As a church family within the area of the LCMC Great Lakes District, we join together with our sister congregations in Ohio and Michigan, praying on behalf of LCMC and its mission; our government; and all those in need of God's help and assistance.
LCMC Great Lakes District
Prayer Concerns for March 2023
- LCMC's Staff:
Mike Bradley, Service Coordinator
Charles Hunsaker, Military Endorser
Christian Huntley, Coordinator for Leadership and Pastoral Development
Sharon Macfayden, Director of Operations
Cathy Nichol, Administrative Coordinator
Julie Smith, Coordinator for Districts and Fellowships
Kristy Thomas, Communication and Public Relations
- LCMC's Board of Trustees and Ministry Board.
- Our congregations in the Great Lakes District. This month, we pray for Clay Memorial Lutheran Church in Mansfield, Ohio, and Pastor Carol Kilgore; and East Union Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wooster, Ohio, and Pastor Rob Moskowitz.
- Our Mission Partners and International Partners throughout the world. This month, we pray for Lutheran Asian Ministries (Pastor Tom Lovan) and our partners in Australia (Pastor John Guilfoyle).
- Our local congregations with whom we fellowship and work alongside for mission and ministry in our communities.
For our Government:
- Joe Biden, our President.
- Kamala Harris, our Vice President.
- Mike DeWine, the Governor of Ohio.
- Gretchen Whitmer, the Governor of Michigan.
- Our elected representatives in Congress and State Legislatures.
- Our local county and municipal officials.
- Our nation's Armed Forces, especially those serving who are members of our church families; and for those who are suffering from mental or physical injury, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Our First Responders, particularly those of law enforcement, fire safety, paramedics, and all medical professionals.
For all those in special kind of need:
- Those who have been affected by the extreme winter weather in the Upper Midwest, especially those without power, adequate shelter, or heat; and that we would be able to provide them with what they need.
- The community of East Palestine, Ohio, as they continue to recover and come to terms with the disastrous train wreck and chemical leak there.
- Those affected by the tornadoes that just went through Central and Southern Ohio, and those who suffered property damage.
- Those who were affected by the extreme winter weather in California and other parts of the country.
- The people of Ukraine and Russia in the ongoing war there; and for Spiritual Orphans Network and others who are ministering to the victims of the war in that region.
- The people of Turkey and Syria, and all who are providing them aid and ministering to them.
- All in our church families who are suffering from physical, mental, or spiritual illness; addiction; injury; abuse; domestic violence; trauma; stress; or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- All in our own families who are in need of any kind of healing from God, in mind, body, or spirit.
- Those who are continuing to suffer from the effects of COVID-19.
- Those in our church families and communities who are suffering from poverty; homelessness; food insecurity; lack of adequate shelter and/or utilities; unemployment or underemployment.
- Those in our communities who are working to alleviate poverty and homelessness, especially our local shelters, food banks, soup kitchens, and clothes closets.
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