By the Book Sunday School Class: Prayer Requests for Sunday 6/14/09

Praises:
Kim Glasoe offered praises.  He had medical tests this past week, and everything came out positive -- that is, negative.  Everything is fine!
JK Flowers was in a car wreck on Tuesday, while turning left out of the church lot.  John (his dad) offers praises that he wasn't injured.  We pray that everyone in the other car is OK.
Phil Ridgway said their dog ran out in the road and got run over.  Praise -- apart from some bruising and road rash, the dog is well.
It's been a week for car incidents.  Lisa Qualls got run off the road, hit a stop sign and damaged her car's bumper and front end some.  Praises -- she wasn't hurt.
Gail Ryder said her daughter Raven was doing better in her recovery from knee surgery.
Lillian Shank offered praises -- her mother is getting around well with her walker, and has actually ventured outside the house some; she is really improving.
Praises for the Ladies' Breakfast on Saturday, and the Ladies' Tea on Sunday, both well attended and by all accounts a whole lot of fun.  The Ladies' Ministry is alive and well!
Visiting our church and Sunday School class: the McManameys' good friends the Kennedys -- welcome!

Prayers:
Anita Hampton asked for prayers for two coworkers:  her assistant manager Robin and another colleague:  Alisha.  Robin's mom passed away from long-term complications of diabetes; Alisha's mom also passed away after a long-term illness. 
Susan Fitzhugh mentioned her mother, who is 78.  She was up on a ladder cleaning gutters, and she fell.  Cracked some ribs, but praise the Lord had no other injury.
Rhonda Pierce asked for both prayers and travel mercies for her daughter, who drove down to North Carolina and went through a bad breakup with her boyfriend, then had to drive back 'crying all the way.'
Claudia McManamey reported her shoulder has been healing, and she has more flexibility.  Her daughter Dawn is off to Regent University, and their granddaughter is going away with a group to North Carolina State University to gym camp. She's 10, and this is her first away trip; the family is praying.
Angie Blanton asked that we please be in prayer for her dad, Hanible Carver. He is having surgery (prostatectomy) this morning. She adds "We miss you all. We've had a rough couple of weeks. Jason and both boys have been sick and are recovering from viruses, ear infections and sinus infections. Also, please pray for traveler's mercies. We are driving to NC on Friday and back on Sunday. The boys are going to grandma camp. They'll be driving to the other end of NC the following Sunday to stay with the other grandma, and we'll pick them up there the weekend of the 4th."
Mike Benfield's mom is visiting family in the local area all this week. Pray for her safe travels, and for his Dad, alone for the week.
Valerie Dinwiddie's dad is home. He is still having trouble with his breathing; he is using a walker, which is new to him, and he is struggling with weakness and his situation. Valerie also asked for prayers for her father's older brother Paul, who is in the hospital for dialysis and complications of diabetes, including internal bleeding that the doctors cannot yet locate -- he's had four units of blood. Pray for strength for Val's dad and recovery for both.
Kim Glasoe mentioned his friend Dave Lance, recently diagnosed with cancer. Please pray for recovery.

Don't forget the Women of Faith conference on Friday July 31 and Saturday August 1st. Cathy Clement still has two tickets available -- $99 includes lunch both days and full admission, good seats and a bunch of the ladies are going together.
Let's not forget to pray for people in economic distress in our own church and neighborhoods.   Also, please keep praying for the whole church, the leadership, and for God's will in all the many projects we are undertaking.
And don't forget, we are still collecting Bibles and Christian books to send to India to the IBL.