September 25 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

 

Joys:

+We give thanks to Pastor Janeen Hill for bringing the message this morning.

+Pastor Charles & Belinda were happy to be able to share his mother's 91st birthday with her in Georgia last week.

+The Peaks Pikes Peak District of the Mountain Sky Conference United Women in Faith had a virtual meeting yesterday. It was a blessing to participate via Zoom.  Belinda Alkula provided the program, and Pastor Charles led Communion.

+Pastor Janeen Hill is happy to be with us today.

+Claudia Mills is happy to have had the first gathering of the Rebecca-led book study last Thursday with Ben Glancy and Lily Berlin being special guest speakers.

+Belinda Alkula looks forward to Wednesday's Salad Lunch with the United Women in Faith at Mountain View UMC

+We celebrate this week's birthdays: Steve Matthews, Braden Nunnery, Sienna Pulaski, and Joey Vander Vorste

+We are blessed by those who served this week: Belinda Alkula (video), Steve Bainbridge (usher), Louise Cook (fellowship), Tim Cook (adult class), Pastor Janeen Hill (sermon), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), Michele Matthews (fellowship), Heiji Park (piano), Ron Revier (choir), and Amy Abshire (liturgist).

Concerns:

+Joey Vander Vorste asks for prayers for the family of her brother, Roger, who passed this past week.

+Bishop  Oliveto asks for prayers for those recovering from Hurricane Fiona's wrath in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos. Adding to those prayers are prayers of safety for the Maritime Provinces in Canada that were hit this weekend by the storm.

+We join with many across the nation is mourning the 228 deaths and 487 injured in gun violence this past week.