Late-Breaking Prayer Requests

*See following posts below for additional...

UPDATED Sunday, 4/12/13

** Please continue to pray for CSP Trooper Edward "Eddie" Taylor and the famlies (click on "Eddie qumi -- Eddie arise!").  Eddie's dad is also our pastor.

** Pray for my good friend and former partner in NM (DPS/SID) -- Todd G. -- who will have surgery on his neck tomorrow.  As God to guide the surgeon's hand, wisdom for the medical team, and a rapid and full recovery for Todd.

** The following prayer request has been received from Queensland,  Australia:  

Inspector David Stevenson  (47 years) , died of a suspected heart attack at work last week. Please pray for Dave’s wife Carren and his two teenage children. 

** An officer IL sends the following:  "Last Thursday, members of the Chicago Ridge Police (IL)  Department were dispatched to a Trash Recycling plant for what appeared to be a deceased male infant.  Please pray for the officers who were involved.  The Police Department has named the baby Jeremiah Michael and will be working with an organization "Resting in His Arms" who will assist the Police Department in ensuring a proper burial for Jeremiah.    The medical examiner does not think they have anything to ID the mother.  Baby was not full term but could have survived with medical attention.

** Pray for a chief's mom who is in the final stages of her fight with cancer.  Pray for the family as well.  Mark assures me that his mother knows Christ as Savior.

** Pray for those representing the various Christian law enforcement ministries being represented during National Police Week in D.C. -- that many seeds will be planted in our lost and hurting profession and that many will say "yes" to Christ.

** Pray for the many officers who do not know Christ as Savior and Lord will repent and believe, and that we will have a "Code 3" sense of urgency in sharing God's plan of salvation with our own in the mission field that is law enforcement.

Latest Prayer Requests & Announcements

See updated June 23rd post for additional...

UPDATED July 6, 2011

** Chief Jeff Farnsworth with Hampden (MA) PD has advised that their chaplain has committed suicide (Lord...) and the department and of course the chaplain's family and very shaken. Please keep them in prayer.

** Praise God, the officers who went to Muldova to train and minister to the police there are home safe and no doubt getting some much needed rest. Thanks for your prayers!

** On July 14th Streamwood PD Sgt. Dino Heckerman will be meeting with his agency about starting a chaplain program. Please keep Dino and SPD in your prayers.

** We lost at four brother officers over Independence Day weekend. Pray for their colleagues and families, be right with God, and have a sense of urgency about sharing the plan of salvation/gospel of Christ with our fellow warriors. Alternative is untenable.

** UPDATE on Mark and Rosalie Roggeman: Mark has taken Rosalie home but she still can't walk and needs lots of prayer (as does Mark). See below for further.

** Please keep former Rice Univ. PD Officer David Sedmak in prayer as he applies elswhere after being sacked for having the audacity to rush to another officer's aid! Lend support via his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/SedmakSupport

** A Chief is asking prayer for a city employee. Jim writes, "One of our city employees has been diagnosed with cancer -- malignant melanoma in the brain, gall bladder, and spleen. Treatment has been started, but it is fast moving. If you could offer up a prayer I would appreciate it." Let's pray!

** Michelle "J" in CO writes, "Just wanted to up date you on my son's girlfriends pregnancy. She was not producing any amniotic fluid and was in danger of losing the baby. This has been a very difficult time with everything considered, but God's grace and mercy continues to amaze me as His grace and love has once again (and again and again) stepped in with a miracle. Everything is going well (Praise Him) and what they are doing is working. They will be taking the baby C-Section as soon as possible but I know the Lord has them both. The doctors say they both are still at "risk" but it has been one miracle after another. THANK YOU ALL for your love and faithful prayers! Will keep you updated."
Because of His Love,
Michelle J"

** Pray for Mike Carter's mother-in-law who underwent surgery last night is is not "out of the woods" yet.

** Pray for fellow FCPO board member Paul Lee and his team as they minister to some very poor folks in WV.

** Be in prayer for an officer in Irving (TX) who is struggling with an an IA and is reportedly being given bad advice from his church.

** Consider liking us on Facebook as I've posted prayer requests there as well. Links to our FB pages are listed on the left side of this page. Word of caution: I use FB for ministry/fellowship/support only -- no inappropriate posts please.


More to come...check back frequently!

Late-Breaking Prayer Requests and Meeting Update

I just got back from the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers (FCPO) National Conference and Katrina reunion in Gulfport, MS. I'll post details soon and we'll have a discussion of same at this week's meeting. That said, here are this week's prayer requests:

9/16 Update:

Retired Denver PD officer and current DPD chaplain Manny Hays told us today that his wife Angie has been diagnosed with liver cancer. Please join us in praying for healing and strength. Like Manny, Angie is mighty in Christ.

More PRAYER REQUESTS:

In addition to the ongoing prayers for little Elizabeth Jetton (see http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elizabethjetton/journal?jid=6106813), please go to God concerning the following...

(1) Pray for Donna, Paul Lee's (TN) bride, reference some really tough back pain issues.
(2) Pray for Robin, Sean Wallace's (KS) wife, reference some potentially serious health issues.
(3) Pray for an officer's family member who has been diagnosed with a very serious health condition.
(4) David Greenhalgh in Canada covets your prayers concerning a very serious issue they are dealing with. On 09/16/10, please take some extra time to join David and his family in prayer.
(5) Jim Hammond in TN asks that we be in prayer for one of his staff members who is suffering from brain cancer.
(6) David Hornsby (TX) asks that we pray for his brother Howard who is also dealing with cancer.
(7) Pray for a deputy in Florida who has been diagnosed with heart issues.
(8) Pray for a struggling FCPO chapter in Kansas.
(9) Continue to lift Erv Meyer (CO) in prayer as he recovers from a serious blood clot issue.
(10) Keep Densey Cole (Chicago) in prayer -- spiritual and physical.
(11) Chuck Urgo (Chicago) asks that we pray for his daughter and as-yet unborn grandchild (safe delivery and no health problems for mother or child).
(12) I just learned that Mark Roggeman's 84-year old father is dying and that Mark is attempting to get a flight to NC to be there. Please pray for Mark, his family, his father Warren, and his mother Kathleen. Warren and Kathleen are Roman Catholic and may not have accepted Christ as Savior (althought Mark has been faithful in sharing with them).

Finally, join me in praying for God's leading and direction for this ministry (FCPO, The Centurion Ministry, etc.).

As you can see, the need is great. See previous lists for more...and let's continue to go God for each others' needs. Thanks also for all the prayers regarding our travel to/from Gulfport. God is indeed good!

MEETING REMINDER(s):

-- Thursday, 9/16/2010:
We will meet as scheduled this Thursday (9/16) from 1900-2030 hours at Calvary South Denver (High School Room) in Littleton -- go to http://www.calvarycsd.org/ for directions. I'll brief everyone on the FCPO conference and we'll have a time of profession-relevant Bible study and prayer. Invite a friend or colleague and join us if you're in the Denver metro area. I'll post a full recap for everyone else in next week's newsletter (and this week's edition will be out in a day or two).

-- Thursday, 9/23/2010: Same time/place as detailed above.

Check back frequently for updates. Stay the course!