Please pray for Gateway, our church's senior high youth group, who are on a week-long mission trip to New York City. A group of 40 students and staff will be reaching out to the ethnically diverse people of Queens. Please pray for them as they serve with assisted living centers, community work projects, a kids club and the Salvation Army. (6/20/2009)

Please pray for Danna Victor, who is on a five-week mission trip to Ireland. Pray for her as she leads a team of eight high-school girls with AIM to work at a summer camp for children. Pray that the girls on her team will grow in their faith. Also pray that God would prepare the hearts of the children who will be attending the camp. (6/22/2009)

Please pray for Tammy Michaelis, who is on a short-term mission trip to Costa Rica through July 22. She will be working at an orphanage and helping with a feeding program. Please pray for health and safety during Tammy's travels. Pray for her to show Christ's love to the kids and share the Gospel with whomever she meets. (6/15/2009)

Please pray for Lydia Home, a residential children's program in Chicago that EFCL supports. Pray for the 40 children there who are victims of physical/sexual abuse or neglect. Also pray that Lydia Home will have the funds they need to operate during this difficult economic time. (6/8/2009)

Please pray for Mike and Ann Wheeler, our missionaries in Bolivia. Pray for them to raise enough money to replace their car in Bolivia. Pray for Mike as he is buying books for the new Masters students at his seminary. Also pray for Ann's replacement to lead her discipleship groups when the Wheelers leave in June for their home assignment. (6/1/2009)

Please pray for The Gideons International, whose mission is to win others for the Lord through personal testimony and personal work by individual Gideons, and through placing the Bible in hotels, hospitals, schools, and other institutions. Pray for more open doors for the Gideons to spread the Gospel throughout the world. (5/25/2009)

Please pray for Gordon and Caryl Saunders, our EFCL missionaries serving in Germany. Pray for students from the Black Forest Academy to attend the GEM Café, which Gordon has just set up. Also pray for Caryl's outreach ministry as she starts "English Evenings" for local Germans. (5/18/2009)

Please pray for Lonnie and Debbie Smith, our missionaries who are serving in Marseille, France, and are involved with church planting. Pray for the Merlan Church, where Lonnie has been providing leadership. With some recent tension at that church, pray that issues would be resolved and unity would be restored. (5/11/2009)

Please pray for Trinity International University in Deerfield. "Forming students to transform the world through Christ" is Trinity's mission. Pray for the Trinity students who will be taking final exams May 11-14. Pray for Trinity's commencement on May 16. Also pray for all the graduates who will be pursuing careers. (5/4/2009)

Please pray for Dick and Robin Hart, EFCL missionaries who serve in Amman, Jordan. Pray for PTEE (Program for Theological Education by Extension of which Dick is Executive Director) to meet the goal of offering classes in all the Arab countries by 2012. Pray for their newest class which will be used to disciple new Christians. (4/27/2009)

Please pray for Leon and Mandy Poplawski, who serve in Lake County with Campus Crusade for Christ. Pray for Leon as he designs the New Marketplace Ministry from the ground up. Pray for him and Mandy as they travel to the seven cities that he supervises. Also pray for Mandy as she ministers to women in our community. (4/20/2009)

Please pray for Lindsay Schiller (who grew up in our church) as she serves in New Orleans with Mission Year. Pray for the poor and disadvantaged children that she works with at the local elementary school. Also pray that she can continue to touch people in her community and that they would become connected to her church. (4/13/2009)

Please pray for Timber-lee (a Christian camp in East Troy, Wisconsin, that our church supports). Pray that families will be economically able to register their children for Timber-lee this year. Pray for spiritual growth for the children who will be attending the summer camps. Also pray for wisdom for the young people who will be working there. (4/6/2009)

Please pray for Ernie and Donna Manges, who have been missionaries to the Philippines since 1987. Pray for Ernie as he leads the training of 22 new missionary candidates, April 15 to 23 in Minnesota. Also pray for creativity and wisdom in development of training materials for missionaries already on the field. (3/30/2009)

Please pray for Tim and Nancy N. our missionaries who have been serving in East Asia for over two years now. Pray for their platform business of career coaching. Pray for more individuals to join the team our church is forming to make a mission trip there this June. (3/23/2009)

Please pray for Families in Touch, an LEFC-supported organization that ministers to teenage mothers in Waukegan. Pray for the Teen Moms that they will become nurturing mothers and learn to depend on the Lord. Also pray for future contributions for Families in Touch through their annual Easter basket sale on April 8. (3/16/2009)

Please pray for Youssouf & Awa Dembele who serve in Africa. Pray for the pastors' seminar from March 8 to March 14. Youssouf is expecting 120 pastors there that he will be training. Also pray for the funds necessary to build a second Evangelical church in Bamako as well as a second pastor to assist him with that ministry. (3/9/2009)

Please pray for, Ben and Jeanne Beckner, our missionaries serving in Lyon, France. Pray for Ben's organization, French Without Borders, which conducts French language camps as a means of outreach for the Gospel. Also pray for the Beckners as they develop Jewish outreach efforts in Lyon. (3/2/2009)

Please pray for Keith and Judy Anderson, our Reachglobal missionaries in Costa Rica. Pray for ProMETA, their ministry of online training for Latin American pastors and leaders. Also pray for Juli, a Latin American missionary who broke both her ankles while visiting her sister who is in hospice in North Dakota. (2/23/2009)

Please pray for Andrew and April Lewis, LEFC missionaries serving in Montana through International Messengers. Their ministry is a Christian discipleship wilderness camping program for boys. Pray for new boys to register this spring for the summer camps. Also pray for an "alumni" camp to build on spiritual lessons from previous years. (2/16/2009)

Please pray for Bala and Carol B., our missionaries serving in Southeast Asia. Pray for the growth and direction of the consortiums of churches in the U.S. that are becoming involved in their support for national workers who reach people in the majority religious group . Also pray for Bala's ongoing health concerns. (1/26/2009)

Pray for Gerry Buchholz, an EFCL missionary in Florida who has been serving with Campus Crusade for Christ for more than 30 years. Her husband, Art, passed away in 2006. Please pray for Gerry as she just sold her family house in December. Pray for her as she begins to think about the next phase of her future. (1/19/2009)

Please pray for Mark and Athlee Bowman, our missionaries in Japan who are serving with EFCA ReachGlobal. Pray for their ministry center called Cafe Co-En (www.cafecoen.com). Also pray for the Bowmans' friendship evangelism, especially with Mika and her husband that they would share Jesus with their children. (1/12/2009)

Please pray for Tim and Sarah S, our missionaries serving in East Asia, who are now in U.S., where Tim just completed his M-Div. Pray that they continue to grow in their church home while they are in the U.S. Also pray for improved health for them and their young son. (1/5/2009)

Please pray for Tim and Lynn Anderson, our missionaries serving with TEAM in Colombia. Pray for congregations in the jungle areas on the border of Bolivia and Chile who will be using their Gloria electronic music box. Also pray for the success of future back surgery for the Andersons' granddaughter, Rachel, in Bogota. (12/29/2008)

Please pray for Wayne and Barb Brink, our missionaries based in Mission Viejo, California, who are serving with Campus Crusade. Pray that God continues to bless their work with the Jesus Film Project. Also pray for the people who have seen the film that they would understand the Christmas message that Jesus is their Savior. (12/22/2008)

Please pray for White Cross, a ministry of EFCA TouchGlobal that provides materials to missionaries such as bandages, surgical supplies, layettes, educational materials, etc.  Pray for White Cross's work in sponsoring AIDS orphans in the Congo and for funds to buy motorbikes for workers to reach those children. (10/6/2008)