This week's community joys & concerns from Dec. 14, 2025

Among our Joys:

• We lift up and celebrate Marigold McClung whose ballet talent is blessing the world. Yesterday, I had the treat of attending a ballet performance in which she performed centered around the telling of the Nativity story thanks be to God for the gift of music and for Marigold's sharing with the world! It is joyful and it is good!

We continue to pray for:

• Esther Freeman

• Lela Cox

• Becky Brown

• Susan Pearson

• Bill Poores

• Laura Cohthhril

• Danny Jablonski

• For the friends of our extended community and families undergoing health challenges; Raven, Margo, Steve and Jose. We pray for Shane and his family, and for Sam as he seeks proper medical care.

We lift up our homebound friends:

• Charlene Housman

• Phyllis Jacobsen

• Dorothy Beeles

• Harry Lobberegt

• Susan Pearson

• Pat Lien

• Jane Nelson

Among our local and global community:

• We pray for peace and compassion throughout the world. Amongst many who find themselves in places of conflict or struggle for justice and peace. We pray for an end to the genocide in Gaza, for those facing political violence and acts of war around the world, including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Somalia.

• For the village on 6th and Orchard and for those who find themselves without shelter.

• And last but not least, we lift up our Global Ministries Partners this week in Taiwan.

If you'd like to share a prayer joy or concern, please contact Pastor Doug at doug@fcctacoma.org or by calling the church office. Please indicate whether your prayer is to be shared publicly or if you'd like it to be kept private.

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