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:
12/16 From John Keinath: T-CAR surgery about 11 today. Requesting prayers and peace for Carol. (Submitted 12/12/2024) UPDATE: I am home resting and doing well!! Thank you for the prayers! (Submitted 12/13/2024) UPDATE: Prayers needed for surgery recovery. Nose bleeds due to blood thinners. Ended up in ER last night. Appear to be going back today if things don't improve. (Submitted 12/16/2024)
12/16 Derrell Thayer having difficulties recovering from brain surgery. (Submitted 12/16/2024)
12/16 Pam Goodroe: My MRI on my lumbar spine is Thursday (19th) at 11:30a.m. I need to be able to lay flat and not cough. Praying for answers to the pain I've experienced the last 2 weeks. (Also, MRI for both hips is Jan. 17th. (Submitted 12/16/2024)
12/16 From Janet Lalko: Update on both of my cousins, they are both out of the hospital and home again. Both are doing well!! Thank you for the prayers! (Submitted 12/12/2024)
12/16 Update on Austin Wilson: Praise to our Lord Jesus Christ. Austin still has Trach but it will be downsized, and he is talking around it. Austin was up walking today Dec 12th for P.T. and did well. The drainage tube has been removed. Thank you for your prayers and please keep praying.)
12/3 From Pam Goodroe: I am in extreme pain in my right hip and leg. Thinking the gluteus minimus tendon tore in half as I was getting out of bed this morning (it was already tearing apart). This is a continuation of my tendons & muscles in both my hips filleting and ripping apart. God help me to be able to walk and please take this pain away and stop more damage from happening and mend me back together. (Submitted 12/1/2024)
12/3 Emergency prayer request from Ethel & Jerry Hall: for our grandson Austin Wilson who will be 25 in January of 2025: Ron just called me from Hurley Hospital, Austin has been in a car accident. He was a passenger in the back seat and did not have his seat belt on. He's in critical condition Please pray. They just took him into surgery to relieve pressure on the brain and his left eye. (Submitted) 11/28/2024) UPDATE: at 12:30 this morning Ron called letting us know that Austin was out of surgery and the next 3 day are critical. (Submitted 11/29/2024)
12/3 Prayer request for Ric Youmans, Luann is taking him to the ER for some type of infection. (Submitted 11/29/2024)
11/25 From Janet Lalko: Please pray for another cousin of mine as she is being taken to the hospital tonight. She is suicidal. Please cover her in prayer! (Submitted 11/25/2024)
11/25 Wednesday, Nov. 27th Dale Hopkins is having a kidney stone surgically removed. (Submitted 11/24/2024)
11/25 John Keinath has medical issue that is serious. Please pray he gets connected with the right doctor for this situation quickly. And for God to protect him until this can be resolved. (Submitted 11/24/2024)
11/25 DeeGee Vroman: my mom went home to be with Jesus yesterday morning. Thank you for all the prayers. Please continue to pray for peace and unity for our family. (Submitted 11/24/2024)
11/25 Please pray for Laney, she has pneumonia and a high fever they can't break right now. It's still 103 even with medicine. Thank you! (Submitted 11/21/2024) UPDATE: Laney is still struggling with a fever and coughing. Headache has improved. Please continue to pray. (Submitted 11/22/2024)
11/25 Immediate Prayer Needed from Rhenna Spencer: My cousin, Nick Adams, was in a serious hunting accident. He is in very critical condition. His C-4 and C-6 are broken. They've put in rods and pins. He is also on ventilator. They do not give him much hope to live. (Submitted 11/22/2024) UPDATE: Doctors say he is paralyzed from the neck down. But he has just started to move his eyes and lips. (Submitted later 11/22/2024)
11/19 Update on Jerry Horn: He is in the Maple Woods Manor in Clio, room 77. Still in need of our prayers for his leg to heal. Also wants to be able to go home. (Submitted 11/19/2024)
11/19 Update on Mary Ann Hastings: As of Monday, she is still in the Hospital and on dialysis. Please continue to pray. (Submitted 11/19/2024)
11/19 From Goodroe's: Please pray for our 16-yr old grandson Jesse. There is something growing in his (Right) forearm, the X-ray was negative on fracture/break/chip in bones. The ultrasound said it has no tendency to be a hematoma or cyst. They sent him for an MRI on Friday. Hopefully get results soon. Please pray against a tumor or anything serious. (Submitted 11/17/2024)
11/19 From Janet Lalko: Asking for prayers for my cousin. His girlfriend was hit by a car and instantly killed. They have a daughter together and she also had another daughter. They are 2 and 3. Please pray for all her family as well. (Submitted 11/17/2024)
11/12 From Christa Whitehead: Please pray for healing for Jeremy He had retina reattachment surgery on Tuesday 11/5 on his left eye and laser surgery to stop bleeding on his right eye. He has to be face down for 50 minutes out of every hour. Please pray for patience for him too. It's hard to be still for so long. (Submitted 11/8/2024)
11/12 From Dale Hopkins: The doctor gave me a positive report today. There is still a trickle of blood entering the aneurysm but no change in size. We are now in a wait and see mode! God is great! Thank you for all your prayers! Don't forget to vote! (Submitted 11/5/2024)
Praises
Praise God for His love, mercies, goodness, and healings
Those Living with Cancer or Terminal Disease
10/29/2024 From Kim Pratt: Please keep my friend Lea in your prayers. She has a stage three aggressive/invasive form of cancer. Thank you. (Submitted 10/25/2024)
10/14 From Jen Hemker: Please pray for Chris's sister, Linette Sager. She's been diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes. Please pray for her to be covered by the blood of Jesus, and for a miracle of healing over her entire body. (Submitted 10/14/2024)
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)
8/5 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! UPDATE: Keaton is in remission (Submitted 11/4/2024) (Submitted 8/5/2024)
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)
4/22 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 Cancer & Kidney dialysis 3 days a week. (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 hot 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
