GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH - MANKATO

FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE – August 25, 1999

 

1.       TREE REMOVAL:  Rolly Danielson disposed of all the trees and brush on Monday.

 

2.       SYMPATHY:  Scott Walker’s uncle died in Wisconsin.  The Walker family is attending the funeral today.

 

3.       GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: Classes for the Learning Center (grade 6-12) begin next Tuesday, August 31.  Pray for our staff and students.

 

4.       SUMMER SINGERS REHEARSAL: The final rehearsal for summer singers will be next Sunday night before the evening service at 6:00 PM.

 

5.       PROJECTS DONE: Mike Hanson did service on the furnace at the little house on Monday.  Betty Roettger arranged for commercial cleaning of the carpet at the little house and continues to help set up the classroom.  Dave Hooge and Mel Herme removed the west hall doors and they are being sandblasted and repainted to match the hall décor.  Dave Miller has been painting the Learning Center walls.

 

6.       ST. PETER CABLE SYSTEM:  We are back on the air on public access in St. Peter.  “IBM” is released at 4:30 PM each Monday and beginning in September, the telecast will be aired at both 4:30 PM and 10:00 PM each Monday.

 

7.       CANCER: Pray for persons with cancer: Mr. Newton. the father of Vickie Pankow,  Howard Carlson,  Mae Langford,  Dorothy Korff,  Susan Harder, Casey Baustian (Mankato Lutheran Home). Harry Stewart (Val Perrizo's uncle).  Margaret Day.  Missionary  builders Paul and Joyce Oetken have an 8 month daughter, Arianna, who has been diagnosed with cancer.  Rita Mead (September appointment). Jane Rush. Luke Loveall (Ron Schmidt’s nephew age 4 ½). Norma Ward. Tammy Ebert (chemotherapy). Joan Heldman.  Rodney Gibb’s father (pancreatic cancer).  Mary Henley (Mary Jo’s co-worker). George Schneiter (triple skin surgery at Methodist Hospital on Monday).  Alison Zwart’s father (brain cancer, California).

 

8.       OFFERING REPORT: Regular budget offerings totaled $2139.  Designations include landscape gift in memory of Potter $50,  GCS scholarship  $50 and GCS gifts $120.

 

9.       AREA CHURCHES: Let congregations and us pray for area pastors: New Ulm (Fuller).  Sleepy Eye (Siefkes).  Medo and Wells (England).  Lake Crystal (David).  Madelia (Jeff Peterson).  St. Peter (Peterson).  Waterville (Witte). Garden City (Hallada). Westbrook (Fitzsimmons).  Fairmont (Ekblad).  Waseca (TeBeest).  Oakland (Ryburn).  Owatonna (Kittle).  Faribault (Mead).  Sherburn (Steve Pleasant).  Bingham Lake (Michael Hardy).

 

10.   COLLEGE STUDENTS AWAY FROM HOME: Tim Perrizo (Pensacola), Stephanie Jaeger (Northwestern), Missy Rollefson (600 E. 4th St., UMM Mail #2197G, Morris, MN  56267) and Charity Wishart (Maranatha).

 

11.   DONALD GEARY SCHOLARSHIP: It was announced last Sunday that Charity Wishart has been awarded the Donald Geary Scholarship this year.  She is a freshman at Maranatha Baptist College in Watertown, Wisconsin.

 

12.    MEDICAL NEEDS: Warren Ward. Mary Burgess.  Lorraine Solt's niece, Jane Nelson.  J.C. Peter's mother.  John Barnett.  Sharon Hanson. Milton Burgess.  Maria Hoogendyk (needs day and night care; Otto and Linda are in Florida this week to make decisions for her care). Shawn Reichel.   Pauline (Diane Howell’s cousin).  Becky Carlson.  Effie Carlson.  Carolyn Willie’s father, Alex Schwartz.  Guy Lund (lung surgery recovery).  Jane Ward. Judy Stenzel (surgery scheduled for Aug. 30).  Kathleen Luiken, Tony Solano and Leslie Hoffman (fibromyalgia).  Cherie Glann (migraines).  Carla Willie (tonsilectomy 9/21), Shirley Budke (Abbot Northwestern for heart tests).  Rachel Carlson (in a cast at home).

 

13.   WEBSITE: http://nexus.mnic.net/~gracechr

 

14.   HOUSING:  Greg and Cheri Jackson have a home for sale in North Mankato.  Fran Thompson has a home for sale in Waseca.  If you have a room, apartment or home for rent, please notify the office.  We do receive inquiries.

