Our Joys and Concerns for this week include:
- Birthday joys for Paul Berry (August 24), Tam Le (August 25), Lorraine Barry (August 28), Lucille Towner and Steve Shi (August 29)
- Pastor Gregory as he retreats with family in Montana
- For the beautiful music of Anthia Lee Halfmann who filled in for Jan last Sunday
- For Jan and Peter Gunderson and Clara Ramirez in Oregon for the eclipse
- Kathy Gillam for her daughter Julia as she begins a new teaching job this week; for all students and staff as a new school year begins
- Melanie Ramirez for Salvador who is traveling to Mexico to see his family; for students and staff at Gunn HS in a time of difficulty
- For all those affected by another young person’s suicide last week
- For our church in this time of turmoil with City permitting
- For the family and friends of David Bartlett as he continues to live with the effects of a severe stroke; he has been transferred from Chicago to a rehab facility in New Haven
- For all those affected by the horror in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend
- For all those affected by the terrorist action Barcelona
- For all those affected by the rain and mudslides in Sierra Leone and flooding in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal