July 2 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys:

+Amy Abshire is thankful that her husband is home from the hospital.

+Louise Cook gives thanks for family visits.

+Judy Waller is thankful for the twenty-four who are going as a group to the BDT to see the Sound of Music.

+Belinda Alkula gives thanks for the amazing dinner circle yesterday at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

+Pastor Charles and Belinda are blessed to begin their fifth year at St. Paul's UMC.

+We celebrate this week's birthday: Marcy Roberts

+We are blessed by those who served this week: Belinda Alkula (videographer / Zoom host),  Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Hyeji Park (piano), Suzanne Polacek (fellowship), Jim Vander Vorste (greeter), and Joey Vander Vorste (liturgist / flowers).

Concerns:

+Our church family mourns the death of Jerry Beaber yesterday at Morning Star.

+We lift up in our prayers all those from our fellowship who are traveling during this season.  

+We join with the people of Baltimore who are waking up this morning to news of a mass shooting where two died and twenty-eight were injured.

+We join with many across our nation in mourning the deaths of the 150 killed and 468 injured due to gun violence last week.