | Matthew 5:8 (AV) |
1925 | | "Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel." | | Colossians 1:23 (AV) |
1924 | | "The joy of your Lord is your strength." | | Nehemiah 8:10 (AV) |
1923 | | "Revive us again." | | Psalm 85:6 (AV) |
1922 | | "Jehovah-jireh" | | Genesis 22:14 (AV) |
1921 | | "Lord, I am ready." | | Luke 22:33 (AV) |
1920 | | "Freely ye have received, freely give," | | Matthew 10:8 (AV) |
1919 | | "From this day I will bless you." | | Haggai 2:19 (AV) Selected by Editor of the Record (no Minister) and possibly not an official Motto Text |
1918 | | "Certainly I will be with thee." | | Exodus 3:12 (AV) |
1917 | | "Be strong, fear not; behold your God will come." | | Isaiah 35:4 |
1916 | | "He knoweth them that trust in Him." | | Nahum 1:7 (AV) |
1915 | | "That we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" | | Ephesians 1:4 (AV) |
1914 | | "Our sufficiency is of God" | | 2 Corinthians 3:5 (AV) |
1913 | | "If ye have faith ... nothing shall be impossible unto you" | | Matthew 17:20 (AV) |
1912 | | "I will bless thee ... and thou shalt be a blessing" | | Genesis 12:2 (AV) |
1901 | | "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." | | Psalm 137:5-6 (AV) |
1899 | | "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." | | Philippians 4:19 (AV) |