Please check out the Facebook Group for any recently posted Joys & Concerns. The ones that have been shared at the time of publishing are as follows:

• Praise God! Jim's numbers (3 out of 4) came back good--Red cell count, 1.8 to 2.3; Hemoglobin, 7.5 to 9.3; Hematocrit, 22.2 to 27.9! White cell count still went up 13.6 to 14.2. So, thank you for all the prayers so far, but please continue to keep my brother in your prayers. from Rita Furr

• Please continue to pray for the following: Wayne Keafer, Larry Brockmiller, Tammy Sutton, Denise Bowles, Susie Bartlome, Bruce Hill, Ada Saylor, Joyce Long, Jerry Shelton, the Pastoral Search for our Church. from Bulletin

• I have another breathing test on Wednesday. I see the pulmonary specialist on the 28. Phil and I also want to wish all of our friends Merry Christmas. from Nancy Still Bryant

• Please pray for the many leadership roles that need to be fulfilled at Ivy Farms and prayerfully consider how you might be willing to help. from Allison Stetar

• Pray for the mission and ministry of the Church of the Brethren; our membership, congregations, fellowships, and mission organizations, during the coming year. Let us pray that the wideness and breadth of God’s work will challenge us to seek wider, greater and more creative fields of ministry. from Virlina District

• My surgery was a little tougher than I anticipated!! But I made it thru because of all your prayers!! I thank you for that!! Now I'm concentrating on my recovery!! from Ada Saylor

• Please continue to keep my mother in your prayers... She is unable to see the doctor about surgery until January, and the current doctor refused to provide pain medication. from Allison Stetar

• Please keep the family of Bill Chapman in your prayers, as his funeral was December 17th in North Carolina. He was Doug Chapman's older brother; he was 88. from Michael Chapman