Prayer Concerns

April 27, 2016

Special Needs of Our Church Family

  • Tommy Bentley – Losing his sight due to macular degeneration.. Fell and scraped arm – surgery will be rescheduled after he heals.
  • David Belcher – Had a tumor removed from his colon. Undergoing Chemo treatments for cancer.
  • Randy Blanchard – Growth has shrunk significantly with antibiotics. Gaining strength, good report from oncologist.
  • Tom Carpenter – 2nd cataract surgery yesterday. Doing well!
  • Carol Creel – Back and knee pain. Having PT.
  • Mary EllenEagle – Congestion. Seems to be doing better.
  • Dianne Grubbs–Stress fracture, wearing a boot.
  • Philip Henefield–A few tumors are growing. Will start new chemo mid- June.Praise – blood clots in lung are gone!
  • Libby Hines–Will have heart valve replacement surgery. Also has tumor on Kidney.Found new oncologist.
  • Jere Johnston – Cancer in a lymph node, also Crohn’s.
  • Rachel Kearns- Had right pinky finger amputated last.In lots of pain, but getting better.
  • Janet Rouche– Both legs amputated. Recovering at home.
  • Shirley Squires – Various health problems. Seeing new Dr.
  • Tommy Wood – Arthritis in neck and back, carpal tunnel, herniated disc.
  • Bryson Laster – Broken leg from playing ball.
  • Barbara Pulliam –Shingles.
  • Pat Nixon –eye surgery for a hole in the macula.They use a gas bubble to fill the hole and it distorts vision until healed.
  • Linda Roberts –epidural in back.
  • Doug Loop –Shoulder surgery May 18.

Shut in Members

Ongoing Needs of Our Church Family

Dale Banks – Receiving ongoing treatments for MS.

Chris Beatty – Has multiple sclerosis.

Elaine Beatty – Has chronic joint disease.

Jonathan Beatty– Has Crohn’s disease. Got an infusion.

Janice Grace – Going to pain specialist 4/29 .

Lynette Harper– She is caregiver for her mom, Betty Adams.

Merriell Jenkins– Pray for mobility and strength.

Beverley & Stan Johnston

Judy & Doug Kearns

Billy Murphy

Riley Peek

Sara Peek –Hadinjection in knee. Also, head and rib pain.

Edith Powell

Terry Self

Rebecca Thompson

Tyler Whitfield & family

Ongoing Needs of Our Friends

  • Ed Johnson Jr. – Has slow growing cancer. Son of Carolyn Johnson.
  • Cullen O’Brien – Infant with rare lung disease. Grandson of Reginia McCullough, former PBC Preschool teacher.
  • Alicia Culver–Gallstones.
  • David Stischer – Started a special treatment plan for his cancer. Brother-in-law of Rene Milner.
  • Gene Turkett– Not doing well. Gene is former chaplain at Baptist Manor and pastor atHeatherwood in Riverdale. Spirits are good.
  • Lori Curry – Pray for her salvation.
  • Laura Zethmayr – Has nodules in her chest. Tests show asthma. Was given an inhaler. Tested for TB. Will have PET scan 4/26. Mother of Rene Milner.
  • Betty Eason – High school friend of Sarah Russell.
  • Paula Cruise – Tumors returning in her head. (Cynthia Curry)
  • Charles Huey – Shooting, burning pains down his legs. (Betty Powell)
  • Dottie Priatko – examination yesterday to determine repairs for damage caused by chemo.

Special Needs of Our Friends

  • Barbara Beatty – Chris Beatty’s mother, multiple health issues.
  • Carolyn Beckmen – She is very ill. Concern of Betty Powell.
  • Shirley Carpenter – Resident of Baptist Manor, recovering from stroke. Concern of Bonnie Johnson.
  • Katherine Jackson– Having ongoing congestive heart failure. She is home from the hospital now. Katherine is the mother of Sherry Johnson.
  • Will Johnson – Diagnosed with cancer. Doing better. He is the brother of Joan Cordle.
  • Skylar Treadwell – 12 yrs. Old. Kawasaki disease. Has lost most of her fingernails and toenails.Great granddaughter of Thomas & Sara Peek.
  • Rev. Jerry Walker– Senior Adult Pastor at First Baptist of Newnan, wasdiagnosed with Cancer.
  • Dot Winkles– Broke her hip.
  • David Phillips– Nephew of Edna Boone. Doing miraculously after brain surgery! From Columbia, TN
  • Robb Norris - had shoulder surgery.Concern of Sydney Norris Billie Joiner.
  • Susan Reeves - mostly bedridden from MS. Amanda Richardson and Eric Johnston’s mom.
  • TammyRagozzine– lost her 18 yr. old daughter, Brie-anna, in a car accident. Family still in shock. Concern of Patricia Gullekson.
  • Hilda Cofield– Under hospice care. 90 year old mother of Harriett Steele.
  • Ted Cofield– Pray for his salvation! 91 year old father of Harriett Steele.
  • Brenda Turner – A-fib. Echo cardiogram test normal but small leak in heart valve. Daughter of Joan Cordle.
  • Central Baptist Church – Pastor retired after over 30 years.
  • Barbara Spain – at Grady with a traumatic head injury. Friend of Carolyn Johnson.
  • Jahma McGuire – Stroke. Moved to long term care facility.Is tolerating and getting along as well as can be expected. Mike Gibson’s mom.
  • Family of Charles Jackson – Grandfather ofScott & Stephen Farr.
  • Carmen Sanders – 42 yr. old husband passed away suddenly. Friend of Allison Manning.
  • Johnny VanKamp - 12 yr. old with leukemia. Will be hospitalized in Greenville, NC for4 weeks for treatment. Bill Creel’s aunt’s friend.
  • Jeremy Holder – Aunt passed away. Concern of Jason McDaniel.
  • Hope Keefer –Pray for wisdom for her Mother to make right decisions for Hope’s treatment of CP. Matt Keefer’s sister.
  • Steve Manning - and recovery center staff dealing with the death of young man in recovery center.
  • Family of Coach David Pollard – killed in auto accident. Concern of Peggy Wooddall.
  • Susan Taylor – Cancer – Clyde Taylor’s daughter in law.
  • Extended family & friends of Jim Bryant – former Palmetto firefighter involved in murder/suicide. Concern of Matt Keefer and Kim Roley.

