LCMC Great Lakes District Prayer Concerns for December 2023

LCMC Great Lakes District

Prayer Concerns for December 2023

 

For the Church:

- Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ

 

- 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 St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Farmersville, Ohio, and Pastor Jon Kibler; and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Graytown, Ohio, and Pastor Robert Brandt.

- Our Mission Partners: this month, we pray for Centershot Ministries and Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch.

- Our International Partners: this month, we pray for LCMC Cambodia and the Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations (CALC).

- 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.

An end to the conflict in Israel, between Hamas and Israel, and an end to all war, bloodshed, and violence. 

The families of the victims, as well as the survivors, of all recent incidents of gun and other violent domestic attacks.