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Please pray for my Cheer squad from Boyer Valley. We are going to an all day clinic this Saturday (July 17th) at a College in Sioux City. It will be the first time our new squad works together. It can be pretty intense and it’s usually brutally hot. So please pray for their safety, that they learn and remember as much as possible, and that this is a “bonding” experience for them too. The girls going are Moe Clemon (2005), Rena Hayden (‘08), Randi Stephens(‘05), and rookies Aleigh Beam (‘05). And Kelli Allen (’05), along with Middle School veteran Bethany Osborne (Class of 2009),

Please also pray for Bethany & I and ten students from St John’s Lutheran Youth Group. We’ll will be attending the National Lutheran Youth Gathering in Orlando Fla, along with over 33,000 other LCMS teenagers from across the country. We’ll be leaving Thurs July 22 and return home to Des Moines on July 28. While you’re at it, please pray for our girls Grace (5) and Ellie (2) who’ll be spending the week at their Grandma & Grampa’s farm. We’ll miss ‘em!

The Gathering is intended by organizers to be a “faith-building experience,” NOT just another vacation. It’s theme, “Beyond Imagination” is based on Ephesians 3:20-21. The goal is for kids to grow in their relationship with God.
Students will participate in mass worship events, Christian concerts, devotions, Bible Studies, servant events, and seminars given by Christian speakers on a variety of subjects pertaining to young people’s lives and faiths.

You can learn more about the gathering by visiting the National Youth Gathering
Web site: nyg.lcms.org

Please Pray for us daily

A few years ago there was a best selling devotional book based on the “Jabez Prayer” from the book of Chronicles. I’d like you to consider another prayer that you can use every day.

Paul’s Prayer for the Church in Ephesus

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints and His incomparably great power for us who believe.”
~Ephesians 1:17-1

Pray for our Youth Group members

Dear Lord,
May Your Holy Spirit help the members of St. John’s Lutheran Youth Fellowship grow in their relationship with God. Please open their eyes, minds, and hearts to Your Word. Increase their faith, their knowledge of the You and their wisdom, so that they can become who God wants them to be. Keep them safe during their travels and may their journey be a blessing to them, their families, and our congregation.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen!

Going to National Youth Gathering in Orlando, Fla:
Jake Goslar- Sophomore
Terry Goslar-2004 Graduate
Grant Kuhlmann-Senior
Jason Kuhlmann- Sophomore
Lee Kuhlmann- Senior
Brandon Kruze- Senior
Bryant Maack- Junior
James Magill- Sophomore
Lacy Neddermeyer- Senior
Melissa Theis-Senior
Bethany & Ted Mallory- Counselors

Pray it for yourself. You can pray it daily like the Lord’s Prayer or the Jabez Prayer:

Holy Spirit help me grow in my relationship with God,
increase my faith, my knowledge of the You and my wisdom,
so that I can become who God wants me to be. Amen!