October 13, 2015

A Promise For the Journey (Based on Hebrews 4: 12-16)

Though we are not perfect, a Perfect Love leads us on.
Though we are not whole, we are wholly the children of a Living God.
Though we will never be fully grown, when we groan our groans reach a Heart of Mercy.

Pastor Tanner will be our preacher on Sunday. Her sermon will be “Rethinking What We Want.” The central Scripture will be Mark 10: 35-45.

Prayers of the Congregation

• Steve and Carol Leichter (Steve is currently in Alta Bates Hospital)
• Edie Parrott as she continues to recuperate
• Jim Jefferey (Surgery next week)
• Joni Nomura, LCC Teacher (recuperating from a fall at work)
• Larry Sims for his family
• Joan Thatcher, health concerns
• Marie Johnson for Shari, Matthew, Dilcie, Cameron, her family and herself
• Marie Tuggle for Anthony and Robert
• Rowena Jackson for her daughter Diane
• Celestine Bennett as she cares for her sister
• Pat Hughes for her sister-in-law Florence and family
• Ted and Doris Evans and family
• Myra Saxton and Lucille Riggins
• Ben Maruca as he prepares for his scientific endeavors in Anartica
• The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the family of the Reverend Steve Case, a longtime American Baptist Minister, as they mourn his death
• Sean Norman and all the homeless residents of our neighborhood
• Thanksgiving with Jennifer Pancoe and Chad Gurney as their wedding day, October 17, approaches
• Thanksgiving with Pastor Allison for her newest nephew (Prayers requested for the new parents!)
• Thanksgiving for the ministry of the Evergreen Baptist Association and its member congregations
• Thanksgiving for the ministry of the Baptist Peace Fellowship
• Thanksgiving for the ministry of the Samaritan Neighborhood Center
• Thanksgiving with James and Jewelle Gibbs on the recognition of their service to the Museum of the African Diaspora
• Thanksgiving for the Seafarers Ministry of the Golden Gate
• Thanksgiving for the ministry of the Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy
• Thanksgiving for all our new members
• Thanksgiving for the community ministry of Matthew Henry in Pendleton, OR
• Thanksgiving with Paul Templeton for everyday heroes