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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 11/11/2025

Prayer at MBC

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“I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.” ~Psalm 17:6​

Praise God:  

  • Praise God for our veterans who serve faithfully to protect our country. 
  • Praise God for Jessica Brigante’s baptism this past Sunday. 
  • Praise God for our MBC Teens Youth Retreat! We had a total of 67 participants, including 56 teens. 

 

For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:

  • Please pray for Marie Lindgren.  She will have a CT scan of her jaw this week, and an appointment with an ENT surgeon next week at the University of Pennsylvania. 
  • Please pray for Karen DiProspero is having major abdominal surgery on Thursday, November 13. Pray she will be protected during and after the surgery and as she recovers. 
  • Betty Wagner now that healing has gone well following her surgery she will begin medication for her breast cancer. The medication can have severe side effects, so please pray for tolerance and no serious issues. 
  • Please continue to pray for Marian Miller for full recovery from two concussions.  The neurologist said she has Post Concussion Syndrome & it could take 6 months to recover, but we know God can heal her sooner.  She’s receiving in-home PT and speech therapy.  Pray for Bill as he cares for her.  They’re thankful for your prayers & that she’s slowly improving. 
  • Cheryl Tamashunas is having health issues that is affecting her sleep. Please pray for her upcoming doctor’s appointment that some answers and a solution will come if it. 
  • Carol Gunderson Pray for Carol’s healing and comfort as she recovers from her total hip replacement.  Please pray for a decrease in pain, and the ability to do daily activities at home. 
  • Don Youtkus went in for his 3rd eye surgery. Pray for his recovery.    
  • Please lift up Julianne Lavornia in prayer as she navigates health issues.   
  • Carol Gunderson is home today following hip replacement surgery. Please continue to pray for her recovery.     
  • Pray for Bianca Burke’s bible study at FDU – she is asking 1) that God would direct her to the lost sheep on campus; 2) Specific prayer regarding someone named Lucas who comes to the study, but he doesn’t believe and is skeptical. Pray that he has an encounter with Jesus. 3) For an event Bianca is having to do with spreading the Gospel – that the event reaches someone that needs it.        
  • Jennifer Lin has decided to go with a surgeon at HSS and won’t be seen until February 10th. Please pray that there will be a cancellation in the surgeon’s schedule and she will be able to get in sooner.   
  • Amy Acker would like to thank everyone again for their prayers. Her case has now come to a close, and her stalker was released on Friday evening. Amy chose not to attend the sentencing, so he would not see her in court and further fixate on her. She is grateful that the court granted everything requested — including three years of probation, mandatory mental health treatment, and a stronger restraining order than the one previously in place. This new order is a significant victory, as it prohibits him from contacting her family, known associates, or anyone whose contact would cause her annoyance or alarm.  
  • Pray for Shirley Kraus as she recovers from double bypass surgery. Surgeon said everything went well.     
  • Dennis Beam is beginning a new treatment and would ask prayer for its effectiveness targeting specific cancer cells and that his body will handle well its side effects.      
  • Connie Wilken would like to say thank you for the prayers. She is sensing God working in Sydney and her lives. Please continue to pray for her, and a revelation of Jesus in their lives.         
  • Pray for Stan Zugay is at the Cranford Rehab & Nursing Center. Hoping to get strong enough to return home (which is uncertain). Misses MBC. He’s very lonely and greatly appreciates visits and phone calls.                      
  • Pray for Bruce Hyldahl for his ongoing cancer treatment.        
  • Pray for Carole Hyldahl who is struggling with health issues.            
  • Please continue to pray for our expectant mother’s, Caroline Pisano, Kim and John McCarthy’s daughter, who is due in January. Madi and Luke Prothero, Ruth Prothero’s son and daughter-in-law, due in late January.   Nelia and Ivan Jones, who are expecting their first child, a boy, due in February. 

