Bishop offers thanks for prayers...

Bishop Richard Stika has finally returned home to us in Knoxville after a lengthly stay in hospital last week. He is doing well and attributes his recover so far to so many people who have offered prayers on his behalf. He will visit a specialist at Vanderbilt tomorrow (Wed.) and hopes to get further treatment for his vision there. Please continue to pray for our local apostle of Jesus as he tries to get back into the swing of things here in the Diocese. dpat :)

Please pray for Bishop Stika....

We are all short on details right now, but our new Bishop Richard has been hospitalized with a "medical emergency" in Florida today. Please pray for his recovery; storm heaven with your prayers on his behalf. Bishop Stika has endeared himself in a very short time to all of us in East Tennessee that have gotten to meet him and get to know him. Our local apostle of Jesus Christ now needs our help.

Please keep in mind that gossip and misinformation can deter us from praying with intelligence, so please lets just all simply pray hard for our Bishop, and for the doctors and nurses who are now caring for him.

dpat

Heading down to Haiti tomorrow:

I would ask for your prayers for our mission trip down to Boucan-Carre, Haiti. We will drive down to Atlanta tonight and then fly out early in the morning to Port-au-Prince. We will then take 4x4 toyotas up into the Central Plateau to spend a week of work, prayer, and reflection in the midst of the our friends in the western hemisphere's poorest country. Please pray for our collective safety, that we would remain healthy while down there, and that hearts would be moved and changed through the experience.

deacon pat