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
BEGINNING WITH THE MOST RECENT…NEW PRAYER REQUEST:
8/11 Praise/prayer request for Gary - Eric Brockman's father-in-law. He is getting a Liver Transplant tomorrow, praise for that and prayers that the surgery goes well. (Submitted 8/5/2026) UPDATE: Gary is coming out of Surgery, He is doing okay. They are going to monitor him very closely this next week. (Submitted 8/6/2026)
8/3 Anna Willette's sister Wanita fell on Saturday and broke her hip, she had surgery on Sunday. She will be in the hospital 3-5 days and then will need to go to a rehab center for healing and physical therapy. (Submitted 8/3/2026)
8/3 Please keep Jerry Horn in your prayers. He has a bad leg infection and is at Hurley hospital. Thank you. (Submitted 8/2/2026)
8/3 From John Keinath: Asking for prayers today for an important doctor appointment for Carol. Thank you in advance! (Submitted 7/30/2026)
8/3 From Debbie Sauer: Asking for prayers for my parents. They were both taken to the hospital this morning. Mom is doing better but dad has a lot of issues going on, still doing some tests. Thank you. (Submitted 7/28/2026)
8/3 Update from Amber: Surgery went better and faster than expected. I'm already home at 3:20pm. (Submitted 7/28/2026)
8/3 From Lisa Adolph: Miss Karen is having seizures today. She bit her tongue a little bit ago having her fifth one. Keep her in your prayers. It's been a month since the last ones. (Submitted 7/28/2026)
7/28 Amber Balcer having ACL repair surgery today. Thank you for your prayers. (Submitted 7/28/2026)
7/28 Please cover DeeGee in prayer. She had rotator cuff surgery today. (Submitted 7/23/2026) UPDATE: Surgery went well. God is good! I've prayed and believed for a quick recovery, a complete recovery and a correct recovery. And on day 2 no pain! He never ceases to amaze me! Will know more Aug 5th at my 2 week check up. Thank you for all the prayers! (Submitted 7/26/2026)
7/28 From Sarah:Please put Will Millington on the prayer list. We had to take him to the Medical Tent for dizziness and chest pains. His heart rate is 176 and they are taking him to the hospital! (Submitted 7/25/2026)
7/28 From Goodroe's: Thank you for every prayer said for our daughter, Paula. She is healing and has went back to work now. (Still not 100%) (Submitted 7/25/2026)
7/28 From Lisa Adolph: Stopped by my Uncle Mark and Kristin place today. The Lord told me to stop by and get some squeezes. Glad I did. Found out Aunt Kristin's pancreatic cancer has returned and she has a node on her lung from it. She's going to hire me to take her to her cancer appointments. (Submitted 7/24/2026)
7/20 From Pastor JJ: Please pray for Jennie. She is getting some cysts removed surgically today. (Submitted 7/17/2026)
7/20 From Goodroe's: Praise: Brandon, Madison, Jack & Eva are all completely well. Thank you for covering them in healing prayer. (Submitted 7/16/2026)
7/20 From Goodroe's: Prayer for out daughter, Paula. Very sick, worse than any of us had. (Submitted 7/16/2026)
7/13 From Cecelia Slosser: A prayer request for a friend's husband. Apparently he had a heart attack the 24th of June. He is now back in the hospital and he has blood in his lungs. Please pray for Drs. wisdom and the family. (Submitted 7/13/2026)
7/13 From Crystal: my grandfather, his name is Bob, he is 92 lives in Lewiston Mi. and he had a bad fall yesterday and is bruised pretty badly. We will know more today or tomorrow. Thank you. (Submitted 7/12/2026)
7/13 From Goodroe's: Please pray for Madison, Brandon & the two little ones. Thy are all very sick and doctors are trying to figure out what they all have. The "Parasite" ended up being negative in testing. (Submitted 7/9/2026) UPDATE: Please continue to pray for Madison & family. Symptoms are worsening. Please pray against fever, vomiting, body aches, chills, can't eat, abdominal pain, severe diarrhea. Brandon has had since June 24th. Eva for a week, Baby Jack and Madison for 4 days. (Submitted 7/10/2026)
