YOUTH CAMP – June 27-July 1
On Saturday, June 27, 30 of our teenagers and 5 leaders will head to Marshall,
Texas, for a week of camp at East Texas Baptist University. Camp always provides
a great opportunity for teenagers to get away from their everyday lives and
routine to concentrate on their relationship with the Lord. Let’s use all of the
elements of these passages of Scripture as the basis for our prayers:
“We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual
wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please
the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will
grow as you learn to know God better and better. We also pray that you will be
strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and
patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has
enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the
light.” – Colossians 1:9-12 (NLT)
“As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order
to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord
Jesus to do this more and more.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (NIV)
“Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you
yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love
all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters,
to do so more and more...” -- 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 (NIV)
“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so,
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one
another is increasing.” – 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV)
WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE – June 24, 2026
Missions:
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera – Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family – East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Ventures
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall – church planting in France
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Church:
Youth at camp, June 27-July 1
Preparation on the part of VBS staff; VBS registration
Planning for starting Mother's Day Out in the fall – registration underway
Staff search for worship leader
This week’s worship service, Bible studies, and BodyBuilder groups
Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Guy Stagner – recovering at home from heart procedures to stabilize heart rhythm
Martha Wyatt – now in Forest Village for rehab, undergoing treatment for infection
Shelly Pope – recovering at home after hospitalization and insertion of stent in bile duct
Judy Vaughan – at home now, recovering from surgery to repair broken hip
Carolyn Gillespie – is under hospice care, but has improved slightly
Lincoln (2 yr old son of Brenda Davidson's niece) – at home recovering from surgery on June 18 to correct brain defect; still has several surgeries ahead
Grief: Eddie & Hunter Ishmael, Janell Wilbanks, Carol Graham – death of their wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter – Jennifer Ishmael
Randy & Elise Ramey and family – death of his father, Russ
Manda Marquis Campbell – is improving as she deals with recovery from fungal infection and shingles
Paula Haddix (former member) – was to have had kidney removal May 26, but postponed due to diagnosis of husband having cancer on his neck that will require surgery
Blake Crutsinger – Ponder coach with fractured skull -- now in first phase of rehab at Baylor hospital in Dallas
Charlotte Hodges (Darrell Pope's sister) – diagnosed with bone cancer
Kerr Broadstreet (Kim's brother) – undergoing more treatment for tumor in shoulder
Tristen Garza (grandson of longtime PISD administrator, Kent Josselet) – experiencing
difficulties with lower extremities, with walking; undergoing testing and physical therapy
Those in assisted living/nursing homes: Barbara Nofziger, Mary Alice Benton
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Texas, for a week of camp at East Texas Baptist University. Camp always provides
a great opportunity for teenagers to get away from their everyday lives and
routine to concentrate on their relationship with the Lord. Let’s use all of the
elements of these passages of Scripture as the basis for our prayers:
“We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual
wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please
the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will
grow as you learn to know God better and better. We also pray that you will be
strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and
patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has
enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the
light.” – Colossians 1:9-12 (NLT)
“As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order
to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord
Jesus to do this more and more.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (NIV)
“Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you
yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love
all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters,
to do so more and more...” -- 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 (NIV)
“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so,
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one
another is increasing.” – 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV)
WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE – June 24, 2026
Missions:
Juan Pablo and Sol Herrera – Hispanic ministry in Ponder
Senator Barnes & family – East Asia Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative for World Ventures
Stephen & Sabrina Marshall – church planting in France
Capstone Church, Helena, Montana – Caleb Groteluschen, pastor; Ben Quigg, worship leader
Church:
Youth at camp, June 27-July 1
Preparation on the part of VBS staff; VBS registration
Planning for starting Mother's Day Out in the fall – registration underway
Staff search for worship leader
This week’s worship service, Bible studies, and BodyBuilder groups
Personal Needs:
Spiritual awakening in our community, in our nation
Salvation -- Those on your "Who's Your One?" list
Guy Stagner – recovering at home from heart procedures to stabilize heart rhythm
Martha Wyatt – now in Forest Village for rehab, undergoing treatment for infection
Shelly Pope – recovering at home after hospitalization and insertion of stent in bile duct
Judy Vaughan – at home now, recovering from surgery to repair broken hip
Carolyn Gillespie – is under hospice care, but has improved slightly
Lincoln (2 yr old son of Brenda Davidson's niece) – at home recovering from surgery on June 18 to correct brain defect; still has several surgeries ahead
Grief: Eddie & Hunter Ishmael, Janell Wilbanks, Carol Graham – death of their wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter – Jennifer Ishmael
Randy & Elise Ramey and family – death of his father, Russ
Manda Marquis Campbell – is improving as she deals with recovery from fungal infection and shingles
Paula Haddix (former member) – was to have had kidney removal May 26, but postponed due to diagnosis of husband having cancer on his neck that will require surgery
Blake Crutsinger – Ponder coach with fractured skull -- now in first phase of rehab at Baylor hospital in Dallas
Charlotte Hodges (Darrell Pope's sister) – diagnosed with bone cancer
Kerr Broadstreet (Kim's brother) – undergoing more treatment for tumor in shoulder
Tristen Garza (grandson of longtime PISD administrator, Kent Josselet) – experiencing
difficulties with lower extremities, with walking; undergoing testing and physical therapy
Those in assisted living/nursing homes: Barbara Nofziger, Mary Alice Benton
Our government leaders
First responders