Dear PCF family, I have a few prayer updates I want to share with you.
- Mary Knapp is back home but needs continued prayer due to a pressure wound and continued healing from her broken hip.
- Mike Portell was hoping to get out of the hospital today but he will be staying at least one more and possibly two more days at Barnes because they are making a brace for his foot. After he leaves Barnes he will go to in-patient rehab, hopefully at the Anderson rehab center across from the new YMCA on Goshen Road.
- Patti Franklin just texted me and she needs prayers for a blood clot. She had shoulder surgery a couple of weeks ago and developed a blood clot in her ankle. She is home and is being treated with medication to dissolve the clot.
Over the past couple of months I have had a couple of requests to bring back communion every month, and today I received an emaiI requesting guess what? So I will bring back communion on the first Sunday of the month unless there is a special Holiday during the month, Christmas / Easter. So next Communion will be March 2nd.
Al Kaburik shared some information with me this past week. Al usually counts the heads on Sunday and he said in the past two years PCF has doubled in size. Two years ago we had from 45-50 on a Sunday now we regularly are having 100 people in worship. This is wonderful and even more wonderful is our Sunday school has grown too.
Prayers needed:
- Guy Schmidt has been in the hospital since last Thursday and hopefully will be discharged tomorrow. He has had a lot of blood tests trying to figure out the high levels of ammonia in his blood. No results yet.
- Sherry Jackson, Sherry and her husband Ed ran the North Side Dairy Bar for years. Sherry had breast cancer and was doing good but the latest scan shows it has spread to her liver. The family has reached out for prayer.
- Alene Schuette, Kent’s aunt has had a stroke and is at Anderson hospital. She has been moved to HiItz Home in Alhambra for rehabilitation and may be staying there.
- Richard Sparks that Jesus will lead him into his love and peace.
- Art Hansen, Please pray for Art who is having pretty serious breathing issues. He wants to be with us but his breathing difficulty is preventing him from making it to the services.
- Scott Schuette, Kent’s cousin has been diagnosed with colon cancer.
- Linda Daniels at Eden Care due to stroke.
- Tom Gain’s friend Ross Besch needs prayers that he will be able to walk again.
God we lift all these people on our prayer list to you because you are the perfect healer. We ask that you open their hearts to your word, your truth, your love and your ability to change things in their lives, and for this we praise you!
Praise Community Fellowship is a very Joyful, Prayerful church! We meet Sunday mornings at 10:30am at the Esic Worship Center located at 1000 University Drive Edwardsville near the old YMCA . We believe in teaching all of God’s truth with love and compassion. Come be part of a Joyful Christian Family. We have a Sunday school program and a nursery for the little ones. If you have questions call Pastor Kent @ 618-334-3575 or our board president Gary Watson @ 409-781-6510.