Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Prayer Vigil for Jack and Anita

> Thursday 7 PM - Friday 7 PM
> May 3 – 4
> 15-minute intervals
> Sign up here for a scheduled time

Join the Prayer Vigil. For all of us who’ve said, “Let me know if there’s something I can do,” now there’s a perfect opportunity. A prayer vigil is being planned specifically for Jack and Anita. You are welcomed and encouraged to participate.

Blocks of prayer time in 15 minute intervals are being scheduled. Beginning this Thursday night (tomorrow) at 7 and going round-the-clock til Friday night at 7, the vigil will have someone praying at all times for Jack and Anita. Everyone is needed, every prayer important. Please agree to a scheduled time by:
- replying in the “comments” below with your preference
or
- emailing me with your preference (cindyabell@gmail.com)

How to sign up. I know using the “comments” below can be a bit cumbersome, but it will allow others to see right away what times you prefer, so they may choose another. So use it if you can! If you can’t, though, send an email directly to me and I’ll get you signed up. I will compile the list and post it here so you will know when your time is. If anytime is okay with you, please indicate that and I'll schedule you where you're most needed. (Please send me the NUMBER associated with the block of time - that helps alot.)

What to pray for. Jack and Anita both need our prayers, in many different ways. You pray in the way you feel is needed and effective. Suggestions might be around these lines:

- Jack has an MRI on Friday that will judge how well chemo’s been working. This is an important milestone. A good report will allow doctors to pursue another exciting new option, proton therapy.
- Hard decisions continually must be made, such as continuing chemo versus the debilitating effects it has on the body: nausea, dehydration, risk.
- Health care professionals often find it systematically difficult to work together across system lines; communication among them and collaborative strategies are key.
- Anita faces much stress: many new tasks, concern for her husband, pain as she sees him struggle, being primary communicator to everyone, decisions. Community of care around her and spiritual nurturing, as well as the practical concerns of every day, are all important items to pray about on her behalf.
- You may have special ways you find to pray – would you be willing to share them (below) in comments? or email them to me to post?
- Of course, we pray for outcomes that are miraculous, pain to be assuaged, God’s comforting spirit to be present, courage, peace, stamina, - all with continued faith and hope.

Where to pray. If you are in or near the CBF Resource Center in Atlanta, a special, quiet place will be set aside – most likely the vacant room next to Jack’s office. Otherwise, use any spot you find around the globe that is good for you to communicate with God.

Times to choose from. Below is the day, broken into 15-minute intervals in Eastern Standard Time. Those of you around the world who wish to participate, please convert your time zone into EST when you make your request. The times are numbered so you can just give the number associated with your block of time. Thursday (tomorrow, May 3) at noon we will begin to compile the list and will post it as soon after that as possible. It will be posted here on the blog, or ask me and I can email it to you individually.

Thanks so much for participating, for encouraging others to participate, and for your continued prayer and love for Jack and Anita. Check back here Thursday afternoon and evening for your "assignment!"

Thursday, May 3
1 __ 7:00 – 7:15 PM Joe McDade, Yoo Yoon, Jack & Faye Shaw
2 __ 7:15 – 7:30 PM Anne Hitt, Ameilia Zeigler Paulk
3 __ 7:30 – 7:45 PM Mich and Pat Tosan, Henry and Irene Green, Charles Qualls
4 __ 7:45 – 8:00 PM Terry Walton, Ally, Shelby, Cleo
5 __ 8:00 – 8:15 PM Ellen Burnette, Allison Tennyson, Gwen Cottrell, Kay Echelberger
6 __ 8:15 – 8:30 PM Rick Burnette, Isabel St. Gaudens
7 __ 8:30 – 8:45 PM Jean Willingham, Gene & Lonya Scarborough
8 __ 8:45 – 9:00 PM Carla Wynn & Todd Davis

