Our Joys and Concerns for this week include:
- For the joy of having Paul and Jessie Tuan in worship
- For the Lucille and family and friends of Bob Towner who died last Tuesday
- Kathy Gilliam for life of Bob Towner, especially for his music
- Lynn Hunwick for the family and friends of Joanna Hodges, former missionary to Haiti, who died this past week
- Ray Hing for the joy of being back in worship after many travels; for a blessed Thanksgiving with family; for their daughter, Colleen, who is 7 months into a difficult pregnancy
- Chip Clark for the fundraising activity for the Movember Foundation several of our men are participating in this November for men’s health
- Pastor Rick for his sister, Charlotte Lanier, in Boise, ID, who is recovering from successful surgery to remove a large, benign tumor from her brain; Thelma Parodi who is recovering at the Terraces
- For the work of Ecumenical Hunger Project in East Palo Alto
- For the USA in the aftermath of the recent election
- For the people of Cuba as they mourn and hope
- For the people of South Korea in a time of political uncertainty
- For the shocked and grieving students, faculty and staff of Ohio State University
- For those grieving the crash of a plane carrying a soccer team in Columbia
- For hose affected (both sick and grieving) by the mysterious illness in Contra Costa County
- For justice for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- For all those affected by the wild fires in the Smoky Mountains
