1. Our Guiding Board, Ministries Council, Elders, Deacons, Ministries and Teams. Our Elders are two weeks into their "40 Days of Prayer & Faith Sharing"
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, Katie Maybaum, Randy Preston, Rod Walker, and Dan Knight
5. Our Reopening Task Force
6. Our Caring Hearts Prayer Group
7. Our Stephen Ministries (Care Receivers and Caregivers)
8. Our partnership with Shalom Seventh Day Adventist & Manantial de Vida congregations (and their pastors Edy Rosa Paez and Maria Rosario)
9. Reverends Christal Fisher (South Texas) and Andy Mangum (CCSW)
10. Rev. Alfred Walker, the newly called Community Regional Minister (CRM) for Reconciliation and Anti-Racism. Welcome, Rev. Walker!
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
1. For all who are grieving the loss of a loved one in recent months
2. For all who have been ill with COVID-19, and their families
3. Acree, Mary -- recent health challenges and falls
4. Cratin, Katherine -- son Jonathan had surgery on both eyes today
5. Fennimore, Nancy -- sister Joan Heckford managing ALS symptoms; son Adam currently ill with COVID 19
6. Guilbeau, Rick & Cynthia; Cynthia's father, Harold Hubbard, in new living situation
7. Jackson, Gwen -- great nephew Branch Jackson was hospitalized with serious condition; now he is doing much better and is home
8. Johnston, Janette -- mother Billie, in Alabama, will have surgery May 14th; granddaughter Izzy waiting to be scheduled for surgery to correct heart valve anomaly
9. Knight, Pam -- recuperating well from recent eye surgery
10. Malone, Betty -- sister Carolyn diagnosed with cancer
11. Miller, Chris -- (son of Jean Bell) experiencing some neuropathy from cancer treatments
12. Mouser, Tricia -- rheumatoid arthritis infusion treatments and side-effects
13. Salzwedel, Molly -- grandfather Marvin James Salzwedel died last week at age 101
14. Tucker, Terry -- brother of Gary Tucker -- recovering from recent surgeries and and ongoing tests and consultations
15. Walker, Lisa -- receiving dialysis treatments 3x per week
16. Wilson, Garvid -- chemo/immunotherapy and treatments have concluded; will have scan at the end of this month and then consult with doctor in May
17. York, Tasha -- mother Peggy Massey with health challenges; now living with family
OTHER
1. All who don't know Jesus
2. COVID-19 (the ill, their families, medical professionals, essential workers, treatment and vaccine researchers, the logistics of distributing and administering the vaccine safely and efficiently, evaluating side effect risks. reaching "herd immunity")
3. Those who have lost jobs during the pandemic; businesses that are struggling
4. All people who are persecuted for their faith throughout the world
5. Our military personnel and families
6. The growing immigration crisis of children at our border, development of an immigration policy for the U.S. that is fair, just, and responsible; cooperation and communication with Mexico and Central American countries
7. Developing policies and education programs to battle systemic racism in all of its forms; the Derek Chauvin trial
8. For all efforts toward affordable health care for all Americans
9. For all efforts to make voting safe, simple, and easily accessible for all in our country; and to oppose recent voter suppression legislation
10. U.S. lawmakers and community leaders to work together to solve the problem of mass shootings in schools, places of work, etc.
11. All teachers, administrators, students, and parents. Our neighborhood schools: Union Hill Elementary School and Hopewell Middle School.
