April 7 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

 

Joys:

+   We are blessed this morning with the preaching of our bishop, Karen Oliveto.  

+   We give thanks for everyone who participated in yesterday's celebration of life for Gary Smith.

+    We welcome to our fellowship John & Margaret McIntosh.

+   Jackie Bishop lifts up Lance who passed his EMT certification last week and who has his first EMT shift this week.

+    Suzanne Polacek is thankful that Ron's lab results are moving in the right direction.

+    Bren Smith is appreciative for all the prayers and support following Gary'd death and yesterday's funeral service. "Lord of the Dance" was one of Gary's favorite hymns (which was sung this morning). 

+    Belinda Alkula is thankful for the joint Easter service and for Mission u co-dean (Kathryn Witte) being with us today.

+   We celebrate this week's birthday: Gerald Browning as well as those with anniversaries this week: Jessica (Bishop) & Jakeb Sawyer and Kelly (Roberts) & Justin Smoot.

+ We give thanks for those participating in today's service: Amy Abshire (liturgist), Belinda Alkula (videographer), Steve Bainbridge (greeter), Tim Cook (class), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), Hyeji Miranda (piano), Suzanne Polacek (bells), Ron Revier (choir), and the Fellowship Team (potluck).

Concerns:

+    Martha Batch lifts up Braden in prayer as he leaves today for a year-long deployment.     

+    Please be in prayer for the delegates for the upcoming UMC General Conference as they prepare for their work in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pray also for those supporting this work including staff, volunteers, visitors, and vendors.

+    Prayers for those affected by the power outages following last night's wind event.

+    We continue to pray for the innocents suffering in Gaza and for those in other war-torn regions.

+    We pray for those affected by last week's earthquake in Taiwan. We also lift up those affected by the NJ/NY earthquake.