Pray Without Ceasing...
for Forrest and Lynn Thye as Forrest begins cancer treatment.
for the family and friends of Mary Jane Henika as they prepare for her memorial service on March 15, 2pm, at BPC. A reception will follow the service.
for Jeananne Bame as she receives continued nursing care. Contact the church office for an updated address.
for those affected by the flooding in Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and southwest Virginia. As they recover from devastating losses, we pray for outpourings of support to meet both immediate and ongoing needs.
for the Woodchuck volunteers as they have been dealing with extremely trying conditions to include severe wintry weather and mechanical issues with their two trucks as they work hard to fulfill many frantic requests, all while being concerned they will run out of seasoned wood before winter is over. They are requesting prayers for strength, good health, patience, and warmer weather.
for our ministry partners with populations particularly vulnerable at this time, to include Literacy NRV, Blacksburg Refugee Partnership, He She Ze & We, Women’s Resource Center, and Blacksburg Community Pride.
for our local and global community to support each other as we learn to be more aware of and seek to oppose racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, oppression and violence.
for those friends and members of BPC, and in our community who are struggling with physical and mental health challenges. May they and their loved ones feel comforted and supported.
for our country. We pray that we find a just and peaceful way out of polarization and toward a better cultural appreciation of the complexity and plurality of a healthy democracy.
for all of those affected by the wildfires in California, especially those who have had to evacuate and those who have lost everything. We ask for God's protection for all those who are still in harm's way, particularly the first responders, and pray for strength for all those in the midst of crisis.
for so many people throughout the world who live in areas of violent conflict. We are especially aware of those suffering in Palestine, Israel, the Ukraine, and Sudan. Guide the leaders to seek peaceful resolutions. Be with women and children who bear the biggest burdens, and church leaders who speak out against violence and for security and an end to fighting.
as losses from climate change accelerate all over the world. Give us courage, hope, imagination, motivation and insight to address climate warming. We pray for those who are most affected. Give us urgency and international unity of purpose and will in combating and mitigating climate trends. Help us love and protect our Creator's world.
for Dessa and Cobbie Palm, our mission partners in the Philippines, and their continued work with youth in the community through Youth Advocates Through Theater Arts (YATTA), clean water access, and sustainability of local resources.
for our partners and friends in CEDEPCA in Guatemala.
for our friends in Mulanje, Malawi, working to meet ongoing health, educational and food-producing needs.
for the Henika family, Randy and Sherry Ingham, the Peeples family, Jeananne and Allen Bame, Steve and Marcia Andrews, Stan and Janne Mathes, Renee Lahn, Nancy Alexander, and Wilmoth O’Dell.
for those in the military: Luke Phillips, Eden Elizabeth Lawson, and Joel Hunter.
You can send prayer requests for Prayers of the People in Sunday worship and/or to be added to the website prayer list to Rhonda (rhonda@blacksburgpres.org).