May 27, 2025

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

— Ephesians 6:18

Thank you LGC family for your faithful prayers!

Please let Sharon Stultz know if you have any new prayer requests for publication in the Prayer & Praise email only, at dan@stultzphoto.com by Monday at NOON.

The Schiltzes:

Please pray for our team that is organizing soccer outreaches starting next week in Oak Lawn. We want to serve the Yemeni and Palestinian families in the neighborhood, some of whom we have known for a few years. May the Lord give us love and boldness as we share truth through Bible skits and conversations during the water breaks. 

During the spring semester we met dozens of Muslim students at area community colleges through Bible table events. This summer we are following up with those who took literature and gave us their numbers, wanting to talk more.

● Hassan came to table events on numerous occasions and took a NT in Turkish on the last day this semester, asking if he and his brother could meet with us to read it together.

● Abdullah asked for a copy of the Gospel of Luke in Arabic after having a long conversation with us about God’s preservation of the Scriptures.

Pray for us as we connect with these guys and others, in and around the campuses this summer. 

The Papworths:

One of our Iranian content producers in Oregon will be traveling to another country in the coming week to meet with some of the Iranian Christians who work for us. His goal is to build relationships with them and encourage them. He also hopes to recruit other spiritually mature Iranian believers who might be able to help create more content for our media. Pray that God will give him success on this trip.

The move to the new Voice of Christ Media office went fairly well with just a few minor issues. Thank you for praying for this! The team is still getting set up but hopes to be done soon so they can focus on their work. Please pray for them.

The Luibrands:

This Friday we are going as a church to a camp outside Istanbul for our annual retreat. Pray that everyone can attend, for our speaker to be filled with the Spirit and for a great time of fellowship and growth for all.

Please pray that we can complete these tasks and more before we leave for the U.S. on furlough in three weeks: for help in finishing school, preaching twice at church and organizing numerous things for the summer. 

Our church fellowship needs wisdom regarding buying our current meeting space. Other buyers are looking already at the building every week. Thanks for praying!

Other requests:

Please pray:

For VBS – the days of preparation, the leadership team, volunteers, joy in service, protection and safety, impactful lessons, salvation of children and outreach to families, spiritual growth, that Christ would be glorified.

For the high school missions trip to assist the Frasers and conduct VBS on the reservation in Minnesota.

For those seeking employment.

For the elders and Tom Hephner as they perform the duties of the director of pastoral ministries.

For those suffering around the world, for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere, and for unrest in our nation.

For those at LGC who have unspoken needs.

For our college students and Pre-K – 12 students to know Christ and honor him in all areas of their lives. For the educators who attend LGC.

For officials in our government on the local, state and national levels – that God would protect their lives and help them to serve with humility and wisdom. Pray they would honor biblical principles in their decisions.

For strength for Christians to live without fear and find ways to reach out and encourage others. 

Continue to pray for these areas of need and for people with ongoing health issues:

Pray for our nation, our troops, many suffering around the world, Randy Behnken, Collin Bray, Vodus Campbell, Elaine Caper, Arlene Difino, Jim & Janice Drechsel, Fran Gouley, Sofia Hernandez, Dik Kaiser, Lorraine Kirkland, Nel Lair, Rob Marshall, LaRue Mills, Jenny Schmuldt, Dolores Schultz and those working with our children and young people, friends and family members who may not know the Lord and those with special needs.