"The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective."
~James 5:15-16
April 11, 2008
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 04/10/08) — Donald Martin, director of Facilities Planning and Maintenance, ABCUSA, died Tuesday night, April 8 in Philadelphia, Penn. following complications during surgery. He was 56.
“Our hearts go out to Don’s family with his tragic death,” said Rev. A. Roy Medley, general secretary for ABCUSA. “We certainly will miss him as one of our longest serving and dedicated staff members. Don had an amazing ability to juggle a lot of balls in the air and do it with great aplomb and dexterity. We will miss his jovial personality and the many skills he brought to his task in maintaining and marketing the building. Don was a wonderful disciple of Jesus who was active in his church and had a real concern for others.”
(Click to read more) www.abc-usa.org/news/2008/20080410b.htm
April 8, 2008
Please hold in prayer Bill Englund, family, friends and church. His daughter was killed in a fire Saturday morning at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Bill's daughter April was 21. There were two other students killed also, Amanda Rief and Scott Hams.
Bill is the pastor of First Baptist Church, 499 Wacouta Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101.
April 2, 2008
Prayers for the family of the Rev. Dr. Reaves Nahwooks, who died on Saturday, March 29, 2008, due to pancreatic cancer. Reaves was a faithful Christian, and active American Baptist, who was a member of the Commission on Life and Theology (COLT) and, as a layperson, served as a bridge between ABCUSA and Native American tribes, particularly in Oklahoma. Reaves also served churches in Nebraska and Oklahoma as pastor, after getting his M.Div. and D. Min. at Colgate Rochester, as a second-career seminarian. His wife, Clydia, two daughters, and a son, and their families, welcome our prayer support at this difficult time.
If you have prayer requests you would like to have posted please email to: sue.sechrist@abc-usa.org.
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