 

Our Church:

  • Please pray for Pastor Bob Erbig as he continues the new series on Isaiah and preaches this Sunday 11/16/2025.  
  • Upcoming workday, this Saturday, November 15.  
  • Lift up our MBC City Relief volunteers going out this Saturday — 11 people serving across 3 different locations. 
  • Pray for our Membership Class and clear direction for those who are considering the decision to become members.   
  • Lift up Little Footprints Learner Center as they prepare for their open house on 11/12/25.  Pray for a great turnout.   

Our nation & those in authority.

1 Timothy 2: 1-2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

  • Please pray for those in authority in our country.  

Our Extended Family & Friends:

  • Barbara Ahles praises God for her my granddaughter Brielle.  One year ago Brielle took pills to end her life. Barbara comes to our Father God this November with thankfulness and gratitude for His intervening and saving her life. 
  • Jessica Brigante is asking for prayer for her mom, Jenny, who will undergo surgery on November 12 due to a rupture in her breast implant because of breast cancer years ago. Please pray for Jenny’s successful surgery, healing, and full recovery.   
  • Gretchen Dunn would like prayer for her grandmother, Doris Silance. Doris was recently diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer. Please pray for comfort and peace as she has been placed on hospice.     
  • Adrianne DeCarolis’s former foster son is having a reunion with his biological sister. Please pray it is a good reunion and that the siblings realize how much they need each other.     
  • Pray for Kristina Gallini, newcomer, who returned again this past Sunday. Pray for her health, desire to make new friends, and for her spiritual growth.  
  • Pray for First Choice Women’s Resource Center and Alliance Defending Freedom as they prepare for the oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the unlawful subpoena First Choice received from the NJ attorney general.  
  • Please pray for Dina Artale’s husband, Mike, still hasn’t surrendered his life fully to Christ. Pray that he will trust the Lord. PRAISE that Mike has made some positive changes to his life like quitting smoking.      
  • Please pray for Dina Artale’s father, Rick Losano, that he surrenders his life to Christ.      
  • Former member Jack Davis had his consultation with the surgeon and learned that his cancer. He has decided against undergoing highly invasive surgery to remove it, given that it is a slow-moving cancer.    
  • Deb Graisser’s cousin, Wendi, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.   The treatment plan has not been determined yet.   Asking prayers of comfort and healing.    
  • Larry D. Schuman is praying that his bone marrow issue (overproduction with blood platelets) and cholesterol (LDL) stays in good low range. Also, pray blood glucose stays in good range (diabetic).  
  • Amy Acker’s mother, Ellen, shoulder replacement surgery. Ellen was in a lot of pain the first 1-2 days, but her pain is now well managed and she is recovering well.     
  • Please pray for Debra Witte’s infant grandson, Xander, as he works with doctors at CHOP to address several medical issues.             
  • Praise God Bill Miller’s sister, Ellen, is able to walk with walker & for now is staying with a friend who’s a nurse. Please pray for continued strength & healing.       
  • Marian and Bill Miller request prayer for their son in law, Henry and his wife Kim for salvation. 

Missionary Partner for the week: 

Darius and Bia Bosca serve with Josiah Venture 

Josiah Venture which equips young Christian leaders in Central and Eastern Europe to fulfill Christ’s commission through the local churches. They are located in Romania.  Pray for the youth leaders they work with and help to develop at both the local and national levels. Pray that they are fully funded by the end of the year. Continue to pray for Darius’ health. 

 

Persecuted Church: Christians “In the Lion’s Den”

In northern Nigeria, Christians are cautious with outreach to Muslims as thousands of Christians have been murdered by Islamists. “Many churches in northern Nigeria do not reach out to Muslims and are even reluctant to allow Muslim converts into their churches,” said a front-line worker. He added that while this kind of attitude should change, we should not judge them but “seek to understand the great amount of pressure they are under and pray for them. They are truly in the lion’s den.” For example, Fatima, a Muslim student, approached a Christian teacher, Jonathan, wanting to know more about Christ. Jonathan cautiously shared the gospel with Fatima, and she became a Christian. She later recanted, however, claiming that Jonathan and other Christians had coerced her. Her family and other Muslims reacted violently, threatening to kill Jonathan and his family, so they fled. He is now unemployed and starting over in a new place.

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