February 27 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys:

+Dave Bishop is thankful for Lance attending the first week of the Louisville fire academy.

+Sandi Cook gives thanks for her mother's health following her hospital stay and current treatment in a rehab facility.

+Dave Bishop gives thanks for the celebration of life he attended for his Aunt Marion (101) in Pennsylvania.

+We give thanks for this week's birthday: Jayson Dupré, Jim Vander Vorste

+We are blessed this morning by Belinda Alkula (Zoom), Scott Glancy (slides), and Amy Abshire (liturgist).

Concerns:

+Sally Owen asks for prayers for Harry, who is in a in hospital in Denver following injuries incurred in a fall.

+We join with people around the world in praying for peace in Ukraine.   

+Lorie Courier shares: "They (friends of Lorie's niece, Patsy) thought they would be safe, as they are in a suburb of Kyiv. However, Olga and her two boys (and perhaps extended family) have moved to her pastor’s basement as her apartment isn’t safe.  Her husband and brother, both wounded in the battle for Crimea (2014) are separated, and are serving in the Territory Defense Force.

+Sandi Cook asks for prayers for the family of her friend, Nancy Dixon, following Nancy's death last week.

+Sally Owen asks for prayer for their nephew's wife who is from Ukraine who lives here while her mother and brother live in her home country.        

+We lift up in prayer for those continuing to work through the recovery from the Marshall fire.  

+We continue to offer prayers for those impacted by the ongoing COVID pandemic.