Devotional and Game Night

Everyone remember the Devotional and Game Night Saturday night starting at 6 p.m. at the church building. This is hosted by the Young Adult Group, but everyone is invited. Eat dinner before you come, but bring snacks and your favorite board games, card games, etc.

Sunday August 8 Updates

Funeral services for Martha Juntenen will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hawthorne Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.  Please remember Elmer and his family in your prayers.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Pray for safe travels for David Picinich and healing for Casey Picinich as she recuperates from surgery.
• Pray for a safe and fulfilling trip for camp kids coming to Salk River Camp this week.
• Pray for Karee Blunt that he back will heal quickly.
• Please pray for Andrew as he is incarcerated, that he will trust in God for his future and truly be able to turn his life around.
• Please pray for those who are sick and for those who are traveling. Also keep in your prayers all the mothers, many of whom have asked prayers for grace, peace, and wisdom.

Martha Juntenen

We are saddened to report the death of Martha Juntenen, a long-time member of the Skagit Valley church. She passed away Wednesday morning. Funeral arrangements are not known at this time. Our condolences go to brother Elmer and all the rest of her family.

Sunday, August 1 - Notes & Prayer Requests

Karen Hasenoehrl asks for wisdom and discernment in raising children and making difficult decisions this week.


Please pray for Cati Adams as she's been at Urgent Care all morning with a gall bladder/gallstone attack. Also please pray for Joyce and Carol as they fly home to Texas on Wednesday.  And please hold Andrew up in prayer this next couple of months as he carries through with decisions he has made. Happy Birthday to Rentz on Tuesday.     ...Judy Hill


Please pray for Martha Juntenen who is on hospice care and nearing the end of her life. Also pray for Elmer as he wants to do whatever he can for her.

Casey Picinich is recovering from surgery and feeling better every day.  However, her grandmother passed away on Friday. The funeral is today in Mississippi.  Casey was unable to travel to go to the funeral. Please pray for Casey and her family.    

Pray for Dave & Andrea Brown -- their baby is due any time.  Also Dave had an expensive chainsaw stolen from their house. Pray that it is recovered and returned to him soon.   ...John Williamson


"Remember the Juntenens and all of our ill, our service people & pray always that our focus will be on peace in the world. Always remember John and Trish for being her for us."

Prayer Requests and Updates - Wednesday July 28

Martha Juntenen is not doing well. She is now under hospice care and seems to be losing strength. Please keep her, Elmer, and their family in your prayers.

Casey Picinich is recovering from a cyst removal. All went well with the procedure.

Casey's grandmother has a broken hip and will have surgery on Friday.

Jim Gibbs (friend of the Blunt family) had a bone marrow biopsy. Results will tell whether or not further treatment is possible for him.

Please pray for our unemployed (Craig Pitner, Allen Burke, and Trevor Hasenoehrl) as well as everyone looking for jobs.

Becky Williamson asks prayers for herself in dealing with her mom, with worry and tension, and adjusting to new conditions. She also asks prayers for her son Robb Williamson who had oral surgery today, and for his healing and stress relief.

Continued prayers are asked by Ethan Hasenoehrl for his dad, Jon.

Please remember Andy and Cathi Adams in prayer as they continue to deal with a variety of health and related problems.

Pray for Faith Williamson as her broken arm heals.

Pray for Leta Pollock, who has had several falls recently. She has not been seriously injured, but her tendency to suffer falls has raised concern about her safety in living alone.

The Blunts ask for our prayers for Baby Sophia (the baby they are adopting in China).  Please pray for a quick adoption process.

Olivia Blunt asks prayers for her friend, Carson, to be able to understand more about God and the gospel.

Rentz Gullick asks prayers for Jean. She is recovering from a urinary infection and had a bone scan today.

Prayers were requested for our nation, its leaders, and our troops in places of danger around the world.

Prayer Requests

From Wednesday night, July 7 --

• Dale McCaleb, a retired gospel preacher in Florida is now under hospice care due to a very weakened heart. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.
• Ruth Lake Wilkison continues her slow recovery from an accident where a biker ran into her while she was walking.
• Judy Hill's mom, Jo Mackey, is flying home to Oklahoma. Pray for her safe travels.
• Prayers requested for the Hasenoehrl's family problems and for a situation Karen is facing about going to a funeral in Oregon.
• Pray for Baby Sophia, the baby the Blunts are adopting in China
• Pray for Rentz Gullick's sister, Ann, who is in rehab in Texas.
• C J Mackey will be home from Afghanistan Saturday.
• Prayers for all our children
• Prayers for Ruth Ensley's family as they mourn her death
• Pray for our nation's leadership and a change in the direction of our country

Catching up on prayer requests turned in Sunday, July 4 --

• Praise and prayer for Baby Sophia:  We are finding out more information about the wonderful foster home our little one is in in China and are so thankful to learn God is answering our prayers concerning her getting enough food and having someone to love her and hold her. She is definitely getting that!  We ask for prayers that all the remaining paperwork will be done as quickly as possible so we can bring her home ASAP.  --The Blunts
• Prayer for Cathi Adams' grandmother, Frances Asberry.  Last night [Saturday], she lost her balance and fell backwards, hitting her head. The doctors said she was OK, just banged up, but she is in a lot of pain.
• "My daughter Laurie and I are flying back east Friday and we'll be gone for 11 days. Please pray we'll have a safe trip."  -- Jeanie Young
• Prayer request:  "Liz Todd - Thanks for a job in Mt. Vernon. Need a place to live close. Also Roger and Jacqueline and family for safe travel to South Carolina."
• "Please keep all the people that are doing fireworks in your prayers to keep them safe." -- Olivia Blunt

Announcement:  "The Young Adult group will be having a devo and fellowship at the Hasenoehrls Saturday at 7.  Please be there so that we can discuss upcoming opportunities to further God's kingdom."

Upcoming

Sunday is 2nd Sunday, so it's our normal time for a church potluck meal. Bring food for your family plus a little extra for guests and we'll enjoy a time of fellowship and eating together after services Sunday.  There will be a brief congregational meeting immediately after the morning worship assembly and before the meal. After we eat, we will have a time of congregational singing.  We will not have evening services this Sunday.

Our paved parking lot is scheduled for repair and sealing and re-striping Thursday-Saturday of next week (July 15-17th, weather permitting). It will be usable on Sunday, the 18th so no regular services are affected. However, anyone visiting the building during the work period should park either on the gravel lot in front or next door in the Little School parking lot.