Metropolitan Community Church of Pittsburgh
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Prayer Requests
The following are prayer requests that we have received during our worship service prayer time, requests that have been submitted through the Prayer form on the website and other needs of which we are aware. Prayer is a great privilege and a serious responsibility. Please remember these requests in your prayer time.
Only first names are given (plus initial if there are more than one with the same first name). If you prefer to be anonymous, please let us know when you submit your request. If your request is personal we will note it as 'unspoken'.
Previous requests will be removed after about one month.
REQUESTS AS OF 3/26/2023:
(pending)
REQUESTS AS OF 03/19/2023:
* Dan – Prayers for Bob to be able to heal and to get out more. Prayers for myself to heal and feel better. Prayers for Diane with the problems she is experiencing. Thank you so much for all the help Louis and Diane are giving me, and prayers for them. Prayers for our country with the current situation.
* Colleen – Thanksgiving, praise, and prayers for everything that Louis does to keep our church going, and for what Bill does and what Rob does. Prayers for the health of my friend Kathy in my building, and also Kathy W., Marissa, Mark, and my mother. Prayers for my cat and his medical conditions.
* Rob – Prayers for everyone in our church community, their families and friends, and pets. Prayers for the situation in the Ukraine. Prayers for peace on Earth and goodwill between all peoples. Prayers for our planet Earth and the species on it.
* Bill – I ask and I pray for the needs of the people of this MCC and of their families, relatives, and friends and pets, and of the association of other MCC’s, and for our senior elderly and the people in misery and suffering, those in nursing homes who feel isolated and alone, and those in abusive situations that they be given peace of mind, and whether all these needs be spiritual, housing, job-wise, health-wise, financial, or otherwise. Prayers for Louis Martinage’s needs and circumstances and for his family, for my brother Steve’s needs and circumstances and especially for housing and finding a place to rent and get his cat and all his stuff back, for my sister Sharon, for an end to her abusive situation, and her family JJ and Valarie and for their needs and circumstances, and for my nephew Cody and his needs and circumstances and for getting his life together, and for my own special intentions.
* Louis – Keep Vince in your prayers. Keep Chuck in your prayers who just recently lost his partner of some 20 years. Thank God for this Easter Season.
Closing Prayer: Dear God in Heaven we are glad to be here in your house, glad for your love for us that strengthens us, and the purpose you give us in sharing that love with each other in this world. What greater purpose could there be in a world where people run around without purpose, that we serve the God of Heaven. Thank you for all those that are in our service. Bless us as the body of Christ. Bless us as your people and those you love and for whom you died. Keep us always faithful, always joyful, and always ready to serve, that we may honor you and be the people that you would have us to be. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
REQUESTS AS OF 03/12/2023:
(not available)
REQUESTS AS OF 03/05/2023:
(not available)
REQUESTS AS OF 02/26/2023:
* Tami – Prayers for Lee for her stomach. Prayers for Earl who has bone cancer and for his wife. Prayers for our move.
* Lee – Prayers for my cousin, Gerald.
* Vince – Thanks for our church family, and prayers for everyone’s health and well-being.
* Kate – Prayers for everyone in the world that has suffered from the covid virus either directly or indirectly through loss of loved ones and so forth, and that the virus will end as soon as possible and that we won’t have any other diseases that come up after it is gone. Prayers for the climate that it will settle down until we are able to handle it. Prayers for our church and everyone in it. Prayers for myself because I just tested positive for covid.
* Dan – Prayers for Bob and Diane, especially Bob for all the ailments he has. Prayers for myself. I’m thankful to be back from Cleveland. Prayers of thanks for Joe Biden being our president who has handled the situation in the Ukraine really well. Prayers that the situation in the Ukraine is resolved soon. I thank the church for all its help, and Louis and Diane.
* Amy – Praises to God for the beautiful weather we have today. Praises for Diane for her birthday and for Dan as he is able to be at church today. Prayers for myself to get into a situation that is more stable than I have now.
* Colleen – Prayers and thanks giving for Louis for pastoring our church and all the time and effort it takes, and including everyone else that helps out. Prayers for our friend Lisa for her health and her dog, Peanut. Prayers for my three friends Lois, Kathy, and Joyce who have cancer. Prayers for myself and my mental health issues which are not resolved yet, but they are getting better. Prayers for my friend Sarah, and everyone’s financial health. My cat Sidney who has some medical issues. Thank God for Diane for being here at this church.
* Diane – Prayers for my sister and her family. Prayers for myself and Bob, so that we can both improve with our health issues, so that we can better serve others as well as help ourselves. Please relieve me from the bondage of self. I’m so grateful for this church. It has helped me through so many ups and downs. I can’t imagine being without it.