7/13 From Karen Aleman: Ok church family. I sure could use some prayers for healing. I started two weeks ago with a sore throat and bad cold. I went to urgent care, got a shot of cortisone and they said it was allergies. I knew it wasn't, 2 days later they gave me some antibiotics. Now I have a bad case of Bronchitis. I'm coughing so much and can't hardly sleep. Coughing for over a week now. So asking you please pray that I can get this coughing under control. Thank you all. ( Submitted 7/8/2026)
7/13 Nancy Willette, update on my grandson Jaxson. He has gone 30 days without a seizure, so medications are working. Doctor is making arrangements for Jaxson to go to Houston TX for further testing. (Submitted 7/8/2026)
Praises
Praise God for His love, mercies, goodness, and healings
Those Living with Cancer or Terminal Disease
5/5 From Cecelia: Update on my niece April, her biopsy was positive, they believe it's only one small spot. Continue to pray for her decision making as she thinks it would be better if she just has both breasts removed. (Submitted 5/1/2026)
4/7 From Ethel Hall: Please pray for Cooper a 13 year old boy who has cancer and is in a lot of pain after his surgery. His mom also has cancer and will start her treatment soon. They are Christians. They don't live in Michigan. (Submitted 41/2026)
4/7 Please keep Mike & Bev Janes in our prayers. Mike is on hospice and not doing good. Bev was up all night with him. He is on morphine and his oxygen levels are low. (Submitted 4/2/2026)
4/7 From Cecelia Slosser: My niece, Kim Johnson is being treated for cancer again. (Submitted 4/07/2026)
4/8 From Debbie Sauer: Please pray for my father in law Jerry Sr., he was put on hospice. Also, keep the family in your prayers. (Submitted 4/8/2026)
3/9/26 From Tina Ballard, please pray for my stepchildren's mom, Amy. Her stomach cancer is back. She's only 50 years old. (Submitted 3/9/2026)
1/21/26 Prayer request from Connie Smeaton: Melanie, Connie's 39yr old daughter has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma. (Submitted 1/14/2026) Update Melanie had surgery 2/10 at U of M.
11/5/25 From Gloria Rutledge: Update on Bridget, no diagnosis from hospital. She is home, cerebral palsy is getting worse. Her muscles are so tight that it's getting hard to change her. (Submitted 11/4/2025) Update 12/23 From Gloria Rutledge, granddaughter Brigitte has a feeding tube, will be transferred to rehab facility soon. (Submitted 12/19/2025)
10/6/25 Prayer for Carol Keinath for healing throughout her body. (Submitted 10/6/2025)
9/16/25 Update from Gloria Rutledge, grandson Chad's MRI came back normal. Today is PET scan, this will show if cancer has spread or is localized. (Submitted 9/11/2025) UPDATE: 11/5 From Gloria Rutledge: Update on Chad, he had surgery, waiting to hear biopsy results. (Submitted 11/4/2025) Update 12/23 From Gloria Rutledge, grandson Chad is going through immunotherapy, he is tired. (Submitted 12/19/2025)
8/13/25 I have an anonymous request for a woman who found out yesterday that she has a massive tumor in her brain and the cancer has spread to her entire body. Please lift her and her family in prayer. (Submitted 8/11/2025)
7/23/25 From Kory Hawks: Asking for prayer for my dad Larry. He has stage four kidney cancer that has spread to his brain and lymph nodes around his heart. (Submitted 7/16/2025)
5/7/25 From Pastor Mike Severn: My cousin Lonnie has been diagnosed with cancer and will be starting chemo and radiation. (Submitted 5/6/2025)
4/30/25 From Nancy Willette: A friend of Chuck's daughter, Marci, has a sister named Nancy who is dying of cancer.
4/2/25 From Pastor Mike Severn: Please pray for my cousin Julie. Her breast cancer has metastasized and she has started chemo pills to try to minimize and manage the spread from her bones into her organs. (Submitted 4/1/2025)
Military of Our Men and Women
8/13 Gavin (Griffith) Wager entered in to the Marines on August 11, 2025. Prayers for God to watch over him and to give him strength from the Holy Spirit, to stand firm in his faith.
Prayers for all our men and women in the military and their families.
Please call prayer chain to put a name First & Last on the prayer list for those in the military.
