Known Joys and Concerns
for the week of  
March 22, 2020
Please send your joys and concerns to Duane and/or Mitzi for including in Joys and Concerns on the next Sunday morning and weekly listing, 
or to the Church Office.  
We will record these to publish 
in the weekly Joys and Concerns update and will include them 
in our announcement during the service.
Gracious Lord, you are one God. You bring together what is scattered. You mend what is broken. Unite us with all the scattered and broken people of the earth, that we may be one family of your children. Heal us with your Spirit, that our hands and prayers may also carry healing to all the people on this list and beyond. Amen.

We celebrate and give thanks for:
  • Pastors Duane and Mitzi, Ken Worsham, Chip Carew, Julie Henry, and Ed Yasick, who prepared and presented a live broadcast Sunday service on Facebook this week.
  • The Crouses' daughter-in-law, Kristen Massey, who returned home safely from her medical mission trip to Guatemala.
  • Grayson Hinnant, who is safely home from Spain.
We pray for:
  • Lela Floyd's mother Mollie Ward, who is being discharged from the hospital to Lela's sister's home, where she will be receiving hospice care. 
  • Phil Campbell, who is recovering from sinus surgery.
  • Our Woodland Terrace friends.
  • Lisa Wilbourne, who is resuming chemo. 
  • Mission co-worker, Elizabeth Turk, whom we support in Madagascar.
  • Mike and Donna Amentt, who are traveling home from Florida.
  • Church members who are at high risk for the virus.
  • Those who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19: refugees, older adults, health care workers and first responders.
  • Families with children who are affected in many ways by this crisis.
We Grieve with:
  • The family of Peter Turner, a close family friend of JerryLyn Luckie, upon his death Sunday evening.
  • Nancy Smith's daughter-in-law, Rachel, whose father died unexpectedly.
We continue to pray for:
  • Duane and Medora's young friend in Canada, Andrew Church, who is facing serious cancer concerns.
  • Robert Rackley, who has ongoing health concerns.
  • Barbara Nelson, who is home from rehab.
  • Suzie Steger's mother Beverly.
  • Onita and Henry Gibbs's niece, Lesley Edwards, who had a stroke.
  • Barbara Carew's family friends, who are dealing with multiple health issues.
  • Our Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC). 
  • Our Parish Nurse Search Committee. 
Those walking a cancer journey:
  • Tom Cadwallader
  • Cathy Williams
  • Ashley Hall, niece of Bob and Deky Hall
  • Betty Hart's cousin Elaine
  • Jim Kurz 
  • Carolyn Davis's sister Rosemary
  • Valerie Nicholson
  • Sandi Williams
  • Jason Riffle's mother Pat
  • Betty Hart's brother-in-law
  • Alice Williams's sister-in-law Betty
  • Barbara Carew's friend Brian
  • Lisa Ward's father and mother, Gene and Charlotte
  • Stella Whitlock's sister Clotilda
  • The Honeycutts' friend Guy
  • Diane Garber's friend Martha
  • The Boyds' friend Twila
  • Peggy Viser's friend, Mary Stuart, beginning a new clinical trial
  • Rick Boswell's mother
  • Evie Timney's friend Patsy
  • Nancy Neubauer's friend Mollie
  • Naureen Hobbs's sister-in-law
  • Peggy Viser's Aunt Betty 
  • Trish, the daughter of Sue Harley's friend 

CPC Stephen Ministers are congregation members who receive special training to provide confidential, one-to-one listening care to church and non-church members who are experiencing grief, loneliness, divorce, hospitalization, disability, job loss, fertility issues and many other struggles of transition and change. 

To learn how you or someone you know can receive care, please speak with a pastor, Stephen Leader Len Clark (919) 612-4302, or Linda Oglesby (919) 270-5980.   

 

 
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