June 17, 2025
New Prayer Requests
Special note: There will be no new prayer email on Tuesday, June 24 or Tuesday, July 1. Prayer emails will resume on Tuesday, July 8.
Shannon Jenkins was admitted to OHH for blood clots in his lungs. They did a procedure to break up the blood clot and now it is gone. Praise the Lord. Pray for continue healing and he will not have to have any more shots in his stomach. He should be able to go home tomorrow.
Linda Lowrey, former CHBC member, passed away last Tuesday from cancer. Her service will be at Quail Springs Baptist Church this Friday morning at 11:00. Please pray for her husband, Don, her son, Matt, and the family.
Nell Head’s feet and legs are swollen, and her knee is painful. Pray she receives proper treatment.
Sagesers are going on vacation to Branson during June 21-25. Please pray for traveling safety and that no one will have medical issues.
Boyers’ friend, Shirley, has breast cancer. It was found early, and she is taking treatments. Pray for healing.
Ongoing Requests
Kim and Kent Melton’s son, Cole, is now a radiation oncologist. He will be in OKC for a time and then work in Tulsa.
Debra Bacorn is going to manage the kitchen for us. She asks that we pray about what Wednesday night meals might look like in the upcoming year as she begins to plan and prepare.
Pray for the children of Brenda Yesslith to be drawn closer to the Lord. They live in Phoenix and Los Angeles.
Roger and Megan Godwin, along with their 5 children, lost their home last week in a fire. Pray for their family as they move through this difficult trial. The Families in Motion small group is organizing several ways to serve their family. If you’d like to contribute, please contact info@chbcok.com.
Debbie Weir accepted a new job position that is a lateral move without a pay decrease. She will start in a couple weeks.
Pray for the Weigand’s friends who are workers in North Africa. They lost their home sending church. They have still not been able to connect with a new sending church, as travel and ministry difficulties make it hard to return to the states to build that support system back up. Pray for the Lord to provide answers and support according to His will.
Tia Philbin is taking legal action in a very traumatic situation that she experienced in the past. She is asking for strength and peace during the process as well as justice to be served.
Paul Christy is serving in the Air Force in Italy. Pray for community and strength for him as he’s away for the next few years.
Pray for those in our church family who are looking for employment, that the Lord would provide for their needs and place them in the right position for their gifts, talents, and to be used for His glory.
Keaire Wilkins (Sheireka's son) needs prayer for the outcome of his review request.
Pray for wisdom for John Daniels as he cares for Sharon.
Please pray for Lynda Ramsey’s daughter and son’s salvation. That God would give her son, Donald, a message that would bring him to His Word and to Himself. Pray that her daughter would be delivered from depression.
Pray for Beverly Hite’s grandson, Michael (age 20), that God would intervene and draw him back into a relationship with the Lord and with his family.
Hospitalizations and Illnesses
Velta Zoeller’s brother, James, had the bones in his mouth to deteriorate. His teeth were pulled and dentures made. He is adjusting. His son, Scott, is taking his diuretic for fluid accumulation. Pray he continues taking it properly.
Please pray for Anna Harkins. In May she experienced an unusual “neurological event” and this past week she has had three more. The next two weeks are full of several visits to specialists at OU and the week of June 16-19 she is being hooked up to an EEG at home. Please pray the Lord is gracious to give them answers, as well as give the doctors she sees insight and wisdom.
Connie Fiser will have hip replacement surgery on June 16th. Pray for a successful surgery and smooth journey of healing.
Mary Kitchell’s cancer has metastasized to the bone in her leg. This causes the bone to become brittle, and very susceptible to breaking. She has an appointment with an orthopedic oncologist at the Stephenson Cancer Center on June 20. She is weaker and unstable.
Don Cude’s blood pressure was in the normal range this week. Pray it will continue.
Tara Sageser still has not been able to get into a neurologist for her unbalance issues. Pray that someone will agree to see her.
Lois Phelps’ sister, Peggy Bysun, is having emergency surgery to replace her pacemaker and her body is battling sepsis, which makes the surgery even more complicated. Prayers for Peggy, her medical team, and Lois are appreciated.
