- Planting Peace Churches. Please pray for persons from Ohio Conference congregations to respond to God's call (and that of Ohio Conference leadership) to join others in working together to encourage the planting of peace churches.
- Agora Christian Fellowship, Columbus — Richard and Rebecca Bartholomew, pastors
- Beech Mennonite Church, Louisville — Matt Reed, pastor
- Berlin Mennonite Church, Berlin — Jeff Hochstetler, family life pastor; Ernie Hershberger, visitation pastor
- Bethel Mennonite Church, West Liberty — Rebecca Kauffman, pastor
- Ginny Cress, Conference Salary and Benefits Committee
May 16-31 ~ Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth for:
- Leadership Development. Please pray for Ohio Conference leaders who are giving special attention to developing pastors and congregational leaders for our future.
- Central Mennonite Church, Archbold — David Elkins and Ramon Lianez, pastors
- Community Christian Fellowship (church plant), Rio Grande — Dale Geiser, pastor
- Cross Connections (church plant), Strasburg — Jason Rissler, pastor
- Crown Hill Mennonite, Rittman — Thomas Dunn, pastor
- Alvis Pettker, Gifts Discernment Ministry chair
June 1-15 ~ Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth for:
- Planting Peace Churches. Please pray that a group of leaders will develop a fruitful working relationship in order to find and encourage church planters in Ohio Conference.
- Fairpoint Mennonite Church, Fairpoint — Darrel McVay, pastor
- First Mennonite Church, Canton — Sean Swanson, pastor
- Friendship Mennonite Church, Bedford Heights — Alvis Pettker, pastor
- Gilead Mennonite Church, Chesterville
- Good Shepherd Mennonite Church/Iglesia Menonita del Buen Pastor, Archbold — Israel Aguilar, pastor
- Lois Bontrager, Gifts Discernment Ministry
June 16-30 ~ Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth for:
- Leadership Development. Please pray that many will respond to the nudge of the Spirit to consider congregational leadership, especially pastoral leadership.
- Huber Mennonite Church, New Carlisle — Wendell Slagell, pastor; Abel Cuellar, youth pastor
- Inlet Mennonite Church, Wauseon — Gary and Sandy Stuckey, interim pastors
- Lafayette Christian Fellowship, Fresno — Patti Malenke, lay leader
- Lee Heights Community Church, Cleveland — Vicki Pruitte-Sorrells, pastor
- Barbara Kauffman, Gifts Discernment Ministry
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness. — Psalm 143:1
Prayer Prompter can be found on the Ohio Conference website: http://bit.ly/OhioConfPublications. Compiled by Dan Hooley, Prayer Coordinator, Ohio Conference of MC USA, danhooley@sbcglobal.net.
