Saint Matthew’s
Community Prayer Page

For St. Matthew’s

  • Ask our Lord for guidance and love as we walk in the future with the Gospel in our hearts and on our lips

For members of our church community

  • Ingrid

  • Toni and Christian and their unborn child

  • Barbara

  • Kelly - recovering at home from health issues

  • Tom, Laura, & Ryan - for God’s strength and guidance

  • Annaliese - dealing with numerous health issues

  • Helmut - for physical strength

  • Bob

  • Evelyn

  • Kari

  • Cole

For friends of St. Matthew’s

  • Dolores - battling an infection

  • Betty - dealing with Covid

  • Margaret - fighting cancer

  • Alicia - battling breast cancer

  • For Pastor Joel Dietrich and his family as they go through Alicia’s cancer battle.

  • For NJ District President Steve Gewecke as he recovers from knee surgery.

  • Roxann - recovering from surgery

  • Pastor Don - for God’s strength

  • Laurie

  • Christie - for guidance and strength

  • George - for continued strength and better health

  • Angelo - for God’s guidance

  • Brianna

  • For the Kairos Network and their mission to bring Jesus to His people, and for Pastor Matt Peeples as he leads this team.

For our New Jersey District

  • President Rev. Steven Gewecke

  • 1st Vice-President Rev. Deric Taylor

  • 2nd Vice-President Rev. Craig Lutz

  • Elaine Schleifer, Business Manager/Office Manager, Assistant to the President

  • George Mikula, Communications Coordinator

  • Rick Porter, Lutheran Church Extension Fund

For our nation and state

  • For President Joseph Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Robert Menendez, our Congressman Josh Gottheimer

  • For Governor Phil Murphy, Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

  • For Senator Joseph Lagana, Assemblywoman Lisa Swain, Assemblyman Christopher Tully

For our community

  • Mayor Michael Petrino

  • Council Member Randi Duffie

  • Council Member Hedy Grant

  • Council Member Thea Sirocchi-Hurley

  • Council Member Lisa Sandhusen

  • Council Member Ira Grotsky

  • Council Member Matthew Seymour

  • Fire Department Chief Gerard Smithson, Jr.

  • Assistant Fire Chief Ross Rhein

  • Deputy Fire Chief Tom Ryan

  • Captain, Company 1 David Stormer

  • Captain, Company 2 John Siccardi

  • Lieutenant, Company 1 Thomas Mulligan

  • Lieutenant, Company 2 Jared Birnbaum

  • Police Commissioner Brian T. Clancy

For our church body

  • LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison

  • New Jersey District President Rev. Steven Gewecke

  • NJ District Regional Vice-President Rev. Deric Taylor

  • NJ District Circuit 1 Visitor Rev. Robert Holsten

Additional prayers

  • For our community of New Milford as it celebrates its 100th Anniversary this year.

  • For the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc. as they continue to strive for ways to treat CJD.

  • For the people of China living under the control of the Communist Chinese Party; for all Christians in China who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ; for all who are jailed for their confession; for Uyghurs in northwestern China who are facing genocide by the CCP; for the people of Hong Kong who long for freedom from the Communists.

  • Pray for the Fuller Center for Housing of Greater New York City, that more people can find good and affordable housing.

  • For an end to racism and hatred in our midst.

  • For the building up of a community where peace and love drive our decisions and make lives better.

  • For the growth of faith among all believers in Jesus Christ.

  • For the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, that we remind ourselves daily that there are a lot of people outside of the church who need help and care.

Prayers in Need of Attention

  • For those dealing with the historical snowfall in Sierra Mountains

  • For the end of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. For peace that brings people together.

  • For the respect of life, from the womb through natural death

  • For Saint Matthew’s to stand firm in God’s Word and be a people of prayer.

  • For God to continue to bless the work of Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center

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