It’s hard to imagine what it would be like to have no food. And it’s hard to think of someone like that living in our own community. But early in my day, Tuesday, Pastor George called and told me of a woman who called needing food. We’ve help this person before with heat — she was heating her home with an electric oven because she had no money to buy fuel. We know her situation and know the needs are legitimate. What a blessing it is to be part of a Christian Community of Churches that cooperate together to help in these situations. Please pray for the needy in Curwensville — that as the churches help them, they will see the love of God and find faith in Christ.

My chaplain, Jim Vandervort, stopped by and took me to lunch yesterday. He grew up in Bradford, so we had lots to talk about. It was great hearing his stories and knowing that he was praying for me and the other pastors in his care. Rev. Vandervort has been having some physical problems, so if you would, pray that God will help him as he continues to minister in this important position.

I stopped by the nursing home for a visit and then spent some time in reading, listening to podcasts, and researching some doctrinal issues online. In the evening, I spend a couple of hours teaching the Baptism Bible Study to some baptism candidates. Ah — what a joy that is! Pray for those getting baptized at the end of the month — that this will be a significant milestone in their lives.

The rest of this week is swamped for me. I need to complete the minutes from the LOCC meeting last week. I’ll be helping Laurel with the technical end of preparation for the Women’s Retreat. I’ve some visits to make to some new people. I will be helping out with the seminar on Knowing God’s Will at the A Day Awaits Lock-in. And I’ll be making normal preparation for Wednesday and Sunday services. Having that kind of schedule ahead of me, I thought about not posting anything here. And then I realized — Hey, this is a prayer blog! I should post this so that people will pray. Being too busy to post an entry to a prayer blog…. wow — that’s almost as bad as being too busy to pray!

So please do — please remember all these things when you go to the Lord in prayer. Thanks!

~Pastor Steve