The Church is a House of Prayer, and at MCOG we believe prayer is a powerful weapon.
To add a request or update, or to enact the Emergency Prayer Chain, text or leave a voicemail for Pam @ 810-577-8959
Prayer Requests
- All who are testing positive for Corona Virus (COVID -19), All of our Police, Fire, and First Responders
- Our Country, Our President, and Leaders, Our Pastor, Our Staff, Our Elders & Ministry Directors.
BEGINNING WITH THE MOST RECENT…
NEW PRAYER REQUEST:9/3 UPDATE for Marie Vincent: Family was told on Thursday Aug. 29th that she was brain dead. Family took Thursday and Friday to say their goodbyes. Sunday morning at 3:00a.m. she passed away. Please keep Sadie and all family members in your thoughts and prayers. (Submitted 9/1/2024)
9/3 UPDATE on Goodroe's granddaughter, Emery: The MRI results came back, and Emery has a disease that affects the spine. She doesn't want everyone to know the details, she is only 15yrs old. So, at this time, we ask that you pray specifically for healing in her spine & that God will take this disease from her body. Thanks everyone for your prayers. (Submitted 8/28/2024)
9/3 From Dale Hopkins: I just talked to my surgeon, and he has decided to postpone my surgery and refer me to a specialist who can fix the aneurysm with a less invasive procedure. Prayer is already working! Thank You! (Submitted 8/28/2024)
9/3 From John Keinath: My niece, Courtney C, has been cancer free from breast cancer. The cancer has returned and now it is in her lymph nodes, spine and liver. Her liver biopsy is tomorrow Aug. 28th. Her plan will be put together on September 3rd. The MRI on her spine will be September 12th. Please pray for a miraculous healing. (Submitted 8/27/2024)
8/26 Good morning, Please pray for Sadie's mom Marie Vincent 53. Has problems with diabetes. Went to hospital last night and her hert stopped. She is on life Support/induced coma and it is not looking good. (Submitted 8/26/2024)
8/26 Remember Dale Hopkings is having surgery on August 29. Please pray. (Submitted 8/25/2024)
8/26 From Dick Willette: Our Sister in Christ Jesus, Evelyn Peterson, just lost another son, John to brain cancer. She just lost her son Pete Aug 11th. (Submitted 8/23/2024)
8/26 Prayers for Russ Lalko's Grandma Connie. She has been experiencing pain, today she almost passed out at church. She was taken to the hospital, they found a mass on her kidney. They are sending her to Dearborn for surgery, 6pm tonight, to see if it's cancer or not and if it can be removed. Please pray. (Submitted 8/22/2024) UPDATE: Grandma Connie is out of surgery, they are still not sure if the mass is a tumor or a harden blood clot. So they put a stent in. So as of right now we wait. I'll update when we can. Thank you for the prayers!! (Submitted later 8/22/2024)
8/19 Please pray for Jeremy's eye sight. His right eye has been bleeding since Sunday evening. None of the doctors can get him in until Monday. Please pray he doesn't have permanent damage from all the bleeds and that the Dr can help his vision on Monday. (Submitted 8/18/2024) UPDATE: From Christa Whitehead: Thank you for your prayers. They have to wait for the blood to desolve some before they can do anything. It will be 3-4 weeks before they can try to do laser surgery to try to stop some of the bleeding and save his sight. Please keep praying for healing and for patience for all of us. (Submitted 8/18/2024)
8/19 From Nancy Willette update on nephew Preston, today's blood draw came out clear, no more staph. He will need occupational therapy plus continued physical therapy. Hopefully discharge Friday. Also he has been traumatized from all the blood draws, continued prayer. (Submitted 8/12/2024) UPDATE: Preston is home from hospital. (Submitted 8/16/2024)
8/19 Dana Baker's brother Darin Coward passed and is now with Jesus. (Dana was just getting in a better place after her mother recently passed during Covid. Now she is grieving and confused why this happened. Dana & Darin were very close.) Please keep Dana and her family in your prayers. (Submitted 8/15/2024) Dana needs us, church family.
