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| Buz - January 5 |
| suffering from undiagnosed, arthritis-like condition; weak & has lost 25 lbs (shocking for a 6'4", 215 lb, 'larger-than-life individual); extensive tests have not yet brought answers. Please pray!! |
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| Mabrey - January 4 |
| was born 10 wks premature; the doctors found an infection; tests are being run;; she is expected to spend 10 wks in the hospital; she needs God's healing hand; her parents need God's comfort and reassurance. |
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| Gerri - December 13 |
| I feel hopeless and depression. I have a helpless personality where I can't move myself to do anything. I can do is nothing.
I live in fear of discovery of myself. I have no money and I've been taking handouts for a long time now and it makes me feel like half a person. It's more than not having things, it's poverty of heart.
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| Anonymous - December 8 |
| He lost his job this week. They had just moved into a new house. Pray for peace and that he will find a new job quickly.
His father had a stroke last year and has been struggling. He went back to the hospital last night (unexpectedly). Please pray for healing. Thank you. |
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| On-Going Requests |
| Roseanna - August 11 |
| Cancer has metasticized into her bones; starting radiation (has had chemo); is in a lot of pain now. |
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| Shirley - May 7 |
| diagnosed w/stage 3 lung cancer; is taking chemo & radiation; is doing well now; please pray for continued strength, peace and healing. |
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| Kay - December 14 |
| She is doing well; 2-1/2 years out of chemotherapy. |
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| Victims of Southeast Asia (Pakistan, India, Kashmir) Earthquake - October 17 |
| continued recovery from devastation |
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| Victims of Hurricanes Rita, Stan & Wilma - October 17 |
| continued recovery from devastation |
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| Residents of New Orleans, LA, MS, AL; all victims of Hurricane Katrina - October 17 |
| continued recovery from devastation |
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| Anonymous - October 17 |
| continued recovery from devastation |
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Prayer is a personal priority for many of us and we could not go on without it. Here are a number of ways that Chapelwood makes prayer a priority:
o We host two on-site prayer rooms where people pray.
o We provide an online prayer Web site Where thousands of prayer requests have been submitted and prayed for by intercessors.
o Prayer groups regularly pray for the church, community and world.
o Dozens of folks knit prayer shawls that are given to persons in crisis.
o Each November, we highlight prayer and God’s invitation that we be people of prayer.
This year, the Stewardship of Prayer emphasis will provide opportunities for practical, hands-on praying. We’re providing ways for you to experience prayer and to explore some areas of prayer you may not have explored previously. In all three Sanctuary services (8:25, 9:45, 11:10 a.m.) on November 2, 9 and 16, we will introduce a different form of prayer during the pastoral prayer time. Each Sunday, the prayer will be experiential and participatory . . . that is, there won’t be someone praying for us as much as leading all of us into an experience of prayer. Additionally, on those same three Sundays, you will have the opportunity to experience different forms of prayer:
o November 2, from 9:30 – 10:00 a.m., 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 – 12:45 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall, you may pray for others at various prayer stations. Each station will focus on intercessory prayer for a different concern – families, schools and students, the sick, church leaders, community concerns, global concerns and so on. Leaders will give guidance at each station.
o November 9, from 9:30 - 10:00 a.m., 10:45 - 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 - 12:45 p.m., in the Chapel, you may come to experience listening prayer of a more contemplative form known as centering prayer. Leaders will give a brief introduction to the prayer.
o November 16, in the Fellowship Hall, you may experience a more physical form of prayer by walking and praying with a labyrinth. The labyrinth will be open from 9:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., with persons available to answer questions from 9:30 – 10:00 a.m., 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Labyrinths were used in European cathedrals of the Middle Ages when persons could no longer make pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Churches encouraged persons to walk and pray on the labyrinth as a symbol of the spiritual journey and the pilgrimage of faith we are invited to make with God.
We hope you will take advantage of these three Sundays to stretch your prayer life. We are all invited to pray, to know God more deeply through prayer.
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