Our sisters and brothers in Christ request that you remember the following in your prayers this week:
+ For the faithful departed: Bishop Robert Mattheis; Richard Smith; Stan Sibley; Barbara Bauke + For all who grieve: The Smith family; Christine Cameron; the Bauke/Wanek family, the Iroka family on the anniversary of Justina's passing. + For Health and Healing: Our Household: Joel Gentes; Anna Marie Hewson; Cheryl Arnold; Suzanne Wildenradt; Hazel Amezcua; Marilyn Olsen; David Clegg (Gail Shuster's son); Leonore Fifer; Travis Abernathy; Christine Cameron; Lee Stevens; Joanne Stevens; Lore Andreason. Extended: Mark Cirimotich; Inge; Mary Clinedinst; Ruth Silsbee; Mary Jane Buzzell; Henry Thompson; Joseph Lockary; Richard Smith; Paul Christenson (Kathy Kushner's brother); Bill McNaughton recovering from a stroke; Lois Sikorski; Olga Lopez; Neilie Whitmore; Rep. Gabrielle Giffords; Marion Abney; Karl von Uhl; Leilani Taggart; Mary Louise Byington (Pastor Steve's aunt); John and Natalie Parker; Florence Treat; Hilda Tomasello (Kathy Kushner's aunt); Dr. Stephen Hufford; Hollis Cooksey; Sandy Lainhart; Sally McGill (Jane Reed's sister); Donny Chandler; Patricia Hicks (Norman's mother); Varsten Werde; Juri Kameda. + For all the caregivers in our congregation. + For those needing discernment and guidance. + For our bishops, Mark Hanson and Mark Holmerud, the staff of our synod and parish, pastors and lay ministers.We pray especially for our Churchwide Assembly in Orlando this week. + For the unity and stability of the Church. + For the Christian faithful in every country, especial in the Middle East + For those God is calling in preparation for Word and Sacrament Ministry: especially Andrew Rickel and Dan Pharr + For the President, Governor, Mayor, and all who hold authority in the nations of the world. + For the safety of the men and women in our Armed Forces: especially Capt. Daniel Konakis, USA (Skippy's grandson); Amn. Justin Cavanaugh, USAF; David Dellatto, USA (Barbara Wampner's nephew in Iraq); and LCpl Kris Horn, USMC + For peace and justice in the world +For the hungry, homeless, imprisoned, and oppressed, the CCL Food Pantry staff and clients. + For all afflicted by earthquake and tsunami, flood, or drought. + For families. + For the unemployed. + For all whose lives are touched by violence, hatred or discrimination. + For all who travel by land, sea, or air. + For a deeper, more accurate, unsentimental, more just perspective on the world around us. + For the coming of the Reign of God. | 