8/13 PRAISE - Randy P. has completed radiation and he is cancer free!! (Submitted 8/11/2024)
8/13 John & Pam's granddaughter, Emery, hurt her spine during cheer. Please pray against the possibility of scoliosis and a fractured spine. MRI in 2 weeks. (Hoping to get it quicker) (Submitted 8/9/2024) UPDATE: Her back pain has increased over the weekend and is now also having painful spasms. Calling Dr in the morning. (Submitted 8/11/2024)
8/13 From Nancy Willette: Great nephew Preston in deVos child hospital, had high fever, sever leg pain. He has staph infection that settled in ankles. With therapist help and walker he is walking again. Pray for infection to be gone and a clear blood culture tomorrow. (Submitted 8/11/2024)
8/13 From Jerry Horn: Evelyn Peterson's son Pete passed away. Please keep his family & friends in your prayers. (Submitted 8/11/2024)
8/13 From Janet Lalko: Mom (Linda) is out of surgery! All went well! Now she just needs to heal, exercises and the use of a machine starts Saturday. Prayers for Thursday as the doc said that day will be a rough one. She will have therapy at some point as well. (Submitted 8/6/2024) UPDATE: Prayers for my mom. I have to bring her for blood work twice a week, starting this morning. She is in a lot of pain, which was to be expected, but she also started having a migraine this morning. (Submitted 8/8/2024) UPDATE: Please pray for my Mom's blood to thin out and be where it needs to be. I took her yesterday for bloodwork, they called and it's still too thick, upped the Coumadin again on Thursday for bloodwork again to see where it's at. She is doing her exercises, started the leg machine Saturday, and is doing well so far. Just need to get the blood right. (Submitted 8/13/2024)
8/5 From Janet Lalko: Prayers for my mom (Linda), tomorrow as she has her partial knee replacement surgery. She is very confident about the surgery. But we are both nervous about any blood clots developing afterwards. As many of you know, she could have died the last time she developed them after a knee procedure. We appreciate the prayers!!! I'll keep you updated tomorrow! (Submitted 8/5/2024)
8/5 From Dee Gee: Urgent prayer...My best friend's husband Jordan is at U of M and his blood pressure is 56/36. Let's all pray and agree that this comes up to normal NOW in the mighty Name of Jesus. (Submitted 8/5/2024)
8/5 Please pray for Keaton a 16 yr. old boy who is fighting leukemia since April. He has had chemo and bone marrow transplant. Last night Keaton was requesting prayers for relief of excruciating pain. Nighttime is when his body starts to push his bowels through his system and it's excruciating. We thank you in advance!(Submitted 8/5/2024)
8/5 Prayer for Dale Hopkins as he prepares to have his surgery at the end of this month. (Submitted 8/4/2024)
8/5 From Nancy Slosser: Please pray for my sister Darlene as she's having serious back surgery this Tuesday, Aug 6th. Thank you for your prayers. (Submitted 8/4/2024)
8/5 From Rhenna Spencer: Marvin Engelsman is in the last stages of dementia. He has gout in both knees and an infection somewhere in his body that the doctors cannot figure out. (Submitted 8/4/2024)
8/5 From John and Pam Goodroe: Thank you everyone for praying for John Groulx. He passed this morning. Please continue to pray for the family & friends who loved him. (Submitted 8/3/2024)
7/30 Cherrie Smith lost a friend yesterday from a heart attack, her brother came home on Hospice yesterday, and now insurance id refusing to pay for her arthritis meds. Please pray. Thank you!! (Submitted 7/25/2024)
7/30 From Kory Hawks: Update on daughter, Taylor: No fracture at C5 so Praise the Lord! However, Dr says that she has him stumped to what is causing all her symptoms & wants to get an MRI of her brain. (Submitted 7/24/2024)
Praises
Praise God for His love, mercies, goodness, and healings
Those Living with Cancer or Terminal Disease
7/15 Please pray for Jim Flathu's Dad as he has stage 4 lung cancer. (Submitted 7/15/2024)
6/24 From Nancy Willette, pray for my Aunt Joann, 90. She has cancer in large intestines, liver and pancreas. She had large intestines removed. Doc gives her 3 years to live. Please pray if there is a way to get my Aunt Pat/Skip to go see her in Tennessee before she dies, their health is bad also. (Submitted 6/20/2024)
6/17 From Nancy Willette, my niece's husband, Travis, went to ER thinking he had kidney stones. Instead found advance renal cell carcinoma, will have surgery to remove kidney and tumor. I don't know time yet. (Submitted 6/11/2024)
5/28 Please pray for Julie H. Diagnosed with multiple areas of cancer in her lungs today. (Submitted 5/20/2024)
5/28 From Melissa M: please pray for my friend, Shannon. What they thought was a bleeding hemorrhoid is actually anal cancer. When running tests on that, they discovered a large cancer mass in her ovary. (Submitted 5/23/2024) PRAISE: removed the mass and it is not cancer.
