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:
11/5 Pray for Gloria Rutledge. She is very sick with a viral infection and is not keeping food down. (Submitted 11/5/2025)
11/5 From Gloria Rutledge: Pray for grandson Zander, he is at U of M Hospital. He has pneumonia, he was so anemic they couldn't check blood to see what type of pneumonia, he was given 5 units of blood. (Submitted 11/4/2025)
11/5 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)
11/5 From Gloria Rutledge: Update on Chad, he had surgery, waiting to hear biopsy results. (Submitted 11/4/2025)
11/5 From Tina Ballard: Update for Craig Strube. He is receiving chemo/radiation treatments, for the brain tumor, which are causing him to be sick. He's getting around by using a wheelchair. Please continue praying for him. Thank you. (Submitted 11/4/2025)
11/5 From Sue LeVan: Grandson, Jaycee went to U of M Ann Arbor. Labs all looked good. They are waiting on imaging and will call if they see anything to be concerned with. (Submitted 11/4/2025)
10/28 From Janell Goodell: UPDATE: My student needs more prayers. He came to school for the first time since a week ago Thursday. When he got in the car on the way home, he was throwing up. His Neurologist thinks he might have had a small seizure while he was at school. This is not something new as he has been dealing with seizures. He has thrown up 2 times this evening. He does not see an oral surgeon for his tooth until Wednesday and that's only a consultation. He's still in pain but on some pretty strong painkillers.(Submitted 10/27/2025)
10/28 From Eric Brockman: My soon to be father-in-law, Greg, was put on the Liver transplant list due to health issues. Prayers that a compatible liver is found quickly.(Submitted 10/26/2025)
10/28 From Janell: Update on Gia and Noah: Noah is doing really well in our-patient rehab working on neurological, physical, and occupational therapy. Gia is still intubated but breathing on her own, if I'm reading the updates correctly. She needs surgery on an odontoid fracture soon. It's the C2 vertebrae that is at the very top. They have been carefully watching the pressure on her brain and have had to replace the drain a few times. They are monitoring to determine if she will need a shunt. Please keep these two and the whole family in your prayers. The funeral was last week and was absolutely beautiful. (Submitted 10/22/2025)
10/21 From DeeGee: I have very little details... A friend, Jackie, of my nieces, was shot last night. She tried to drive herself to the hospital and got into an accident. She passed early this morning. She has a 16yr old daughter and 2 smaller children. Please pray for family and friends that God will comfort them and draw them to Himself. (Submitted 10/19/2025)
10/21 Praise report from Jerry and Ethel Hall: Our great grandson Emmett was only on C pap for a few hours. He went home with mom, Destiny Hall and his dad, Mitch List-King today. He is so tiny, only weighed 5lbs 6oz when he was born, he is 18 inches in length.(Submitted 10/16/2025.
10/15 From Amber Balcer: My mother-in-law has a golf ball size lump in her breast, next step is a biopsy to determine if it is benign or malignant. Please pray for peace and a benign diagnosis. (Submitted 10/14/2025)
10/15 Prayer needed! Patty Petzold, Cathy Bloor's mother) Update: Patty is home recovering, doing therapy. Please continue praying.
10/6 Update on Andrew Fishers son Andrew, he just spent 3 days in hospital with fluid on his spine, home resting. (Submitted 10/3/2025)
10/6 From Janet L: Prayers for my cousin's husband, Rick, he had open heart surgery, but never woke up from it. Now they aren't sure if he has a bleed some where or what, so they are going to open him back up. (Submitted 10/1/2025)
10/6 Prayer for Carol Keinath for healing throughout her body.
Praises
Praise God for His love, mercies, goodness, and healings
Those Living with Cancer or Terminal Disease
10/6/25 Prayer for Carol Keinath for healing throughout her body. (Submitted 10/6/2025)
9/30/25 From Tina Ballard: Craig Strube, age 68, is diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive grade 4 brain tumor. Having biopsy done tomorrow and getting an aggressive plan for radiation and chemo. They gave him 12-18 months to live. Thank you for your prayers. (Submitted 9/24/2025)
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)
8/20/25 From Debbie Sauer: Update on my mom. She had a blocked artery, had to have a stent put in. They kept her because her blood pressure was high. Praying that she gets out today. Also, asking prayers for her as she goes next Friday to have a spot on her lungs checked out. Thank you, (Submitted 8/16/2025)
8/13/25 From Suzanne: Barb, Bruce's wife, could still use prayers. Throughout this process for Bruce, she has continued to have mini strokes and is struggling. (Submitted 8/11/2025)
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 Suzanne: Our friend, Bruce who lives in the Columbiaville area. Bruce is 64 and is in kidney failure. He has been on an organ transplant list for over two years now. He is on dialysis three days a week and is still sick every day. They are feeling time is running out at this point. (Submitted 4/24/2025)
4/30/25 From Nancy Willette: A friend of Chuck's daughter, Marci, has a sister named Nancy who is dying of cancer. It is spreading quickly. One dose of chemo nearly killed her. So there is nothing they can give her to stop/slow the spread. Thank you for praying for Nancy. (Submitted 4/29/2025)
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)
1/12/25 Cathy Young is having biopsy done for breast cancer. Praying it's benign. 2/12/25 Update Breast cancer stage 1. Surgery Monday Feb 10th. Update- one lymph node had a few cancer cells. They are testing it see the likelihood of the cancer returning. This may change treatment plan from just radiation to chemo and radiation. Please pray for a low score. I truly appreciate each and every prayer. Update-Having issues with incision healing. Answered prayers My oncotype score is 15. A score of 25 or more meant chemo. I shouldn't have to have chemo! Thank you Jesus! Breast cancer update. Incision opened up. Surgeon said there is a large hematoma that has to drain. No chemo Praising God. Radiation delayed 3 weeks for incision to heal.
10/29/2024 Lea has stage 3 aggressive/invasive cancer (Submitted by Kim Pratt)
10/14/2024 Linette Sager breast cancer spread to lymph nodes (Submitted by Jen Hemker)
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.
