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Praise & Prayer Weekly Update - 8/5/2025

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 for the Teen Missions Trip to North Carolina. Praise God for all the opportunities the teens had to serve others and the safe travels they had.
  • Praise God for this past Sunday’s baptisms of Larry Scholl, Sara Scholl, and Katie Ryan.
  • Praise God for a great summer of Summer Connections.
  • Praise God for Deb Graisser starting on the MBC team this Wednesday as the new office assistant. 

For our MBC Family & Friends, please pray for:

  • Andrew Strain. Praise that God’s hand was with him every step of the way. Pray for the months ahead with continued testing and follow-up appointments. Andrew has his first follow-up appointment post discharge. His numbers continue to move in the right direction! Praise to God for that!
  • Rich and Farrah Molfetta request prayer for Farrah’s cousin Jennifer who is hospitalized with a serious and chronic health condition.
  • Please pray for Rich & Dawn Imbimbo, Kristie’s parents, as they settle into their new home in Tennessee. Please pray for them to find a home church and meaningful friendships and please pray for Kristie and her family as they will miss them dearly.
  • Verna O’Neil had an incident of rapid heartbeat. Please pray for her heart and the doctors as they evaluate the situation.
  • Pray for Michelle Bachman who is undergoing treatment for returned thyroid cancer.
  • Pray for Betty Wagner as she prepares for cancer removal surgery in August.
  • Please pray for the friends and family of Cyndi Cudworth (her husband Jim & brother James, James was ordained as a chaplain at MBC) Cyndi, who passed away over the weekend. You can read her obituary and find the funeral details for Thursday, August 7th HERE 
  • Please pray for Rob Meleta who had an endoscopy which revealed he has an ulcer in his esophagus.
  • Please pray for Dottie Turse who will be having second cataract surgery on August 19th. Pray the surgery will go well.
  • John Rickershauser praises God that the Lord is in control of every detail of his life.
  • Please pray for Bruce Hyldahl who has chemotherapy every day this week.
  • Please continue to pray for our expectant mother’s Amina Oshodi who is due in August, Lindsey Yarrington Williams who is due in October, and Caroline Pisano, Kim and John McCarthy’s daughter, who is due in January. Also, please continue to pray for Debra Witte’s grandson Xander. Luke and Brenda (parents), as Xander develops in the womb.

Our Church:

  • Please pray for Pastor Bob Erbig as he preaches on Community this Sunday 8/10/2025.
  • Please pray for the Colson Fellows program who are beginning this week and will be on a rigorous and intense schedule.
  • Pray for a strong launch this Fall for Small groups and Women’s ministries, pray for those in our community not yet connected to join a small group community.

 

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 from Camp Mystic.
  • 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:

  • Janice Acheampong requests prayer for a good job. Janice is almost done with physician associate school and will be applying for jobs soon. She is also requesting prayer for marriage.
  • Please pray for Bill Miller’s sister, Ellen, who fell & broke her hip. She had extensive surgery last week, but is still not able to stand.
  • Please pray for the Miller’s son-in-law, Henry, who has MS & has been extremely depressed. He has been taken to a mental health facility & is undergoing intensive therapy. Please pray there will be a strong believer there who will share the gospel message & love of Christ with him & Henry would be responsive to receiving Christ. Please pray for his wife, Kim, & their two sons. They also need salvation.
  • The Millers also appreciate prayer for their son-in-law, Mike, who has been experiencing severe headaches & neck pain. He has an appt with a neurologist.
  • Taylor Myer is asking for prayer “for hope and strength for myself, my family, my friends, and my enemies.”
  • Please pray for Sue Turners’ cousin Becky. She had a recent MRI which showed her cancer has gone into her bone marrow and the doctors are discussing her brain tumor.
  • Suly Maciel de Queiroz requests prayer for her spiritual life so that she can grow more.
  • Praise the Lord that Amy Acker’s mother Ellen Sterman’s bloodwork came back showing that her condition is stabilized. Second, she will be getting a shoulder replacement in several weeks. Please pray for a successful surgery and complete recovery with minimal pain. Third, she is looking into the faith but remains uncertain. Please pray that she will fully come to faith and accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
  • Please pray for Clint Pompey (Ruth Grose’s son in law) as he recently had hernia sergery.
  • Lisa Hafler requests prayer for her sister Michelle Osterberg. She was diagnosed with Lung cancer and had gone through the first round of treatment. Now she has done 1 round of intense chemo and is in the hospital with double pneumonia. She is very depressed and does not want to go through the last intense chemo treatment. It’s been a rough road. This is her 3rd hospital admission in 9 weeks. She is a believer but is ready to quit. Please pray that she will feel God beside her to give her strength to finish the treatment.
  • Pray for Lenore Tosi’s relative Nancy who is recovering from a physical health issue and is having physical therapy. Please pray for her new PT.
  • Please continue to 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.
  • Please pray for Tom Cochran’s son, Brad who is on hospice.

Missionary Partner for the week: Jayson and Julie Casper – IDEAS – Middle East   

Pray for the Caspers as they deal with multiple challenges. Pray for their local church which is experiencing a crisis. Pray for Jayson as he transitions back to full-time ministry after a brief sabbatical and as he prepares for an interview in August with a PhD. Committee. Pray for their daughter Emma as she transitions from life in the Middle East to full-time college student in the US.

Persecuted Church: Christian Widow’s Home Burned, Crops Destroyed

A Christian widow has been unable to support herself and her children as Islamists regularly destroy her crops. Islamist groups regularly attack villages in central and northern parts of the country, and attacks against Christian communities are especially violent, leaving behind many widows. Victoria Luka, a mother of five, lost her husband to an attack on Sept. 17, 2018, near Jos. Their village was destroyed and their house burnt to ash.

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