Prayers

• We pray for everyone in the Los Angeles area who has been affected by the terrible fires; two Methodist churches are gone that we know of - Alta Dena UMC and Pacific Palisades UMC.  The toll of death, destruction, and loss is difficult to comprehend. Lord of Mercy, hear our prayers.

• We pray for Sally Steiner and her family.  Sally’s daughter-in-law passed away recently.  Sally will be traveling home; let us pray not only for comfort - but for safe travels as well

• We pray for Coral, sister to Thelma, who has been admitted into the hospital.  The doctors are struggling to get a diagnosis and say it might be meningitis.  We pray for Coral, Dean, Thelma, and the medical teams

• We pray for Bill Garriott who has been hospitalized with breathing problems and an infection. The infection will require surgery.

• We pray for Duane Hetzer, brother to Ryan, who has been hospitalized with flu and pneumonia.

• We pray for Ellie's daughter Avery, who is a social worker. Avery is working toward becoming a crisis counselor with the police department. Prayers for a successful application process, and peace and strength in such a difficult yet needed job.

• We pray for Laurice and Carolyn's grandson David, who is being treated for cancer. The treatment will also require surgery.

• We pray for Matt Werder and David Dimon, who are both recovering from heart attacks.

• We pray for Russ, Nancy January's niece's husband. Russ is being treated with chemo for stage 4 stomach cancer.

Continued Prayers

• We continue to pray for Greta Federico on her journey of recovery and healing from her hip surgery

• We continue to pray for the two grandchildren of friends of the Hetzers - one child is 5 years old and the other 18. Both have multiple cancers.

• We lift up praises that Rick & Greta’s friend Sam is doing better with his MRSA struggle; we pray for peace for Sam and his family as he lost his wife of many years

• We continue to pray for Greg, Peggy's son, who is dealing with multiple medical issues and pain from them.

• We lift up continued prayers for Laurie Wilburn, daughter of Jim Edwards. She continues to battle stage-four non-smoker lung cancer

• We pray for the visitors and resident of New Orleans after the terrorist attack; we pray for the families of the dead and injured; we pray for healing and recovery