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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 11/10/2026

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 the 30 college students at FDU responded to a gospel call last week at the bible study Bianca Burke originally started. 
  • Praise God for the MBC neighbor who comes to pickleball and attended the Men’s breakfast, along with several additional new men. 
  • Praise God After all the testing and biopsies, Marian Miller’s sister, Judy, has no cancer.

For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:

  • Please pray for the Albright Family as they mourn the passing of Bruce (John). Bruce’s funeral: Thursday Nov 12 at 11am at Galloway and Crane. Pastor Peter Pendell will officiate. Internment on Monday 11/16 at a U.S. Veterans cemetery south Jersey.  Obituary HERE 
  • Please pray for the Nosta Family as they mourn the loss of John. Keep Amy and his children, Katie, Annabel, and Jack your prayers. Service will be Saturday, November 21st.  Obituary HERE  
  • Please continue to pray for Carrie Isler as she navigates many medical issues. The meds after brain surgery are completely switched and work well, and her speech is improving. Collarbone injury is 13 weeks and not healing. She will be going for a CT scan, looking for healing that cannot be seen on Xray.  If not, they will consider surgery. Carrie also now has frozen shoulders. 
  • John Buxbaum lost both his dad and then his mom this week, both in sequence with only a few days between and both rather unexpected. Please keep John and his family in your prayers.  
  • Lift up Donna Whiston as she moves forward with a new Christian business. Pray for the Lord to guide Donna and bring clients for her minister and show His glory.  
  • Elona Pendell is having some health issues. Please pray for answers.    
  • Pray for Leslie Petrine as she recovers from spine surgery.     
  • Dennis Beam is requesting prayer for ongoing cancer treatments and additional side effects, especially his vision and nerve issues in his brain. Further tests are being ordered. Pray for strength for Lisa.   
  • Continue to pray for Julianne Lavornia and her very serious health situation. May God touch her body and heal her or open a path to effective medical intervention. She is waiting for sleep study results.  
  • Marian Miller has started occupational therapy and will begin cognitive therapy to help with her auditory processing issue, so please pray that will be resolved and she’ll recover completely. Thank you so much for your continued prayers as she’s been improving so much!      
  • Please pray for our MBC expectant moms, Joy and Robert Searwar, due in January with their third child, Miriam and Brian Newton, due in January with their second child, Rachel and James Rickershauser, are expecting their 4th child in February, and Ruth and Dionis Lica, due in May with their third child.

Our Church:

  • Pray for Pastor Dave Hentschel, as he prepares his sermon for this Sunday.  Pastor Dave will be preaching on Ezekiel 28.1-19 
  • Pray for the 175th anniversary banquet this Thursday. 
  • Pray for safety and soft hearts as our teens head out to their retreat this weekend. 
  • Please pray for our MBC women in who have such a burdened heart for their estranged loved ones. 

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 the those in authority in our nation. 

Our Extended Family & Friends:

  • Bill Miller’s sister, Ellen, is in the hospital with pneumonia and the flu. Please pray for her and for her family as they go back-and-forth to the hospital each day and for doctors wisdom.
  • Pray for Larry Scholl’s mother, Antionette Scholl. Antonette is battling pancreatic cancer.   
  • Please pray for Joanna Piperkov’s sister, Jenny, and her former foster daughter, Vivi, who is 15 years old and has been missing since October 16. Jenny cared for Vivi when she was 3 years old. Please pray for Vivi’s safe return.    
  • Please pray for the family of Christina Imparato, a teacher at Koinonia Academy, who recently passed away following a medical emergency that occurred while she was teaching several weeks ago. Lift up her family during this difficult time. 
  • Nikki Springer is asking for prayer for her dear friend, Ruth Sandberg’s husband, Carl.  He was taken to the ER because he couldn’t breathe.  Doctors are suggesting an implanted to help pump the blood to rest of the body but are worried that his heart is too weak to withstand the operation.  Ruth is worried because Carl has still not accepted Jesus as his Savior!  So please pray for his salvation and wisdom for the doctors. 

Missionary Partner for the week: 

Curtis and Janna Hanover working with Cru 

Curtis and Janna Hanover serve with Cru on the Jesus File Project. Pray for Cutis’ leadership in managing translation work for the films and training of nationals who bring the film to unsaved people groups. Pray for the spread of the gospel among those viewing the films. Pray for Curtis’ safety as he travels to various countries for his work. Pray for the health of the family and for additional financial support as they see older supports retiring. 

 

Pray for our World:

Extremists Kill 9 Christians at Funeral

On Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, Islamists attacked a Christian funeral procession in Karak, Jordan, killing 9 and wounding 40, many of whom remain hospitalized. “This attack has deeply shocked the people of Jordan, especially the Christian community,” said a longtime front-line worker. “Among the injured are fellow believers, ministry workers and members of families we personally know. This makes the tragedy especially painful and close to our hearts.” The worker requested prayer for all who are grieving, for physical and emotional healing for the injured, for protection for churches, and for faith to prevail over fear. He added that when Jordan’s King Abdullah visited survivors receiving medical treatment, one courageous Christian told him, “This is our land. We will never leave.”

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