In Our Community
The spoken and unspoken concerns and joys with our community of faith and our community of living.
Royce & Phyllis Beam
Donna Burkholder, Bob Fleenor
Kaiden Schroeder, Vera Whitaker
Gene Kletchka (father of Anne Kirchner)
Glenda Oliver (daughter of Glen & Edythe Funk)
Phyllis Pettit (mother of Renee’ Schowengerdt)
Grace Switzer (mother of Sharon Stevens) Kristen Hoffman, celebrating her birthday today
The Alban Consultation Process, as it continues
McPherson College, staff, faculty & students
Good Beginnings Preschool, staff & students
The Cedars Community, staff & residents
Our Transformation steering Group: Lela Beam, Florence Crago, Elaine Fleenor, Chris Goering, Liz Krehbiel, Allan van Asselt, Charles Whitacre, Terran Woolley, & Pastor Shawn
In Our Region
John Elder, Garden City CoB Pastor
Sonja Griffith, District Executive
Ministries of the Western Plains District
Whittier Fellowship, a new church plant of the Western Plains District, in Denver, CO
Trinity CoB, Sabetha, KS, as they serve light snacks to travelers during their 50th “Labor Day Coffee Break” this weekend (Sept. 3-6), at a rest stop near Sabetha
Those serving from Wichita CoB, our partner congregation in transformation/Renewal
Lybrook Mission resident directors, Randy & Jill Emmelhaniz, that they may feel the support of the Western Plains District
In This Nation
Robert Alley, Annual Conference Moderator
Stan Noffsinger, General Secretary, and all members of the CoB staff
Our elected officials at all levels of government
CoB Mission and Ministry Board weekly prayer request: Pray for all those who write, edit, create, and prepare curriculum for use in the Christian education programs of the church. Pray that those who use it may find new insights and ideas and a path to deeper and richer faith.
In This World
Peace in Nigeria continues to be an ongoing concern. Leaders need prayer for wisdom in solving tribal tensions.
On-going conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Millions in Pakistan, suffering from recent flooding
Our brothers and sisters in Christ in Brazil, Haiti, Dominican Republic, India, Nigeria, and Sudan
Palestinians and Israelis, locked in a spiral of violence; may hearts be opened for a new way