Edgebrook Covenant Church - The Prayers of Intercession of Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant Church
Seventh Week of Eastertide – Sunday, May 4 - Saturday, May 10, 2008

-  Prayer focus for the week of May 4-10, 2008:  Continue to pray for the important step of faith each of our five confirmands has taken on this Confirmation Sunday (May 4, 2008).  Our confirmands are:  Madeleine Baer, Michael Doucette, Paige Luttrell, Bonnie Nelson and Anthony Ranieri.

- Pray regularly for those on your Bringing My World to Christ list, asking for openness to the Gospel and opportunities to share God’s love and grace with them.

- Update on Dan Fuhr: Dan’s last Sunday before leaving for a tour of duty in Afghanistan will be Sunday, August 3.  Between now and then, Dan will mostly be away preparing his battalion for their upcoming deployment.  Pray for Dan, his wife Kris, and their children Alyssa and Benjamin.  Pray for courage, confidence, grace, peace and the assurance of God’s presence as they together face this challenge.

- Pray for the upcoming release of “Fireproof,” a Christian movie that promotes marital fidelity.  Kris Fuhr is the national marketing director for this film, which is produced by the same church that made “Facing the Giants.”

- Pray for Steve and Rebecca Hoden as they seek God’s leading regarding missionary service.  Also pray as they complete the final mixing process for Rebecca’s first CD project.

- Offer prayers for protection in travel for Candi Tepke and six other women who are part of a team from Women Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church.  They are traveling to Japan, visiting Covenant churches and the seminary there.  Pray for their host missionary and Japanese families as well.

- Remember to pray for the end to conflicts and genocide in Darfur, Kenya and Zimbabwe.  Pray for healing and hope to those devastated by these tragedies.

- Pray for the Hughes family, missionaries to Kenya and friends of Scott and Jennifer Reed.  The Hughes have friends who were either murdered or displaced by the violence there.  Pray for their safety and protection as they seek to minister in that  difficult situation.

- Nick Bruckner (short-term missionary with Covenant Youth of Alaska) asks prayer for more Christians to do ministry in Alaska.  Also, pray that God will raise up those who will support with prayer and finances Nick’s second year of ministry with CYAK.

- Health concerns:  Continue to pray for Bunny Hughes’ oldest brother, Rick Husted, who has inoperable brain cancer – he has been told he has 6-8 months of life left here.  As you pray for him, give thanks for his strong faith in Christ.  Also pray for: Bunny Hughes’ mother, Isabel Husted, who is in the last days of life here – Isabel suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and lives in a care facility in Naperville; Julia Bakken – recovery from volleyball-related foot injuries; Roberta Walsh (lifelong friend of Nancy Senatore) – undergoing radiation treatments for lung cancer; Neilsa Warren (Pastor Greg’s older sister) – remaining in the hospital and will complete her cancer radiation treatments there; Gracie James (two year old daughter of Trevor and Christy James) – Gracie is still struggling with a lack of appetite and poor eating.  Pray that the feeding and nutrition clinic that is seeing her will be able to find some answers (this clinic is part of the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital); friends of Jill Lind, the Herman family – their six year old daughter Rachel has had a recurrence of leukemia.