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You may add your prayer request to our prayer wall using the form below. Once your prayer request is received, we will share it according to your instructions. Feel free to submit as many prayer requests as you like!
Harry Thiessen
Virginia Mariash wife of Harry Thiessen passed away on Tuesday, March 22nd. Her funeral will be held at the Sobering Funeral Chapel in Beausejour on Wednesday, March 30th at 11 am.
Please keep Harry Thiessen and family in your prayers.
Received: March 25, 2016
Trudy Patzer
Han Jacksteit (father of Trudy Patzer) is in palliative care in Victoria Hospital and expected to remain in hospital. He is on oxygen and a pain medication routine right now which is keeping him very comfortable. He is still eating quite well and using a wheelchair to get out of his room and travel the hall ways and he still enjoys visitors!
Pray for continued peace and comfort for Hans.
Pray for Trudy and family to find peace and comfort during this difficult time.
Received: March 17, 2016
Steve Morris
God is good! Thank you to all that have been praying for Steve Morris's father (Norm). Surgery went well Sunday Feb 28th and motor control quickly rebounded. The cause was a severe concussion due to two falls, and total recovery will be quite slow and his neurosurgeon has put severe limits upon his fathers activities for three months.
Please pray for continued healing, patience in the waiting and peace that God has all of this in His absolute control. Also pray for strength for Steve's mother (Shirley) in the extra caring required in this situation.
Received: March 13, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the Week - Joaquin & Wendy Barillas, Dave Barton, Andy & Sharla Behnke, Alf & Marie Bell, Carol Bergen
Received: March 9, 2016
Steve and Barb Morris
Please pray for Steve (and Barb) Morris' father.
He is in the midst of a rapid decline in his health to the point that he has been rushed to the hospital this (Sunday) morning due to lack of motor control on the right side of his body.
He has received a CT scan at Kelowna General this morning, and has extensive bleeding between his brain and the skull.
Doctors and surgeons will be drilling a hole - potentially two - to relieve pressure on Sunday afternoon while Steve and Barb are in flight returning from vacation.
Please pray for wisdom for the doctors, strength and peace for both Steve's mom and dad, and for the Lord's presence to be palpable.
Received: February 28, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the week - Blaine & Glenda Abram, IBK & Phoebe Akin-Agunbiade, Margaret Albrecht, Marolo & Lalaine Alfaro, Ron & Pat Alfaro
Received: February 23, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the Week - Mike & Marcia Woolman, Dennis & Cindy Wong, David & Shirley Wynne, Terrance & Krista Wynne, Zelma Zozman
Received: February 17, 2016
Jeff & Susan Kirton
Jeff and Susan Kirton - specific prayer requests:
- pray that the doctors will be able to remove the ventilator in order to do a tracheotomy (hopefully Thursday) - They need to get the ventilator tube out before they can put the new tube in - it takes 4 to 5 minutes to do it and right now Melissa can only breathe on her own for about 90 seconds.
- pray for healing in her lungs
- pray for safety in travel as they (or just Susan) head back to Edmonton
Received: February 3, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the week: Bob & Phyllis Van Drunen, Karl & Tina Wagenaar,
Tory & Emily Walker, Jeff & Heather Warkentin, Marge Warkentin
Received: February 3, 2016
Jeff & Susan Kirton
Please continue to pray for Jeff and Susan Kirton’s daughter, Melissa; she has developed another infection in her left lung. The doctors are now saying her recovery will be months, not weeks and that there could be many more twists and turns to come before she is well. Pray for God’s intervention in her recovery.
Received: February 2, 2016
Trudy Patzer
Hans Jacksteit (father of Trudy Patzer) is in Victoria hospital dealing with on going congestive heart issues. Please pray for comfort and peace.
Received: February 1, 2016
Susan & Jeff Kirton
Please pray for healing for Melissa Nunes, the daughter of Susan and Jeff Kirton. Melissa has Influenza A, and has been in ICU for the past four days in Edmonton. Pray that she would soon be well and able to go home.
