Prayer Needs
LEADERSHIP
1. Guiding Board, Ministries Council, Elders, Deacons, Ministries and Teams.
2. Our staff: Jimmy, Mitch, Katie, Randy, and Molly
3. Our music ministries and their leaders: Randy Preston, Rod Walker, and Jimmy Horowitz
4. Our tech team: Gary Collier, Tara Pollock, Dan Knight, Randy Preston, Rod Walker, and Katie Maybaum
5. Our Caring Hearts Prayer Group and Stephen Ministries (Care Receivers and Caregivers)
6. Our partnership with Iglesia Adventista Shalom & Ministerio Internacional Manantial de Vida congregations (and their pastors Edy Rosa Paez and Maria Rosario)
7. Reverends Andy Mangum (CCSW Regional Minister and President, and Rev. Alfred Walker, our Community Regional Minister (CRM) for Reconciliation and Anti-Racism.
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
1. For all who are grieving the loss of a loved one
2. For all who are or have been ill with COVID-19, and their families
3. Bell, Jean -- sister Margie adjusting to assisted living
4. Blair, Anna Marie -- friends in Elgin have had serious property losses from the tornado last month
5. Cratin, Katherine -- her brother Kenneth Smith is in need of a quadruple heart by-pass, but must recover from COVID before he can have surgery
6. Cueva, Rafael and Deb -- Rafael's mother Gladys remains hospitalized and on a ventilator
7. Fennimore, Nancy -- granddaughter Zoey diagnosed with celiac disease; niece Thresa is now between radiation and chemo treatments
8. Glover, Linda -- improving after recent heart rate and fatigue issues; Steven Glover's daughter -in-law Brandi Erickson Glover, broke her arm badly
9. Harmel, Rev. Venessa -- was ordained on Saturday
10. Jenkins, Bob -- Bob's sister Janet is receiving treatments for melanoma
11. Mowers, Lucas -- broke a finger in basketball practice
12. Murray, Mary -- has been ill and very fatigued, but is improving
13. Nichols, Martha -- son Chris has reduced function in his one kidney
14. Osteen, Amy and Steve -- their daughter Allison's family suffered a loss recently (her husband's grandfather); brother-in-law Mike Murphy is being treated for pancreatic cancer
15. Scarborough, Charles and Rilda -- celebrated wedding anniversary #68 on Sunday; CONGRATS!
16. Sherry, Bea -- was hospitalized with elevated BP; now back at Franklin Park
17. Tucker, Gary and Amy -- Amy seeking relief from tinnitus; brother Terry Tucker is undergoing periodic chemo treatments
18. Walker, Lisa -- trying to get on a kidney transplant list
19. Wilson, Phyllis -- adopted sister Jane Hudson is battling kidney cancer
20. York, Tasha -- her sister, brother-in-law, and nephew were in a bad car wreck recently, but sustained only minor injuries; their car was totalled
21. The husband of Pastor Maria Rosario (Manantial de Vida), Moises Andrade Sevilla (53), passed away and his funeral services were last weekend
OTHER
1. All events at Disciple Oaks
2. All who don't know Jesus
3. COVID-19 (continuing efforts to reach "herd immunity" in the U.S. and around the world)
4. For all who have struggled physically, emotionally, and spiritually during these two-plus years of the pandemic--a long-term trauma
5. All people who are persecuted for their faith throughout the world
6. Our military personnel and families
7. An end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
8. Development of an immigration policy for the U.S. that is fair, just, and responsible
9. Courage for teachers and administrators to resist efforts to censor the teaching of parts of our American history, no matter how uncomfortable they might be
10. For all efforts toward affordable health care for all Americans
11. All teachers, administrators, students, and parents of our two neighborhood schools: Union Hill Elementary School and Hopewell Middle School
12. For all who have been impacted by the recent tornadoes
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