9 __ 9:00 – 9:15 PM Marion Aldridge, Sheryl & Chuck Gates
10 __ 9:15 – 9:30 PM Helen Phillips, James Garrison
11 __ 9:30 – 9:45 PM Bill Turnage, Bertha Sharp, David & Ann Wilson, Marianne & Paul Gruzlewski
12 __ 9:45 –10:00 PM Tom and Beth Ogburn, Winford & Carol Hendrix
13 __ 10:00 – 10:15 PM Dub Pool, Margaret Gibson Gene Brymer
14 __ 10:15 – 10:30 PM Rob Nash, Gwen Colwell
15 __ 10:30 – 10:45 PM Gwen Colwell, Becky Matheny, Ray Higgins, Debbie Barnes

16 __ 10:45 – 11:00 PM Susan Stewart, Dean & Karr La Dickens, Marion Watson
17 __ 11:00 – 11:15 PM Charlotte Taylor, Sam Henderson, Carolyn Crumpler, Damon Ratterree
18 __ 11:15 – 11:30 PM Elizabeth Barnes, Larry Hovis, Paula Settle
19 __ 11:30 – 11:45 PM Hazel Snell Littlejohn, Peggy Pemble, Chubby Bass
20 __ 11:45 PM – 12:00 AM Lori Irons-Crenshaw,
Carol Campbell, Leonora



Friday, May 4
21 __ 12:00 AM – 12:15 AM Brent Huss, Matt Sciba, Bud Strawn, Jean Bass
22 __ 12:15 – 12:30 AM Jack Glasgow, Nick Skipper, Dianne(Ratterree) Dixon
23 __ 12:30 – 12:45 AM Pam Stiles, Aaron & Stephanie Glenn
24 __ 12:45 – 1:00 AM Ray Johnson, Sara Powell
25 __ 1:00 – 1:15 AM Cindy Ruble, Philip Barnes
26 __ 1:15 – 1:30 AM Don Pittman, Tiffne Whitley
27 __ 1:30 – 1:45 AM Craig & Susan
28 __ 1:45 – 2:00 AM Bob & Janice Newell
29 __ 2:00 – 2:15 AM Tammy Stocks
30 __ 2:15 – 2:30 AM Becky Smith
31 __ 2:30 – 2:45 AM Jim Smith
32 __ 2:45 – 3:00 AM Gennady Podgaisky, Susan & Scott Christie, Don & Karen Barnes, Charles & Carolyn Horton, Macarena & Eddie Aldape

33 __ 3:00 – 3:15 AM Jeremy Lewis
34 __ 3:15 – 3:30 AM Rick & Martha Shaw
35 __ 3:30 – 3:45 AM Katrina Salter
36 __ 3:45 – 4:00 AM Elisa Casey
37 __ 4:00 – 4:15 AM Dianne & Shane McNary, Jeff Rogers
38 __ 4:15 – 4:30 AM Jeff Rogers, Michael Johnson
39 __ 4:30 – 4:45 AM Charlotte Taylor
40 __ 4:45 – 5:00 AM Judy Nyoike
41 __ 5:00 – 5:15 AM Clarissa Strickland, Ludmilla Teterina
42 __ 5:15 – 5:30 AM Charles Ray, Julie & Bill Babcock
43 __ 5:30 – 5:45 AM Jane Riley, John Wikman, Jan Moore
44 __ 5:45 – 6:00 AM Tamara Tillman, Keri Gage

45 __ 6:00 – 6:15 AM Joyce Page, Ken Meyers
46 __ 6:15 – 6:30 AM Jim Page, Glen Foster
47 __ 6:30 – 6:45 AM Lynn Rogers, Arville Earl, Dennis Foust
48 __ 6:45 – 7:00 AM Jim & Judy Strawn, Sheila Earl, Sally Lott
49 __ 7:00 – 7:15 AM Vickie Traynum, Carole and Herman Fauss
50 __ 7:15 – 7:30 AM Larry Eubanks
51 __ 7:30 – 7:45 AM Jeanie McGowan, Cynthia Holmes
52 __ 7:45 – 8:00 AM Connie McNeill, Marty Bennett, Vicky Fendley, Matt Norman, Becky B. Green, Raymond Shepley, Joel & Nannette Avery