Tom Clanton’s friend, Jimmy Lehew, is now in skilled nursing following his surgery for a broken leg. He is a former evangelist and has many health issues including diabetes. Please pray for his healing and recovery.
The Kitchells’ nephew, Scott, has diabetes and had part of his foot amputated. Please pray it heals properly.
Belinda Yesslith’s aunt, Alice Mute, is in a nursing home on oxygen. She had been hospitalized with lung problems. In addition, Belinda has a very cloudy lung with no treatment available. The doctor said she may have three years yet to live. She trusts in God.
Dan Maddux, Donna Sharp’s friend, will have his other knee replacement surgery on June 23rd. Pray for healing.
Kathy Quillan’s shoulder pain is gone She had an outpatient procedure Monday, May 5th. Pray for her healing.
Pray for Tanya Fobasso’s parents health and well being that God would provide exactly what her family needs.
Sam and Charlotte Wittner - The spots on Charlotte’s liver and kidney were cysts that are not concerning. Charlotte’s dementia is progressing. Pray for Sam to have patience in caring for his wife.
Members with continuing health concerns: Karen Davis, Jim Davis, Kevin Fox, David Spiva, Cameron Frank, Cathy Burris, Michelle Hawkins’ brother, Mark Manning, Frazier’s nephew and his wife; Greg and Sarah Frazier, Sherrill Sageser, Sam Wittner, Charlotte Wittner, Sharon Daniels, Belinda Yesslith.
Missions and Ministry Requests
Noah Leslie will spend the summer serving in NYC at Everlasting Church.
Pray for our country and elected leaders.
Hannah and Ben Hanes are missionaries serving in the Bronx in NYC.
Logan & Morgan Hanni & their sons, Liam, Grayson and new baby Kaleb, are serving a 3-year term as IMB missionaries to Southeast Asia. Please pray for their travel, language learning and cultural adjustment. Pray for unreached people groups in Southeast Asia to come to a saving faith in Jesus.
De’Vonte’ Pittman is serving on the mission field in North Africa. He will be there at least a year. Pray for him and for the people groups with whom he will be sharing the gospel.
Pray the congregation at Northeast Fellowship, that they would grow in their love for God and each other. Pray for their community, specifically for the new people moving to their community that the Lord would use their church to reach them with the gospel and equip them to meet their physical needs. Let everything they do/plan be devotional, and draw them closer to the Lord.
Praises
Praise God for all He is doing in our church and community.
CHBC prison ministry Prayer requests
Please keep the following requests in your prayers this week.
Pray for a man called Turtle, who knows the Truth, but needs to rest in humility and simple accept that same Truth, surrendering to the glory that is the forgiveness and promises of God for salvation.
Pray for Matthew and Stephen, that truth and God’s will would be worked out in their lives, and that they would have eyes to see it as such, and a heart of understanding.
Pray for Deshawn, that he would be encouraged, and that his prayers for God to SHOW HIM what he is seeking to understand would be answered!
Pray for the family of John, executed this past week at McAlister. Pray for all the families affected by the sin that led to this moment, and praise God for the salvation that was worked out in John’s life while he was still on this earth.
Pray for Aaron L., a man who God has anointed to be a preacher & minister, as CHBC in partnership with many other individuals from all walks of life, work with him toward ordination.
Praise for the door that God has opened in LARC at Lexington, for those men (ICE and others) now being baptized inside of the maximum security LARC unit! This is only possible by God’s mighty hand of grace and mercy!
Praise for the upcoming baptism of a man named Tre, this coming Saturday night at CHBC’s Lexington chapel service!
Remember to keep the following men in your prayers, as they have surrendered to Jesus with prayers of repentance and surrender during A&R cell-to-cell visits. Pray for direction and protection!
06/16
Devin Butler
Terrell Williams
Calvin Riss
Austin Clue
Addam Easley
Cody Tomason
Garland Williams
If you have a request you would like us to pray for and add to this list, please email prayer@chbcok.com.