LCMC Great Lakes District Prayer Concerns for October 2023

 

LCMC Great Lakes District

Prayer Concerns for October 2023

 

For the Church:

- Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ

- LCMC’s Annual Gathering in St. Charles, Missouri, October 1-4

 

- 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 Oakland Lutheran Church in Mansfield, Ohio, and Pastor Paul Lintern; and Plain Lutheran Church in Wooster, Ohio, and Pastor Rob Moskowitz.

- Our Mission Partners: this month, we pray for Hope 4 Kids International and Mission on the Move.

- Our International Partners: this month, we pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway and the Lutheran Church of South Sudan.

- 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:

- 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.

 

- 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, and the safety of our church families and communities with a possible resurgence.

 

- 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.

 

-          Those continuing to be affected by the recent fires in Maui, and all the hurricanes that have hit the east coast in recent months.