53 __ 8:00 – 8:15 AM Beth Fogg, Sandi, Randall Ashcraft
54 __ 8:15 – 8:30 AM Beverly Greer, Juanita Adams, Karen Morrow
55 __ 8:30 – 8:45 AM Susan Settle & Amy Morris
56 __ 8:45 – 9:00 AM Jonathan Ivy, Jim & Barbara VanHoose
57 __ 9:00 – 9:15 AM Phill Martin, Rebecca Dean
58 __ 9:15 – 9:30 AM Mart Gray
59 __ 9:30 – 9:45 AM Candice Young
60 __ 9:45 –10:00 AM Greg Magruder, Mary & Don Langford
61 __ 10:00 – 10:15 AM Brenda Lisenby, Colleern Beatty, Helen Ratterree and Daniel Dixon, Bill and Michelle Cayard

62 __ 10:15 – 10:30 AM Rick & Joyce Snell
63 __ 10:30 – 10:45 AM Chuck & Sheryl Gates
64 __ 10:45 – 11:00 AM Libby Senterfitt
65 __ 11:00 – 11:15 AM Sally Saffer, Melin & Ron Green
66 __ 11:15 – 11:30 AM Lisa Morrison
67 __ 11:30 – 11:45 AM Richard Philips
68 __ 11:45 PM – 12:00 PM Timothy Wood

69 __ 12:00 AM – 12:15 PM Dub and Joy Steincross
70 __ 12:15 – 12:30 PM Velma Porraz
71 __ 12:30 – 12:45 PM Victoria Whatley
72 __ 12:45 – 1:00 PM Linda Caveness, Aubrey Owens
73 __ 1:00 – 1:15 PM Chuck & Amy Morris, Virginia Owens, Estelle Foster
74 __ 1:15 – 1:30 PM Julie Mason
75 __ 1:30 – 1:45 PM Bill Mason, Scott Conner
76 __ 1:45 – 2:00 PM Jimmy Lewis
77 __ 2:00 – 2:15 PM Adam Scott
78 __ 2:15 – 2:30 PM Carole and Herman Fauss, Leslie Burkhalter
79 __ 2:30 – 2:45 PM Greg Walters, Larry Hurst
80 __ 2:45 – 3:00 PM Mary Carol Day

81 __ 3:00 – 3:15 PM Don & Betty Williams
82 __ 3:15 – 3:30 PM Melissa & Wes Browning
83 __ 3:30 – 3:45 PM Kenny Park, Tara Johns
84 __ 3:45 – 4:00 PM Kevin & Susan Rogers
85 __ 4:00 – 4:15 PM Kathy Smith
86 __ 4:15 – 4:30 PM Darrel Smith, Daniel Vestal
87 __ 4:30 – 4:45 PM Mary McCoy, Courtney & Jurelle Stanton, Tina Bailey, Anne Birchfield
88 __ 4:45 – 5:00 PM Kay Searcy

89 __ 5:00 – 5:15 PM Laurie McDonald, Ann Carter
90 __ 5:15 – 5:30 PM Milton & Maryanne Womack, Judy Burge
91 __ 5:30 – 5:45 PM Jacquelyn Franklin
92 __ 5:45 – 6:00 PM Clay Hudson
93 __ 6:00 – 6:15 PM Lois Smith, Flo Shepley
94 __ 6:15 – 6:30 PM Jan, Rosanna & Elizabeth Hurt
95 __ 6:30 – 6:45 PM Miss Dixie (Norma Hagan)
96 __ 6:45 – 7:00 PM Grace Powell Freeman