Received: January 29, 2016
Susan Shallcross
Please pray for Susan Shallcross as she was in the hospital due to her fractured pelvis. The doctors were evaluating her and hoping to avoid surgery. She was sent home on Monday morning. Her recovery time will be 3 months and she must be very careful not to fall or do anything strenuous. Please pray for freedom from the pain for Susan, and also for George as he has his health issues as well.
Received: January 25, 2016
Janet Giesbrecht
Please pray for Janet and John Giesbrecht. Janet has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and has been experiencing pain and dizziness due to heart-related issues.
Received: January 15, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the Week - George & Susan Shallcross, John & Colleen Siderius,
Carolyn Sonnenberg, Don & Jennifer Streuber, John & Helga Stubel
Received: January 13, 2016
Vern and Elsie Borkowski
The memorial service for Lorna Boucher, daughter of Vern and Elsie Borkowski, will be held at WRBC on Saturday, January 23rd at 2 pm. Please continue to keep the family in prayer.
Received: January 8, 2016
Families of the Week
Families of the Week - Gary & Val Schellenberg, Bill & Janet Scholefield, Chris & Karen Schroeder, Kevin & Jill Schular, Gordon & Alma Senoff
Received: January 6, 2016
Carla Litke
Carl Pohl, brother of Harry Pohl and uncle to Carla Litke passed away today, following complications from a broken hip. Please pray for his wife Rose and the rest of the family as they go through this time of grieving. The funeral will be in Edmonton, some time later this week.
Received: January 5, 2016
Richard Iwabuchi
Richard Iwabuchi - after many years of faithful service, my mother, Sophie, passed into glory on Sunday, December 27th. Please pray for my dad, William, and for our family as we grieve her passing.
Received: December 29, 2015
Families of the Week
Families of the Week - Tabea Pohl, Chad & Jill Pollard, Randy & Gail Price,
Brandon & Jessica Quiring, Renuka Raviraj
Received: December 16, 2015
Harry & Jan Khan
Harry & Jan Khan - With grateful hearts we say thank you for all the love and support during a very difficult time on the loss of our brother Dave. We have appreciated your prayers, phone calls, cards and gifts of food arriving at just the right time. We feel so blessed to have such a loving and caring church family. Thank you for your continued prayers.
Received: December 8, 2015
Susan Shallcross
George & Susan Shallcross (for daughter Mary) Thank you for all your prayers for our family over the last weeks!
Mary and I went to Toronto General Hospital for a three line cardiac angiogram. It showed that she has two of her bypasses leaking, one on each side of her heart. There is a specialist that is willing to try to plug the leaks but after we were told this they held a conference and we were asked to consider a heart and lung transplant. This came as a big shock to us!! The decision now is to hold a more intense conference involving specialists from other centers to decide what is the best option for Mary.
• Pray that all medical parties can meet in a timely manner to make an informed decision
• Mary has had to leave her employment but hopes to work part time to defray some of the financial costs. Pray that funding will be found for her care.
Received: November 21, 2015
Board and Staff
Please note the following ways you can pray for our board and staff in the upcoming weeks:
For the Board and Staff Retreat this Saturday as they study the book 'LeaderShift' deeper together and reflect on how we can utilize learnings to help our people see and use their gifts in service to God, as well as discussion regarding our capacity to grow in our current facilities and how we make that happen.
For the upcoming Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 17th, 7:30 pm, as they review and approve the 2016 budget and discuss moving forward with building.
For the Congregational Meeting on Sunday Nov 22nd, 6:00 PM, as well as for the preparations leading up to the meeting.
Received: November 12, 2015
Families of the Week
Karen Neufeld, Heinz & Joanne Neumann, George & Lorraine Nickel, Philip & Monique Nikkel, Roy & Dianne Norris
Received: November 12, 2015
Henkelman Family
A celebration of life for Dave Henkelman will be held on Saturday, November 14 at 4:00p.m. at Grant Memorial Baptist Church, 877 Wilkes Ave.
Please continue to pray for Heidi, Jenny, Mark, Sharon, Harry and Jan and the extended family.
