Trinity Sunday @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys:

+Myrle Myers lifts up the family as they gathered last week for Jerry C.'s birthday. 

+Terri Himes is thankful that her mother-in-law, Rachel Himes, is with us today. 

+Myrle Myers is thankful for the birth this last week of her first great-grandson, Caleb.

+Belinda Alkula gives thanks for the wonderful Mission u planning retreat that she attended this weekend.

+We celebrate the Rev. Monte Baker and his friend, Holly, who are with us today.

+We are blessed to celebrate this month the anniversaries of Joan & Austin Cooper (68 years), Jim & Joey Vander Vorste, and Steve & Sandi Bainbridge (52 years).

+We are blessed as we celebrate this week's birthdays: Diana Meade and Jessica (Bishop) Sawyer.

+We are blessed this morning through the music offering of the Handbell Sextet: Amy Abshire, Louise Cook, Alaunde Copley-Woods, Kathy Lloyd, Myrle Myers, and Suzanne Polacek.

+We are blessed by those who served this week: Amy Abshire (liturgist), Belinda Alkula (videographer), Steve Bainbridge (usher), Tim Cook (adult class), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), and Suzanne Polacek (piano/fellowship). 

Concerns:

+Prayers are asked for the people affected by the tragic train wreck in India.

+Angela Baker lifts up her son, Charles, who died fifteen years ago today.

+Myrle Myers lifts up in prayer her friend, Jerry Johnson, who has entered hospice care. She is thankful for reconnecting with old friends due to Jerry's condition.

+Angela Baker asks for prayers as she travels to Korea next week. 

+Terri Himes asks for traveling mercies for Ben and her mom as they travel to Pennsylvania this coming week.

+We join with many across our nation in mourning the deaths of the 175 killed and 592 injured due to gun violence last week.