The Encourager
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Prayer List - August 2026
◙ Prayer List August
Please remember to keep in your prayers our sisters and brothers of the Saint Barnabas Community during the week.
○ We pray for all churches in the Anglican Communion.
○ We pray for congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago: Congregations in the Waukegan Deanery: Trinity, McHenry (formerly St. Ann in Woodstock, St. Mary in Crystal Lake; St. Paul in McHenry); St. Andrew in Grayslake; Annunciation of Our Lady in Gurnee; Companion Dioceses in Southeast Mexico and Renk
○ We pray for those who celebrate birthdays: Madelyn Wetle (5th), Liam Crawford (5th), Gabriel Gunderson (6th), Lorraine Hinton (10th), Anne Quetua (16th), Booie Madden (25th), Edgie Quetua (27th), Erin Keables (29th), Dodie Trask (30th)
○ We pray for those celebrating baptismal anniversaries: David Lehe, Derek Scott, Brady Coleman/Madden, Mary Beine
○ We pray for those celebrating wedding anniversaries: Mark & Anne Ramirez, Doug & Kay Long, Thomas & Anuja Kolathu, Rodney & Sandy Clapp, Michael & Jane Messah-Ericksen.
○ For those in need of healing: Thomas Cunningham, Deacon Iva, Teresa Gunderson, Marcia Lehe, Beatrice Nkhoma, Ramon Ortiz, Ramona O’Connor, Christine Salisbury-Poncin, Bob Trask, Erin Keables, Dick Holt, Catherine and Craig Howard, Cari Shields, Robert Dixon, Cate Croteau.
○ For those who seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit: Jay & Georgia Baum, Liam Crawford, Cate Croteau, Phil Gieschen, Andrea Saul, CJ Scott, Derek Scott, Suzanne Scott, Eric & Maddie Wetle, Alexis, Catherine and Craig Howard, the Holt family, Logan Carlsen, Jean Spitzer.
○ We pray for the Search Committee in their pursuit of a new rector: James Keables & Eric Seidelman (Co-Chairs), Patty Dixon, Matt Erion, Judi Horjus, Kim Kucaba, Jane Messah-Ericksen, Bonnie Pollworth.
¶ Family and Friends for Whom We Pray
○ Those in need of healing: Tom L., Debbie, Keely (Baum), Kelli (Boutin), Mark Lukas, Kevin (Pat O’Connor), (Fr.) Bob Macfarlane, Bob S. (Walsh), Peg Pelch (Baum), the McBride Family (Kuna/Wiens), Pete Schroeder, Keith (Kuna), Floyd and Mary, Katy Cunningham, Jeannie & Catherine (Raynor), Mark and Ellen (Trask), Seren (Croteau), Terri Kaslow (Croteau), Bryan B. (Kuna), Katie (Kuna), Nick (Kuna), Kathleen H. (Sampsell), John D. (Kuna), Lydia “Phoenix” Coleman (Kuna).
○ Those who seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit: Mariah Baddorf, Jeff, Jenny, Joe Vasco (Holt), Morgan (Kuna), Kim (Wetle), Derek, James Aliete+ (Sudan), Joseph+ (Sudan), Megan, Peter, Peter Butros+ (Sudan), Phil & Karen DuBert (missionaries), Ron & Erin Hesse (missionaries), Andy Baum, Jason Baum, Sid, Visitors to our Community, Matthew Peterson, Oksana L (Dixon), Logan C (Greenman).