5/7 From DeeGee: My mom Sharron has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be having surgery on May 9th. Stand with me that Jesus Who bore our sickness, weaknesses, and distresses 2000 years ago, manifest His healing power in her NOW! In Jesus mighty Name. Amen and so be it! (Submitted 4/20/2024)
4/29 Please pray for Ralph D. He has lung cancer, prayer needed got him and his family. (Submitted 4/26/2024)
4/29 Please pray for Randy P. He has prostate cancer and is beginning 6 weeks of radiation. (Submitted 4/26/2024) Completed radiation & he is cancer free!! (Submitted 8/11/2024)
4/22 From Christa Whitehead: Please add my grandma Maxine Hale to the prayer list. She has to go in this morning for a procedure on heart to put it back into rhythm. She was also diagnosed with non-smokers emphysema this last week. (Submitted 4/18/2024)
4/22 From Janelle Goodell: Asking for prayers tonight for my niece. She's 43, very fit and active. She went to the doctor yesterday for a cold and ended up in the ER. Now is going to the hospital tomorrow for 6 weeks to treat an acute type of leukemia. (Submitted 4/17/2024)
3/4 Please pray for Ray Roethlisberger, Nancy Griffith's brother. He has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is currently in the hospital with an infection from chemo. (Submitted 3/2/2024)
2/26 From Rhenna Spencer: Winston Kendricks is on Kidney dialysis 3 days a week. They think possibly his cancer has returned. (Submitted 2/21/2024)
1/29 From Ethel Hall: Rachel Alvarado who is 70 years old and Mother-in-law to Tina Ballard, has Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer. Prayers needed, thank you. (Submitted 1/29/2024)
1/09/2024 From Jennifer Kittell: Kay Crawford has been diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma. Please pray for decisions in treatment and Holy healing. (Submitted 1/08/2024)
12/26 Please pray for Jerry Sauer's cousin, Shelly. She has aggressive pancreatic cancer. Going to do 12 treatments of chemo over 24 weeks, then have major surgery to remove the top half of her pancreas, then reconnect everything. Pray for comfort and healing. Thank you. (Submitted 12/24/2023
11/20/2023 From Tammy Kowitz: My cousin Evelyn is having that serious surgery today for her pancreatic cancer, Whipple procedure. Please pray. (Submitted 11/20/2023)
10/30 From Amber Balcer: Prayer request from my friend Sara. Her husband was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Please cover them in prayer as they move through the next steps of finding out the sub type and what kind of chemo he will need. (Submitted 10/24/2023)
5/8/23 Annette is diagnosed with breast cancer and is going to be begin treatments. Trying to avoid surgery. (Submitted 5/7/23) This Is Not Annette Mulholland.
8/29/22 Penne Jones, stepmother of April Crump, has Chronic lymphatic leukemia and her blood count is high, and she is asking for us to pray for stable levels. (Submitted 8/20/22)
6/27/22 Marshall who is 20 and a friend of Delanie’s went to ER and they found a tumor. Nothing more is known at this time. (Submitted by Dee Gee Vroman 6/23/22)
6/27/22 Jeanie who is 18 and a friend of Delanie’s. Has a muscle disorder. She’s been told she’s at her ‘peak’ and will begin to decline in a short period of time. (Submitted by Dee Gee Vroman 6/23/22)
4/18/22 Hanah Williams Has terminal brain cancer, she is 5ish years old. she is a friend of Keinath’s granddaughter in Howell. Pray she knows Jesus!
3/27/22 Marie Mulherin has Leukemia, please keep her in your prayers. (Submitted by Connie Smeaton 3/27/22)
1/31/22 Hudson is terminally ill. He is less than a year old. His body is attacking itself. The doctors don't have a cure. The family also needs to know Jesus. Not sure how much time they are expecting him to live, but God can do anything! (Submitted by Lisa Kosinski 1/21/22) Hudson is Lisa's neighbor's grandson.
6/14/21 Robby 35yrs old has a rare skin cancer. Grandson of Karen Aleman. (Submitted by Karen)
6/7/21 Marvin Lymphoma has fifty percent survival rate. (Submitted by Tim Baker 6/3/21)
6/7/21 Craig immune disorder. Brother in law to Tim Baker. (Submitted by Tim 6/4/21
5/3/21 Bud Worthing a hit colon, he doesn't want surgery. (Submitted by Darryl Babcock 5/2/21)
4/11/21 Sally Kline kidney cancer (Submitted by Kathy Hergenreder) UPDATED 10/4/21 Sally is cancer free at this time.
3/22/21 Amy Kniffen Gastrointestinal Stomach cancer; Amy had stomach removed in March of 2022.
9/19/20 Ellie 7yr old acute lymphoma leukemia (Kim Moncman)
Bruni cervical cancer
Erica Griffin Leukemia
Amanda Atha
Ana (Ila’s Ritter’s sister) Breast Cancer
Cynthia Dawson thyroid (salvation)
Kelly McDougal- non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Claire Freeze- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma age 23
Dwayne-stg 4 stomach cancer
Rick Ford Leukemia
Nelson Palmateer (He went to be with Jesus on June 18th, 2024)
Debbie Swope
Kevin Roggentine
Tim Narsted
Nicole Louzon