Latest Prayer Requests/Announcements

PRAYER REQUESTS : UPDATED 10/17

-- A Christian LEO here in Denver is asking for prayer for himself and his DPD and CSP colleagues as they deal with the protesters here. All days off cancelled, extra-long hours, and more.

-- Our Canadian FCPO brothers sent the following:

Hank Harley, our Executive Director. Hank is going in to University Hospital in London, Ontario on Monday (10/17). Hank will be undergoing surgery to remove a tumour on his brain. At this time it is not known if it is malignent or not. I would ask that you send this prayer request out to your contacts and remember he and Andrea as they travel through this storm. Our God is able to do all things and we trust that He will see them through this.
Hank will be in the Hospital for a few days, and we will keep everyone up to date as information is available.
God Bless.
Marvin Massecar, FCPO-Canada
UPDATE (Thank You, Lord!):
Hank came home from the hospital today. The surgery went well, and preliminary tests show no cancer has spread into his body. It will be 11 days before the Pathological tests come back on the tumour that has been removed. Hank is doing well, but is very weak. He has asked if you can hold off on phone calls until he is feeling better. E-mails are always welcome. He knows that there are hundreds that are praying for him, and both he an Andrea appreciate the support.
I would ask that you continue to uphold the two of them before the Throne of Grace and that we continue to pray for complete healing. Our God is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we ask or think. Let us trust Him for a miracle on behalf of Hank and Andrea.

-- Thanks to all those who prayed for us reference the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers (www.FCPO.org) National Conference we concluded this past weekend in Chicago. Powerful time! That said, please pray for FCPO Pres. Paul Lee as he nurses a very painful back injury.

-- Pray for a young deputy who may be in trouble over a use-of-force incident. His wife has also left him. Both are believers.

-- Pray for a Chicago-area officer who sustained severe injuries in an accident. Surgeries to follow but that he survived is totally a miracle of God!

-- Englewood PD Ofc. Jason Pearson sends the following: A good friend of mine at another agency has an 11 year old son who needs to have immediate heart surgery for a birth defect that was never fully "fixed" as an infant. Please send out a prayer request for our Brother and his little boy.

-- Chicago PD Officer Densey Cole Update
Many will rememver that Densey came to Craig Hospital here in Englewood (CO) for rehab after being involved in a traffic crash in May 2009. Officer Cole was robbed of his service weapon while trapped in his marked police vehicle and suffered a spinal cord injury when an offender who moved and beat him while stealing his service weapon. Densey has again been hospitalized -- please keep our brother and his family in your prayers.

-- Please pray for all of us traveling to attend the 2011
Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers National Conference in Chicago this weekend. UPDATE: God was moving -- powerful (and those who missed, missed a very special time)!

Benefit for Injured Officer:

From the CO FOP:

To all Brothers and Sisters & Friends of those who wear the Badge!!!

As many of you are aware, on Saturday, September 24, 2011, Thornton Police Motor Officer Joe Dougherty was performing routine traffic enforcement on his motorcycle when he was struck from behind and then run over by a DUI driver. He suffered critical injuries and has undergone multiple surgeries.

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. And one of our own needs help. You are all invited and urged to attend.

The Colorado Fraternal Order of Police and Thornton FOP Lodge 16 have joined with the support of other lodges in putting on a Benefit Dinner/Silent Auction fundraiser to raise money to assist Joe and his family through this very difficult time. THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD.... SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2011 beginning at NOON. This fundraising event will be held at the Colorado State Lodge Building located at 2701 W 84th Avenue, Westminster, Colorado (northeast corner of W 84th Ave and Clay Street – 3 blocks east of 84th and Federal).

This is an event that is a must attend priority for all who believe in supporting one of our own who has fallen in the line of duty and needs our help. Mark your calendars. Bring your family and friends. SPREAD THE WORD- PASS THIS ON. If you have a website or email list of members send this out and use the attached flyer. This is an opportunity to help your brother.

If you can't make this evemt you can still help with an organizational or individual donation. Checks should be made to:

"FOP Lodge 16 Fund Account"

Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union

C/O FOP Lodge 16 Fund Account

700 W. 39th Avenue

Denver, Colorado 80216

Funds go to support our Motor Officer, Joe Dougherty, from FOP Lodge 16

For more information, contact Robin at robin.danni@cityofthornton​.net

Updated Prayer Requests

** Pray for a brother officer and his family -- they are dealing with some serious issues involving their teen daughter (enemy is afoot).

** Pray for a Chief who is recovering from more cancer-related surgery. Pray also that he would seek God's glory in this instead of wallowing in anger.

** Pray for an officer who recently lost his wife due to illness. He is having a very rough go of it.

** Prayer for Englewood PD Officer and powerful brother-in-Christ Jason Pearson as he recovers from another shoulder surgery. UPDATE: Jason is doing well and is home recovering. Praise God!!

** UPDATE from previous posts: Thornton (CO) motor officer Joe Dougherty has been upgraded from critical to serious -- improving and might even get to go home this weekend. Continue to pray -- God is listening and acting. Visiting again tomorrrow. Joe was previously in critical condition after being struck by a suspect under the influence of drugs. Here is the update off the CO FOP Facebook page:

A financial relief fund has been set up for the family by Thornton FOP Lodge 16. All donations should be sent to:

Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union
C/O FOP Lodge 16 Fund Account
700 W. 39th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80216

Make your check payable to "FOP Lodge 16 Fund Account" or you may directly deposit to the account at any branch of Rocky Mountain Law Enforcement Federal Credit Union.

Various FOP lodges in Colorado are planning a benefit fund raiser for this officer with a tentative date of October 22, 2011 planned. Please note the date and we will notify as soon as we have details. If you would like to assist with this fund raising benefit: Email FOP Thornton Lodge 16 at colodge16@cofop16.com and they will coordinate.

Thanks again for all of your prayers and support.

** Pray for Army Sgt. and warrior/future cop Rob Hart, his wife Stevie and their unborn child. They are PCS'ing to Ft. Benning (GA). Rob and Stevie have been a breath of fresh air to our local FCPO chapter (FCPO-Denver, an affiliate of The Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry).

** Pray for a brother in NM battling some corruption issues within a union body there.

** Grant Wolf asks that we keep him in prayer ref. an old but increasingly painful/debilitating neck injury.

** UPDATE on wounded WI Dep. Mike Seversen:
Just a quick update to let you know that Mike is still at United Hospital in St. Paul. Go to www.caringbridge.org/visit/mikeseversen1
I know that he would appreciate your prayers at this time. Pray that they can locate and treat the problem so that he can return home.

** Let's be praying that God would use Courageous in a mighty way to reach not only our fellow warriors but men (husbands, fathers...) in general.

** Continue to pray for Angie Hays (bride of retired DPD Officer/current chaplain and pastor Manny Hays. Angie is engaged in a battle against liver cancer and God is doing some amazing things!!

** Continue to pray for Rosalie Roggeman (wife of retired DPD Ofc. Mark Roggeman) as she battles a host of medical issues.