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Sunday, December 25, 2022

Christmas Day @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys:

+Our thanks for the blessings received through donations to the PATH Fund and the Pay-It-Forward Fund.  

+We are thankful for those who worshipped with us Christmas Eve.

+Pastor Charles gives thanks for his nephews Jason (from Michigan) and Jeremiah (from Indiana) who joined us on Zoom this morning.

+We were blessed this morning with 23 in attendance including Frank & Katherine from Iowa and Abby Laggeman (checking in from Texas).

+We give thanks for this week's birthdays: Pastor Charles, Peg Fritschel, and Ron Revier.

+We are blessed by those who served this week: Belinda Alkula (Zoom host/slides) and Paige Sandusky (video soloist).

Concerns: 

+We lift up Don B. in our prayers as he deals with health concerns in rehab.

+We remember in our prayers John C. as he recovers from Covid.

+Bob Muckle asks for prayers for his dad who is in the hospital.

+Prayers are asked for Lisa & Lily B. who are having health issues and for the family of Marcy R. who all have had the flu recently.

+We pray for those in our congregation in need of Pay-it-Forward urgently-needed assistance and for those in our community who have been contacting the church for much-needed assistance.

+We hold in our prayers everyone in our church family who are traveling this holiday season. 

+We join with many across our nation in mourning the deaths of the 226 killed and 347 injured due to gun violence last week.  

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