Known Joys and Concerns
for the week of  
January 24, 2021
Please send your joys and concerns to 
Pastor Paul, Parish Nurse Chris Zaineddin, and/or 
the Church Office for including in Joys and Concerns 
on the next Sunday morning and weekly listing. 

We will record these to publish in the weekly Joys and Concerns update and will include them in our announcement during the service.
"Out of the depths, do we cry unto you, O Lord. Lord, hear our prayers." Psalm 130:1

We join our voices with those of your faithful people all over the world and throughout the span of time. Lord, hear our prayers, and give attention to our supplications. We lift these prayers before you because we know of your steadfast, abiding loving-kindness. We trust that you are benevolently inclined toward us -- so gird on your strength as you have in the days of old and in your mercy do what is needed for those for whom we pray. In the name of our Lord, Jesus, we pray. Amen.

We celebrate and give thanks for:
  • Judy Newman, who is grateful for the progress of her cancer treatment thus far. We will hold her in prayer as that treatment continues.
  • The vaccines that members of our congregation are starting to receive.
  • Pastor Paul, Pastor Alan, Jen Pierce, Bob Johnson, Ed Yasick, Ken Worsham, Noah Tomczak and Craig Anderson for this week's worship service.
We pray for:
  • Donna Long, who will have back surgery on January 30.
  • Sally Adams's brother, Dan McMillan, who is hospitalized with COVID, and his wife Peggy, who has tested positive for the virus.
  • Russell Diggs's father, Marvin, who is having health issues.
  • Naureen Hobbs's grandson, Jackson Hobbs, who is undergoing medical testing.
  • Robert Rackley's niece, Caitlin, who has COVID.
  • Our spiritual restlessness that keeps us searching for God and answering his call to "Follow him."
We grieve with:
  • Caroline Derifaj and her family upon the death of her mother, Alice Nelson, on January 21.
We continue to pray for:
  • Belinda Weinbrecht's two friends' mothers, Carleen Dubin, who has pancreatic and ovarian cancer, and Jane Helwig, who has end stage pancreatic cancer.
  • The Herring family, that they will stay COVID-free while caring for Alex's Aunt Margaret, who is staying with them.
Those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic:
  • Mike Callis and his father-in-law, Bud Groset, as they continue to recover
  • Lela Floyd's brother Bobby and his wife Sue
  • Becky Hambrick's aunt, Peggy McNeill
  • John Hansen's brother Craig
  • Mandy and Anna Nester, who are recovering slowly from COVID at home in Kansas
  • Families who are separated from loved ones who live in facilities
  • Healthcare workers around the nation where COVID-19 is resurging
  • All people in our nation and around the world who are dealing with the impact of COVID-19
Those in hospice care:
  • Henry Gibbs's mother Dora
  • Peggy Viser's Aunt Betty
  • Nancy Neubauer's brother-in-law Ron Morrisseau
Those walking a cancer journey:
  • Judy Newman
  • Lisa Wilbourne
  • Jim Kurz
  • JerryLyn Luckie's family member, Henry Haines
  • Russell Diggs's mother Connie
  • Barbara Nelson's sister Alice
  • Jason Riffle's mother Pat
  • Lisa Ward's father and mother, Gene and Charlotte
  • Naureen Hobbs's sister-in-law
  • Janet Robinette's cousin Roberta
  • Ashley Hall, niece of Bob and Deky Hall
  • Suzy Carfley's grandson Johnny
  • Sue Harley's dear friend Muriel
  • The Weinbrechts' friend, Jason Brannock
  • JerryLyn Luckie's friend, Katie Turner
  • Diane Garber's friend Martha
  • Valerie Nicholson, friend of Teddy Witherspoon
  • Sandi Williams, friend of Donna Adkins
  • Nancy Neubauer's friend Mollie
  • Barbara and John Harvey's friend, Jack Clark
  • Mike Boyd's friend, Tim Bohn

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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