Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Sunday, January 11th



BABY SHOWER ON SUNDAY...


There will be a baby shower for Kevin, Cynthia and Baby Williams on Sunday at 12:00o'clock. It will be held in the DINKS Sunday School class - Riverchase A.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Current prayer requests...

DINKS PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISES for January 11, 2009
DINKS BLOG: http://www.rumcdinks.blogspot.com/
“...but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.” Acts 6:4

ONGOING REQEUSTS:
President Soldiers Missionary: Bee in Cambodia Peace throughout the world
Church Staff Members in our class struggling with infertility Natasha, our Sudislaval orphan we support

PRAISES: Praise for Kristin Henderson’s brother and sister-in-law (Scott & Katie) who just had their first child 1/3/09.
Praise for Vallie Pate’s grandmother, whose health is so much better now.
The Penn family (NICU friend of Ellises) had their second child at 38 1/2 weeks - Mary Beth - December 31, 2008.
Praise for Quentin Morgan who has been teaching the 5-year-olds by himself!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

Brian Bargainer: Pray for a safe pregnancy for Melanie who is carrying triplets.
Pray for John Everage, older gentleman at RUMC, had second hip surgery 12/15. Pray for good recovery.

Bob Blakeney: Pray for healing for his Uncle Reid who fell out of a deer stand.

Sara Blakeney: Pray for Stephanie & Casey Alums, adopting little boy from Guatemala. Pray all finalizes soon.
Pray for neighbors, Barry & Rebecca, who are adopting a 12 year old boy who is an Ukranian orphan. He’s came
12/20/08 for a 3 week stay. Pray all goes well & adoption can be finalized soon.
Pray for a friend Sam & her mother as they grieve for her father/husband, John Woodham.
Pray for their family as they care for Grandmother who has dementia. Pray they can find ways for her to stay at home.

Casey Blythe: Pray for Uncle Pat whose cancer has returned. Pray for encouragement and pain mgmt.; dr. visit in January

Greg & Kelly Ellis: Pray all goes well with weaning Kathryn off her oxygen and that she’ll soon be free of all that equipment.
Pray for peace, wisdom and strength in their dealings with Kelly’s father struggling with financial problems & avoiding arrest.
Pray for their relationship with Greg’s parents, for peace and how to best deal with them.

Kimberly Fain: Pray for health and peace for Annie Cunningham, 34, single mom of an 8 & 5 year old, battling cancer for 4th time.

Kim Gossett: 2 students at school were in a car wreck. One died, the other has brain injuries. Pray for Zwack family that lost their
child and for Stewart family whose child is in ICU. Pray for students, teachers & friends grieving.
Kristin Henderson: Pray for her father, Scott Marshall, who is home from hospital, that he’ll regain strength & be able to resume chemo.

Pray for her mother as she’s exhausted caring for Kristin’s father, but also wants to help take care of new grandbaby.

Cindy Hipp: Pray for daughter Lauren, battling viral illness. Praise that she is clear of C-diff now! Pray for continued healing.
Pray for grandfather, Brinnon Mahan, whose condition is worsening and he may have to go back to the hospital.
Pray for her grandmother, Dollie Hansford, who had to have other leg amputated 11/24/08; also,as she grieves for son Keith.

Matt Hodges: Increase prayers for friend Wesley, who was sober for 1 year but relapsed. Pray for freedom from addiction.

Michelle & Dustin Jowers: Pray that God would help them to conceive and have a child.
Pray for Dustin’s brother & wife who want to adopt a child... a little girl is due in to be born in Feb.; pray all goes well.
Pray for Dustin’s dad: battled cancer since 2003 & is taking chemo, & for God’s comfort as he grieves for his wife.

Brian & Emily McLendon: Pray for leg-strenthening program daughter Mary will start in January, that she’ll do well & handle it well.
Pray for Amy & Herb, close friends, going through marriage issues. Praise they are moving in right direction.

Quentin Morgan: Praise his friend did not have cancer (tumor benign) & the friend’s wife’s cancer is in remission!

Jerry Moseley: Please pray for him to know God’s leading as he seeks a new position. Pray for recent interviews with Regions.
Pray for friend’s newborn baby, Sara, who has pneumonia and high blood pressure.

Vallie Pate: Pray for friend’s father who has Stage 4 cancer; pray for healing for him and peace and strength for his family.
Pray for high school friend going as a missionary into Cambodia to help rescue children enslaved in prostitution.

Aaron & Kelly Randall: Pray for peace and comfort for Aaron’s friend who lost a friend to suicide. Pray for peace and comfort for another friend whose 2-year old daughter passed away 1/2/09.
Pray for Aaron as he travels to Costa Rica, and for peace and tranquility at the Randall home while he’s away.
Pray for Kelly’s sister, Ginny, who lost her job and is very depressed. Pray for new job to open up for her.
Pray for friend, Ashley Green, whose husband died at age 32. she has a 1 year old child.
Pray for Aaron’s grandmother, 94, who has memory loss…for God’s peace & comfort for all of them.

Kelley Romonowski: Pray for her grandmother who has Parkinsons and is having good and bad days.

Ashley Ross: Pray for her friend’s sister who is preg. with first child... child may have trisomy 18. Pray that doctors are wrong.

Randy Snuggs: Pray for Gracie Ann Poole, 1 yr old, who has been very sick but is improving now.

Harris Wheeler: Pray for Phillips family in TX...husband died in his sleep New Year’s morning - age 57; leaves wife & teenagers.





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BLOG SITES: Keep up with Kathryn Ellis’s progress on her blog, http://gregkellyandmadelynellis.blogspot.com//
Pray for healing for Evan Thomason, 6-year old, with neuroblastoma. See www.caringbridge.org/visit/evanthomason. Pray
for his family as they travel back and forth to Memphis, TN, weekly for his chemo treatments.