"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble". Psalm 46:1

"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land". 2 Chronicles 7:14 

The Prayer Team: If you have a heart for supporting and praying with those who are hurting, we invite you to join our Sunday morning Prayer Teams! To ensure we handle sensitive prayer requests with the utmost care, we ask that all new team members go through the process of becoming Fellowship Greenville Members. If you're interested in serving in this vital ministry, please reach out to Rebecca at rcooke@fellowshipgreenville.org.       

• Pray for the Shelby Looney and her family, Shelby's husband James Looney, walked into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 6th.  Obituary: James Q Looney
• Please pray for Nancy Burkard and her family.  Her Father passed away on May 12th.
• Please pray for Clay Peek and his family.  His father, Gary Peek, passed away on May 6th.  
• Please pray for Debbie Taylor and her family.  Debbie's mother passed away April 25th after a long battle with Alzheimers.
• James D'Andrea requests prayer for his wife, Donna, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.   Please pray for wisdom for the doctors as they plan her treatment plan and that God would bring healing to her.
• Janet Kirkwood says, "I have been diagnosed with a very aggressive type of multiple myeloma.  I would appreciate your prayers as the doctors decide on my treatments."
• Nancye Bumgardner requests prayer for her son, Brad, who is going to have a scan of his lungs to see if he has cancer.
• Trina Schumacher asks for prayer for her son who has been diagnosed with a genetic disorder.  It causes pain throughout the joints in his body and he is very discouraged.  This is causing him to struggle spiritually.  Pray that God brings him comfort.
• Clair Harmon requests prayer for her husband, Michael, who will have back surgery on June 1st. She asks for prayer for her that she would be an encouragement and maintain a positive voice.
• James D'Andrea requests prayer for his wife Donna who recently been diagnosed with cancer.
• Please pray for Jeff Noll as he recovers from his cancer surgery.
• Jean Stoner requests prayer for her husband, Bill, who is recovering from pneumonia.

"Most Christians worship freely and openly. However, believers from other denominations are sometimes pressured by militants among the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and Christian converts from Islam face violence and even death threats in Muslim-majority areas.

Bibles are printed, sold and distributed in Ethiopia with no restrictions. However, in many rural areas believers can be severely persecuted for owning a Bible.' Via: Voice of the Martyrs

Way to pray: Pray that Christians in Ethiopia will stand firm and proclaim the gospel.

Jeff Coppins is the Southeast Regional Director of Development with Back2Back Ministries (B2B) and currently lives in Greenville, South Carolina. Jeff's personal involvement with orphans and vulnerable children began in 2005 when he and his wife Ashley adopted their first child, Haley. Since then, they have adopted three more children: Aidyn, Tyler, and Henry. Jeff and Ashley also started Fellowship Greenville's orphan care ministry, Hope for Children. Through this ministry, they have mentored numerous couples and families through the adoption process.

Way to Pray: Jeff asks that we pray for the B2B team. Specifically for the strengthening and unification of the vision for the foster care program within the technical team and also for incoming national staff as they transition into new roles. Personally, he asks for prayer for his kids as they are in various stages of schooling. 

• Please pray for our teams that will be traveling this summer to work with partners around the world. You can see which teams will be traveling here. 
• Please pray for missionary Miriam Wheeler (ABWE Medical Director) as she continues to experience debilitating vertigo. 
• Please pray for Gospel Church Munich (Steffen Mueller) as they prepare for an upcoming church retreat! They are hopeful it will be a refreshing and encouraging time of fellowship.
• The Mungs (Myanmar) and those around them continue to face difficulties in both ministry and daily life as the government continues to enforce new and tighter restrictions. Please pray for them and their ministry as they navigate this.
• Iglesia Alumbra, a partner church in Barranquilla, Colombia, asks us to help them pray for a larger place to worship. Please also pray for partners in Domzale, Slovenia, Médard-en-Jalles, France and Potsdam, Germany as they are also feeling the limitations of space! 

This summer, Missional Impact and FG Kids are partnering with Rice Bowls to feed children around the world! Rice Bowls is a local ministry that partners with children's homes to cover 100% of their delicious, locally sourced meals. They do this by distributing their rice bowl coin banks to individuals and churches who help fill up each coin bank and return them!

If your family did not receive a rice bowl and would like one, stop by the old Faith@Home Center at HWY 14 or Guest Services at Adams Mill to get one. Then, beginning in July, we will collect the filled Rice Bowls all month at the same locations (Faith@Home Center at HWY 14 and table at Adams Mill). Filled a rice bowl and would like to fill another? No problem! Just stop by one of the pick-up/drop-off locations, and you can get a new one to fill!

To learn more about the work of Rice Bowls, visit their website.

Lt. Matthew Clark
Caleb Ford
2nd Lieutenant Parker Lewis
Cpt. Laura Rodgers
Major Tiffany Scheivert
...and the many others who are in active military service.