 

15.   SHUTINS:  Lenore Longnecker (Sibley Manor),  Corriene Wolner (Oaklawn), Irene Yeager (home),  Florence Johanson (Garfield Place),  Carl Rasmussen  (Mankato House),  Helmer Monson (St. Peter), Jack Adams (Hillcrest),  Rose Burgett (Community Care Center),  Alice Ward (Laurels Edge), Willard Boelter (Mankato House).   Lejune Bramer (Waseca).  Ingebor Roberts (Oaklawn). Myrna Walrath (Oaklawn).  Lillian Roesler (Oaklawn). Alice Wu's father (Taiwan).  Jane Ward (Mapleton Community Home). Mae Langford (Oaklawn).   Leroy Mintz (Community Care Center).  Norman Nebergal (Cedar Haven). Irv Shaffer (home).   Evelyne Hennessey (Cedar Haven).  Cleone Bolton (Mankato House).  Mae Philips (Hillcrest).  Dean and Roberta Breeling (home).

 

16.   BABY LIST: Shandy Wussow (August).  Delana Powers (September). Loretta Schofield (September).  Julie Giblin (September).  Sheri Horn (September).  Fadia Karvonen (October). Darla Ward (November).  Nan Guentzel (December). Val Danielson (December).  Amy Malwitz (January). Linda Montenegro (January).  Shannan Murphy (February-diabetic, good report).  Allison Zwart (February).  Joan Schultz (March).

 

17.   PASTORS: Please pray for Pastor Tim West CT, Pastor Rodney Yates MN (camp speaker this week), Pastor John Fenlason MT, Pastor Dan Miller MN, Pastor Roger Luiken NE, Pastor Richard Chromy MN, Pastor Joel Jorgenson MN, as they minister the Word of God each week.

 

18.   TELEVISION: Pray for the weekly outreach of our programs at 10:00 AM Sunday (KEYC-TV), 6:30 PM Tuesday (CCTV), and 11:00 AM Saturday (CCTV).

 

19.   OUR MISSIONARIES: Pray for the missionaries that we support around the world.  They are Hansen (France), Daily (Germany), Wygle (Oahu), Parks (Spain)(coming to Mankato on Sept. 5), Snearly (Chad), Courts (Argentina), Pope (Uruguay), Kallin (Brazil), Van Loh (Brazil), McClain (Florida), Paswaters (Hong Kong), Geary (Indonesia), Peterson (Brazil), Beckley (Mali), Silseth (Honduras).

 

20.   SERVICEMEN:  Joshua Rousselow in Korea (Army) (Joshua has orders to stay in Korea until June 2000).  Pvt. Jason M. Shoemaker in Oklahoma (Army).  Jim Herme at California (Marines).  Todd Baker (Marines).  Brad Bramer in Hawaii (Air Force).  Chaplain Brad West at Fort Hood, TX (Army) and Chaplain Steve Siefkes in Australia (Air Force) (will return to the states on Jan 15). Pray for these men, their wives and children.

 

21.   EMPLOYMENT NEEDS:  Lane Pearson (part time principal at Glenville, MN).  Wes Olson.  Jodi Gay. Tony Solano (Texas).  Norman Shoemaker (Wendy’s on Aug. 26).   Aaron Wishart. 

 

22.   CRISIS REQUESTS: Pray for families or individuals in crisis. Dave and his family.  Michael Stempson and family.  Brian Allen family.

 

23.   SHARE WITH OTHERS: personal requests and praises:

 

24.   BUS MINISTRY UPDATE:  Pray for new workers.  There are opportunities for drivers and captains.  Ron Schmidt and Mike Froiland were drivers last week; Simeon Carlson was the captain.

 

25.   JAIL MINISTRY:  Kevin Sondergaard (September release) and Preston Overton and Oliver Williams.

 

26.   SCRIPTURE: “Continue in _____________, and ____________________ in the same with _________________________;  withal  __________________  also for us, that God would  ____________ unto us a _______________. . . . . . .” ____________________ 4:2-3.

 

27.   RISK TAKING:  Will you reach out to someone this week?

 

28.   CAMP FOLLOW-UP:  The Sunday School staff will meet every Wednesday during September to intensify plans for follow-up with the many wonderful children who attended camp this summer.  It will begin next Wednesday September 1 under the direction of Pastor Schofield.

 

29.   COSTA RICA CAMP OFFERING:  Last week a total of $306.72 was given at camp to help sponsor campers to attend the camps directed by Danny White in Costa Rica.  Rachel Carlson plans to help at the camps in January.

 

30.   GCS STAFF:  Orientation for the Christian School staff will begin tomorrow at 9:00 AM.  Please pray for a great school year.