* Bill – I ask and I pray for the needs of the people of this MCC and of their families, relatives, and friends and pets, and of the association of other MCC’s, and for our senior elderly and the people in misery and suffering, those in nursing homes who feel isolated and alone, and those in abusive situations that they be given peace of mind, and whether all these needs be spiritual, housing, job-wise, health-wise, financial, or otherwise. Prayers for Louis Martinage’s needs and circumstances and for his family, for my brother Steve’s needs and circumstances and especially for housing and finding a place to rent and get his cat and all his stuff back, for my sister Sharon, for an end to her abusive situation, and her family JJ and Valarie and for their needs and circumstances, and for my nephew Cody and his needs and circumstances and for getting his life together, and for my own special intentions.
* Louis – Glad we are all here and that we care for each other as God’s body on Earth. Keep all those who are not with us in your prayers. Keep Cindy in your prayers.
Closing Prayers: Dear God in Heaven we are grateful for your care. Grateful for your love that sustains us, that makes us your people, that brings us together so that we care for each other, in this great goal of loving you and loving your people. Bless all those that need your touch, all these requests that have been brought before you, whether for our own personal needs or for our loved ones or our pets, may your hand be on them. May you not only be with us, but increase our strength, and increase our faith, help us to always look to you, but also then for your guidance, guidance in helping to meet the needs of others, as they need help, whether just a listening ear, or a word of care, or a ride to church, whatever it is that you give us the ability, may we meet those needs. Bless us as a church, as your people, now coming into the Easter Season and Lent, may we consider what you have for us, and our relationship with you and each other. Keep us in your care. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
REQUESTS AS OF 02/19/2023:
* Tami – Prayers for Lee for her stomach. She is having a hard time keeping things down. Prayers the doctor can figure out what is wrong. Prayers for Earl who has bone cancer. Praises my son got his job.
* Colleen – Prayers for the people in my life that need prayers for good health – my social worker Joyce, Lois who has cancer, my friend Kathy who has cancer, Lisa who we all know, and for other people in my life who need prayers. I still need prayers for my mental health issues. Prayers of thanksgiving for Louis for everything he does for the church, and for Rob and everyone else doing things for the church. Thanks to God for all the blessings he has given us. Prayers for my cat, Sidney, and his medical problems.
* Dan – Prayers for the people at the facility I am at. Prayers for my health and that I can get the help that I need when I get home. Prayers that I can go home this week. Praises that I have gotten help. Thanks to God for everyone at the church and all your support.
* Rob – Prayers for everyone in our church family, their family and friends, and pets. Prayers for the situation in the Ukraine and the Russian people. Prayers for peace on Earth and goodwill between all peoples. Prayers for our planet Earth and the species on it.
* Bob – Prayers for Diane’s health.
* Diane – Prayers for my sister and her family. Prayers for our loved ones and the people we don’t know. Prayers of thanksgiving for this church and the ability to attend in-person and on Zoom. Praises for the weather if the plants don’t freeze. Praises that we were able to keep our own pet healthy. Thanks for cards which say, “Act Blessed.”
* Bill – I ask and I pray for the needs of the people of this MCC and of their families, relatives, and friends and pets, and of the association of other MCC’s, and for our senior elderly and the people in misery and suffering, those in nursing homes who feel isolated and alone, and those in abusive situations that they be given peace of mind, and whether all these needs be spiritual, housing, job-wise, health-wise, financial, or otherwise. Prayers for Louis Martinage’s needs and circumstances and for his family, for my brother Steve’s needs and circumstances and especially for housing and finding a place to rent and get his cat back, for my sister Sharon, for an end to her abusive situation, and her family JJ and Valarie and for their needs and circumstances, and for my nephew Cody and his needs and circumstances and for getting his life together, and for my own special intentions.
* Amy – Praises for such a sunny Sunday.
* Louis – Keep Kate in your prayers and the things she prays for. Prayers for those who have suffered from the earthquakes, those suffering from Covid, those in East Palestine with the pollution, and those in the Ukraine.
Closing Prayers: Dear God in Heaven how grateful we are for your sunshine, both what is outside and what is inside our hearts, the joy of knowing that you love us, that you have a place for us, that nothing in Heaven or Earth can remove us from your love. May we realize what we have, what you have given us, that though there are struggles, this is a war that we are in, that you fit us for the battle. You give us love and encouragement. Bless those that are suffering for their physical needs, for the loved ones, for the pets that need healing. Pray that we will continue in your love and in your path that you will help us around the obstacles we run into. You are never nearer to us than when we are going through difficulties. Bless us and keep us in your care as we continue to worship, as we continue to look into your word, and may you be praised for your goodness to us. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
REQUESTS AS OF 2/12/2023:
(not available)