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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 7/15/2025

Prayer at MBC

It is our desire to be available to support you every day of the week, not just Sunday mornings. If you are in need of prayer or would like to share a praise, please fill out the email request below.

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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 Andrew Strain had a liver transplant Saturday 7/12. Continue to pray for recovery. 
  • We praise God that Jerry Robinson‘s surgery was successful and he’s home now. 

For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:

  • Cyndi Cudworth was hospitalized with abdominal pain. The medical team will be conducting a specialized CT scan, along with other tests, to determine the cause. Additionally, doctors have found that her heart is functioning at only 20%. A heart catheterization is scheduled to provide a clearer picture of her condition. Please keep her and her medical team in your prayers as they work through these two serious health concerns. 
  • Please continue to pray for Walter Loehr’s knee replacement recovery. PT is progressing very well, but still having sleepless nights and days. 
  • Pray for Michelle Bachman who is undergoing treatment for returned thyroid cancer
  • Jenny Brigante has been sick.  She is feeling much better after being on the antibiotics. Continue to pray for Jenny’s full energy level to return.    
  • Pray for Betty Wagner as she prepares for cancer removal surgery in August.   
  • Please pray for Adriana Bayone as she is in a tough season of life struggling with moving, divorce, and bipolar depression.  
  • Please continue to pray for our expectant mother Lauren Rathnam who is due in July. Caroline Pisano, Kim and John McCarthy’s daughter, due in January.

Our Church:

  • Please pray for Sidney Bowie from City Relief as he preaches on  Sunday 7/20/2025.
  • Pray for our church as we prepare for VBS this week. Pray for Rachel and Lenore as they coordinate, for our volunteers at they prepare, and for the kids attending that they will have an open heart.

 

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.

  • Lord, we pray for the families of those who have been lost and for those who are still missing from Camp Mystic. We also pray for the search teams, that they may be strong and courageous in their search efforts. Grant them wisdom and guidance as they work to bring closure to these families. 
  • Also lift up the flood victims in our own state of New Jersey, in addition to Vermont and New Mexico. 
  • Please pray for those in authority in our country. 

Our Extended Family & Friends:

  • Please pray for Larry Scholl’s father as he suffered a stroke in December which lead to the discovery of throat cancer.  He has been in and out of the hospital during a very trying radiation treatment, suffered a second stroke after a surgical procedure which affected his eyesight and is just very worn down from the whole experience.  He has one more radiation treatment and then begins the road to recovery.  Pray that he will find peace and see the positives possible in the future.  Pray for him to get well enough to hopefully come to church with Larry and his salvation. Larry would also like prayer for his mother to find the patience and sympathy needed to be there for my father in the best way possible. 
  • Please pray for Bill Miller’s brother, Paul Miller. A pet scan showed a spot on his liver. He’ll be going for an MRI next week. Also, please  pray for salvation for Paul & his wife, Nancy.
  • Dan and Eileen Parker about praying their grandson, Thomas Francis Kelly IV was born on 6/20 by emergency C-section at only 26 weeks. He weighed 1pound 9 oz but is strong and doing well.   Dan and Eileen are asking for continued prayers for Samantha, husband Tommy and baby Thomas and all the doctors and nurses caring for baby Thomas.
  • Please continue to pray for Lenore Tosi’s cousin, Nancy Leavitt, who suffered a stroke. She is making slow and steady progress. Please pray she receives the maximum time at the rehab facility which she is now in. And continue to pray for her healing and that she will come to know Him through this ordeal. 
  • Please continued to pray for Debra Witte’s grandson – Xander. Luke and Brenda (parents), as Xander develops in the womb.
  • Please pray for a miracle for Ben Duvelson and family (son of associate pastor at Crossroads Christian Fellowship in Union), as his health declines while on a ventilator.

 

Missionary Partner for the week: Shelbey and Rachel in Bicester England

Shelbey and Rachel live in Bicester (Oxfordshire) in England, where they minister to their community through a coffee shop outreach and a local micro-church network. Praise God for a recent time of rest and rejuvenation. Pray that Shelby and Rachel will continue to balance ministry and rest. Also pray that God will continue to stir hearts in Bicester towards him. Recently, a few people took up invitations to pray. Pray for Shelby and Rachel and others in their church community as they continue to grow deep relationships and present the gospel in practical ways to those around them. 

Persecuted Church: Christian Family Flees Threats

When Qasim and his wife, Zaynab, became followers of Christ in 2016, their Shiite Muslim family immediately rejected them and threatened their lives. Zaynab’s brother beat her and told her to leave her “infidel” husband. Eventually, the couple and their young children fled Iraq, but Zaynab’s brother continues to harass them over the phone, saying he will kill them if he finds them. Islamists seeking their location attacked Qasim’s father and one of his younger brothers, sending him to a hospital with broken legs and in a life-threatening coma. The constant threats have severely affected Zaynab’s mental health, and she struggles to function and care for her children. Front-line workers request prayer for Zaynab to experience the Lord’s peace, for a safe place for the family to live, for healing and salvation for Qasim’s brother, and for wisdom for Zaynab.

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Prayer requests will remain active for two weeks. If you would like your request to continue please update by contacting us here or via a connection card on Sunday. All long-term prayer requests (chronic illnesses) will remain active for one month. If you would like your request to continue, please update by contacting us here or via a connection card on Sunday.

 

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