Posts in Prayers
Prayers for the family of Pastor Nathan Bowman

We offer our prayers to the family of Pastor Nathan Bowman, Chaplain at Hospice of the West. His daughter Moriah is home from the hospital and in hospice care, surrounded by family.

Merciful God, you give us the grace that helps in time of need. Surround the Bowman family with your steadfast love and lighten their burdens. May the power of your Spirit be with them in this time of distress, and give them a new mind and heart made whole in the name of the risen Christ. Amen.

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Prayers for Linda Nausin

We pray for healing and recovery after surgery for Linda Nausin. Linda is the wife of Pastor Frank Nausin and mother of Pastor Jeremy Nausin, Holy Spirit Lutheran, Las Vegas.

O Lord, your compassions never fail and your mercies are new every morning. We give you thanks for giving our sister Linda both relief from pain and hope of health renewed. Continue in her the good work you have begun; that she, daily increasing in bodily strength and rejoicing in your goodness, may so order her life and conduct that she may always think and do those things that please you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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In memoriam: Rev. Dick E. Hamlin

We pray for the family of Reverend Dick E. Hamlin, who died Monday morning, May 3, 2021. We especially pray for his wife Jayne.

A service will be held Thursday, May 13, 2021, 2 pm at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church (6300 E Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254). Masks will be required indoors. No reception is planned. Livestream available at live.lacasadecristo.com/.

Clergy who wish to robe and process will gather at 1:30 pm in the choir room. The color of the day (Ascension Day) is white.

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Prayers of thanksgiving for newborn of Intern Pastor Annela Rova

Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church Intern Pastor, Annela Rova, and husband, Reese Hunter, had a healthy baby girl born Sunday, April 25, 2021, at 5:17 am, in, Sierra Vista, AZ. She was 5 lbs, 14 oz., 19.5 inches long. All went well and mother and baby are fine.

O Lord our God, creator of all that exists, we thank you for the joy of watching new life begin and for the privilege of sharing with you in your continuing creation. In your mercy grant that these blessings may continue to us and even to our children’s children, that generations yet unborn may bless your holy name; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

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