Local and Foreign Missionaries

  • Various Mission Trips: Haiti mission trip, annual church mission trip, etc.
  • Pray for IMB and NAMB in their money crises and having to make early retirement for their volunteers.
  • Lex Bowen – Area Missionary in Athens, GA
  • Lauren Browning – YWAM – Texas
  • Terry & Michelle Buford – Philippines
  • Bill King – Area Missionary in Opelika, AL
  • Sarah & Scott Park – North Africa
  • Mike Proctor – Alaska
  • Blake & Tracy Staton – Thailand
  • Phil Wakefield and Family – Indonesia
  • Mike & Kathy Weaver – Peru
  • Larry Wilbur – Brunswick Area Missionary
  • Ron Wildes – Fairburn Baptist Association
  • Eric & Susan Wolf – Africa
  • Tommy & Jennifer Yeager – Indiana

International Missionaries

  • Matasha Clary, James Wells, BC, (American Peoples)
  • CO, GH, GS, JB, LG, LV, (Central Asian Peoples)
  • Mary Minnich, KR,MO, RR, (East Asian Peoples)
  • DS, TL, (Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples)
  • CM, Sarah Davenport, AW, GM, MV, (South Asian Peoples)
  • KS, MR, SS, Kathy Deasy, John Hailes, Steven Roberts, Shad Spannagel, (Sub-Saharan African Peoples)
  • Retired: Annette Crockett, VerlaGoldston, Tim Marza

North American Missionaries

  • Laura Taunton, Michelle Britt, (AL)
  • Melissa Biby, Ashley Reed, Lee Gregory, Carla Tubbs, (CO)
  • Youngwall Shon, Pam Whitehead, Rimond Benjamin, Brittany Sanders, Albert Johnson, Mary Cummins, (GA)
  • Phillip Coatney, Benjamin Adkinson, (TN)
  • Retired: Minnie Martinez, (TX); James Scott, (CA)

Leo Waldrop, (WA); Charlotte Hall, (TN), Ann Baird, (KY)

Troops Overseas in Our Prayers

  • Nathan Collinsworth – South Korea – Concern of Collinsworths
  • Chris Copper – Afghanistan – Son of Ike Copper
  • David Duren – Honduras – Concern of Angie Hight
  • Ricky Keillor – Iraq – Concern of Judy Conklin
  • T. J. Schwenning – Germany – Grandson-in-law of Judy Baird

Troops Stateside in Our Prayers

  • Chad Bearden – North Carolina – Orr
  • Jim Ball – Ft. Campbell, Kentucky – Steele
  • Cody Copper – waiting to be deployed –Son of Ike Copper
  • Brandon Crawford – Colorado – Crawford
  • Jeremiah & Destini Diehl – North Carolina – Hight
  • Renard Dent – North Carolina – Knox
  • Chris Hilgenberg – Great Lakes – Steele
  • Chris Hill – Concern of the Lee Family
  • Tommy Morris – New York – Curry
  • Mitch Paulk – Georgia Air National Guard – Conklin
  • John Stewart – Marines Officer Training School – Boone
  • Chris Monroe – Back from Kuwait – Concern of Deaf Ministry

Special Concerns

  • PBC Staff and their families
  • The sale of our Center St. facilities
  • Georgia Baptist Children’s Home staff & residents
  • Baptist Manor staff and residents
  • PBC Hispanic Ministry and Pastor Alfonso Illidge and
    an Upward soccer ministry
  • Our Nation
  • “THRIVE” Capital Campaign
  • Haiti Mission Trip
  • Victims of earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador
  • Terrorist attacks in Kabul and Afghanistan

Praises!

  • 42 New Members to PBC this year!
  • 10 Baptisms since moving to our new building!!
  • Record Setting Worship Attendance this Year!
  • We are ahead of Budget for the Year!
  • Dorothy Ward – Circulatory problems in her leg. Doing better.
  • Janice Hammock – fully recovered from Vertigo
  • Nancy Davis – has been moved to a nursing home, is happy,

and is treating her husband nicely. Mom of Alicia Moore

PRAYER CONCERNS