By the Book Prayer Requests for Sunday1/23/2011

Praises, travel mercies:
Rhonda Pierce offered praises to the Lord for her daughter Brittney, who has changed her major to computer programming and is much happier and doing much better.
Claudia and Jim McManamey offered praises for Claudia's continued recovery. She visited her neurologist, who said there had been 'dramatic improvement.' Their grandson Ryan Howry has been in a poetry recital and won the county prize; he now moves on to the state competition.
Mary Dunlap (recovering from a cold and much YEC chaperoning): praises -- her sister-in-law had a baby, Mason. Mother and child are doing well. Also, her ex-husband found a part-time job, and his unemployment payment situation resolved in his favor. She has lots of praises for a very successful YEC -- the youth worked hard, worshipped well and had a wonderful time.

Prayer requests:
Please pray for the following church members and families: Olthea Croom's sister is battling cancer, which appears to have metastasized. Keith Holloman traveled urgently to visit his mother, Peggy Hampton, who suffered a stroke. Susan and Beth Aluise have a prayer request '...for my friend's father-in law -- Mike Brown. He was diagnosed over the holidays with terminal lung cancer. No one in either of the families knows Christ, although we have been praying for, and witnessing to, my friend for more than 20 years. My friend said he would very much appreciate our prayers and the prayers of the church. Pray for God's healing and for the salvation of this whole family through such a mighty work of God.' Also we pray for a family that Mike Durham and his family have been ministering to. This is a mother with terminal cancer (Clementina Zelaya) and her daughter. Bill King writes: 'Needs God. Mike has been praying about doing a bible study to teach her. They have no money and may be evicted.We are praying for a family or member who is willing to open up their home, who will do it for no money. The mother is praying that she will be able to live long enough to see her daughter graduate.'
Susan Fitzhugh asked for prayers for a former coworker, Raquel. She suffered a miscarriage in December, and has had a lot of pain since then; she has been admitted to Prince William Hospital. It is feared she has an autoimmune disorder. She is single and has a 4-year-old child.
Jim McManamey has ongoing tests to figure out what is going on with him. We pray for doctors' discernment. Also their daughter and son-in-law (Dawn and John) continue to have financial issues; he has not found a better-paying job, and she had the classes she is teaching severely cut, but she also has received another travel job. Their daughter (Claudia and Jim's granddaughter) has missed a lot of school due to illness, and is now a senior struggling to graduate with her class.
Dee Stayner asked for prayers for her younger sister. The Stotts family is going through family issues; please pray for harmony. Dee also asked for continued prayers for her daughter Kristy, who is going through divorce and having a hard time with it.
Phil Ridgway asked for prayers for his sister, Candy, and her husband Donnie -- he is a Christian, but he is struggling with his faith.
We continue to lift up in prayer Cathy Clement's sister-in-law's mother, Ann Hollenbeck, for lung cancer. Also Gina McDonald's friend Misty and her family (house fire). Phil Ridgway -- continued prayers for comfort for his friend James, on the loss of his wife. We continue to pray for the Bolton family (Jason passed his CDL exam and has a job); and for Bill Rickard, battling leukemia. He is reacting strongly to his treatment and is in much pain.
Also, please continue to pray for our neighbors with money or job troubles in Woodbridge and Prince William County.