This week's author is Alan Munshower, Summer Staff Director for Silver Lake Conference Center.
 

Scripture: Judges 18:6 (NRSV)

Reflection:            

Prayer:

Special Prayer Requests:

• All those the transgender community after news that the US Supreme Court chose not to hear a case involving bathroom rights of transgendered youth in school; and
• prayers of strength to all who seek change both within themselves and in the world around them this season of Lent.

• The family and friends of Cheryl Polydor, friend of Michael and Diane Ciba, who died on Feb 21;
• Mark Engstrom, member of the CT Conference Board of Directors, and his wife Nina, who are facing health issues;
• the community of Conway, MA, and the United Congregational Church, UCC, Conway after a tornado touched down on Feb. 25 causing significant structural damage;
• the people of New Orleans, after a driver ran into a crowd of parade viewers, injurer over 20 people on Feb. 25;
• he people of South Sudan where nearly 1 million people are facing famine;
• the people of Pakistan where more than 100 people have been killed in militant attacks in the past week;
• Richard "Ned" Bunell, member of First Congregational Church of Canton Center, who was hospitalized for an illness and is now recovering;
• the people of southern Louisiana, after tornadoes struck the area on Feb. 7;
• those residents around Lake Oroville, CA, who were evacuated for safety reasons after authorities found erosion at the Oroville Dam on Feb. 7 causing concerns of partial failure of a spillway;
• John Polglase, husband of the Rev. Betsey Polglase, Pastor of the Columbia Congregational Church UCC, who has chronic pulmonary disease;
• the Rev. Micki Nunn-Miller, who had knee surgery on Jan. 17;
• Debi Mastroni Kenyon, Director of Faith Formation at Monroe Congregational Church, who had surgery on Jan. 18;
• the members and staff of Thompson Congregational Church after a fire severely damage the building on Dec. 29;
• Michael White, former Operations Manager at Silver Lake Conference Center, who was diagnosed with colon cancer;
• Juliane Silver, the daughter of the Rev. Jim Silver of Middletown, who is in dire need of a liver transplant. We pray that a donor will come forward giving the gift of life and a portion of their liver to Juliane;
• Chacy Eveland, husband of the Rev. Marcia Eveland, pastor of the First Congregational Church UCC of Ansonia, who has been moved to a full-time facility for care of dementia;
• the thousands of migrants worldwide who flee from violence and persecution in search of safety;
• our ecumenical partners in the Kyung-Ki Presbytery in South Korea;
• the Conference's partners working for peace in Colombia amidst violence;
• the leaders of this nation, that they may meet the challenges of the day with insight, wisdom, and compassion;
• this nation, that it may continue its difficult work to end the practices of racism;
• those suffering due to the ongoing financial woes of the nation, be they struggling to meet an unaffordable mortgage, seeking employment, or working to find just resolutions; and
• those serving or living in war or conflict zones around the world, or where terrorists have struck.

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In Your Prayers: