Pray Without Ceasing...
for a friend of Lindsay Call and their family who lost their daughter in the flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas.
for Anne Trumbo, Erick Tual, and family as they grieve the death of Anne’s mother on June 16. Anne and Erick were Barbara’s caregivers for the past 3-1/2 years. She was 95. Please continue to hold them in your prayers.
for Sherry and Randy Ingham and their family as they grieve the death of their son Scott in a motorcycle accident the morning of July 2. Please lift them up in prayer during this difficult time.
for Tom Tillar as he continues to recover from some health challenges.
for Courtney and Caroline Collins and their son, Teddy, who was born on June 15 and remains in the NICU.
as we join with Mission Presbytery in prayer for those experiencing devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country, especially our friends and colleagues at Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly. May God's peace, which passes understanding, guard the hearts and minds of those who suffer. (For more information and to make a gift directly to the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance response team, click here.)
for those friends and members of BPC, and in our community who are struggling with physical and mental health challenges. May they and their loved ones feel comforted and supported.
for immigrants in our country who are living in fear of unpredictable and potentially illegal deportations.
for our ministry partners with populations particularly vulnerable at this time, to include Literacy NRV, Blacksburg Refugee Partnership, He She Ze & We, Women’s Resource Center, and Blacksburg Community Pride.
as losses from climate change accelerate all over the world. Give us courage, hope, imagination, motivation and insight to address climate warming. We pray for those who are most affected. Give us urgency and international unity of purpose and will in combating and mitigating climate trends. Help us love and protect our Creator's world.
for our local and global community to support each other as we learn to be more aware of and seek to oppose racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, oppression and violence.
for our country. We pray that we find a just and peaceful way toward a better cultural appreciation of the complexity and plurality of a healthy democracy.
for so many people throughout the world who live in areas of violent conflict. We are especially aware of those suffering in Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, Yemen, Iran, and Sudan. Guide the leaders to seek peaceful resolutions. Be with women and children who bear the biggest burdens, and church leaders who speak out against violence and for security and an end to fighting.
for Dessa and Cobbie Palm, our mission partners in the Philippines, and their continued work with youth in the community through Youth Advocates Through Theater Arts (YATTA), clean water access, and sustainability of local resources.
for our partners and friends in CEDEPCA in Guatemala.
for Charles and Mary Frances Taylor, Randy and Sherry Ingham, the Peeples family, Stan and Janne Mathes, Renee Lahn, Nancy Alexander, and Wilmoth O’Dell.
for those in the military: Luke Phillips, Eden Elizabeth Lawson, and Joel Hunter.
You can send prayer requests for Prayers of the People in Sunday worship and/or to be added to the website prayer list to Rhonda (rhonda@blacksburgpres.org).