November 20 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys:

+Pastor Charles gives thanks for those who attended yesterday's Church Conference. 

+We give thanks that our church blog had its 2,500th post last Monday. 

+Pastor Charles & Belinda are blessed to celebrate their 25th anniversary this week.

+Sandy Bainbridge is thankful for the Ukrainian family doing ginger bread houses this afternoon at Cafe` Sole.

+Angela is blessed with "air kisses" from her grandson, Cam.

+Sally Owen gives thanks for the time she spent in Salida and for the beauty of Colorado.

+Belinda shared a card of thanks from Rupali Hoffman (Fairview HS) for the support St. Paul's is sharing with the students and staff. 

+We are blessed by those who served this week: Amy Abshire (liturgist), Belinda Alkula (video), Steve Bainbridge (usher), Sandra Jordan (flowers), Hyeji Park (piano), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), & Suzanne Polacek (bells). 

Concerns: 

+Joan Cooper asks for prayers for Debbie Kessler who is having health issues. The Kesslers were members of our congregation for many years and Debbie was in the Youth Group.

+Amy Abshire and Steve & Martha Batch ask for traveling mercies for upcoming trips.

+We lift up those killed and injured in the shooting at Club Q (Colorado Springs) last night.

+Pastor Charles asks for prayers for those in our community dealing with economic challenges. 

+We join with many across the nation in mourning the 160 deaths and 389 injured due to gun violence this past week.