Prayer at New Life Church

New Life Church is committed to being a praying church, utilizing various individual and group means for demonstrating our total dependency upon God for our every need and for the fulfillment of His purposes in us. The prayer guide below provides a list of needs and concerns for which people connected with New Life Church have requested prayer. If you have a prayer request for which you'd like to ask the New Life Church family to pray, please go to the contact new life church link and fill out and submit the form with your request. Please include any privacy instructions (i.e., "withhold name," "use last name initial only," etc.) in your submitted request. 


Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, 

that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need"

Hebrews 4:16

New Life Church Prayer Guide

Updated  March 20, 2023

Members of New Life Church and Immediate Family

  • Ken & Ann Rogers: Please pray for our brother and sister. Ann writes: "Thursday I have a needle biopsy for a cyst on my right breast. My mammogram shows everything’s fine but the cyst seems to be growing. Please pray also for Ken on March 28 and 29. He is having a skin biopsy and possible surgery for Basal skin cancer." (updated 3/20)

  • Carroll Burke: Please pray for our sister as she deals with Parkinson's Disease. (updated 3/10)

  • Troy Koonts: Lee and Joanne Howard share that Troy "is having serious health issues and has moved back with family in Lexington." Please pray for this long-time member of New Life Church. (updated 2/28)

  • Michael & Robin Canino: Our brother and sister are asking for prayer for their grandson. Michael writes: "Please pray for his rebellious spirit and that Christ would open up his eyes to the truth. He rejects all kinds of authority and ultimately rejects God. (update 2/27) 

  • Lora Nye: Our sister has requested prayer for her mother, Peggy Terrell, who has spent a lot of time in and out the hospital. She was released yesterday to rehab, but she was very confused and fell out of bed during the night breaking her hip.  She will be having surgery tomorrow.  Please pray for Lora's mom and for L0ra as she deals with this difficult situation so far away. (updated 2/26)

  • Jo Johnson: We are thanking God for what appears to have been successful outpatient surgery on her back earlier this month.  We are so thankful to have her back worshipping with us. (updated 2/26)

  • Coletta St. Onge: Please continue to pray for our dear sister. We are thankful that Coletta is halfway through her chemo treatments, and overall the ill effects have been minimal. Pray that the healing process also continues.  (updated 2/26)

  • Joanne Bendy: Please pray for our sister as she continues to heal from a successful surgery of knee replacement earlier this month. (updated 2/26)

  • Lynn Sawyer: Please continue to pray for our sister who had surgery last week to repair a blocked artery in her neck.  We are thankful to God that Lynn was able to be back in church this morning. (updated 2/26)

  • Janet Russ: Please pray for our dear sister who is recovering after being struck by a car Thursday afternoon." (updated 2/17)

  • Mary Lee McDowell: Our sister has requested prayer as she is currently going through physical therapy for a frozen shoulder. (updated 2/5)

           Friends & Extended Family

  • JoAnn Hasulak: Please continue to pray for JoAnn's friend, Brenda, who had a breast biopsy yesterday and will get the results next week. JoAnn writes: "Please pray that there is no malignancy. Also, the thyroid medicine seems to be working better for her now. Thank you for your prayers." (updated 3/16)
  • Heidi Read: Our sister writes, "Please pray for my nephew, Adam. He's a former combat Marine and is having a hard time right now. Please also pray for his son, Logan." (updated 3/16)
  • Pat Wroblewski:  Our sister is asking for prayer for a dear friend, Mr. Aycoth, who will be having open-heart surgery in the near future. He is "scared but optimistic." (updated 3/15)
  • Lee and Joanne Howard: The Howard's friend and neighbor, Jackson Canady, suffers from Parkinson's Disease and a brain tumor.  He came home from rehab on 3/8. "He is using a walker and receiving home care. Also his wife, Wanda, is having migraine headaches. Pray for her and the family and overall healing for all."  (updated 3/12)
  • Dan Conte: Our brother shares: "My friend Joe is battling cancer and could use prayer support.  He's had a difficult year with health issues and the treatment is taking a lot out of him. He and his wife are both believers." (updated 3/12)
  • Pat Wroblewski:  Our sister is asking for prayer for her niece, Courtney, who has just been diagnosed with a C. Diff. infection. (updated 2/27)
  • Dan Conte: Dan shares "Robin Beane is the coordinator for the Waccamaw School outreach program. She is looking at serious surgery.  Please add her to our prayer list." Note: Robin is the person our team worked with in providing gifts to needy children at Christmas.  (updated 2/13)
  • Michael & Robin Canino & Chris Gregory: A wonderful sister in Christ, Robin Fields, has been battling cancer for years. She was recently told that there are very few options for treatment left. Would you pray for her healing, for the inevitable anxiety, for the doctors to have wisdom, for Robin to grow closer to Christ and rely on Him as He walks with her through this, and for her children and grandchildren who she loves so much? (updated 1/18)
  • Pam Giarrusso: Our sister Pam's great-niece, Penny who is almost 3 years old, continues to recover after a recent surgery in which a rod was placed in her spine to enable her heart and internal organs to continue to function.  Please continue to keep Penny and her family in prayer.  (updated 12/7)
  • George and Lacey Graves:  Our brother and sister write: "We are asking for prayers for the son of a friend who is homeless.  He needs a job and a safe place to live and most of all, he needs to accept God's gift of salvation and allow God to direct his path. (updated 12/12)
  • Dan Conte: Our brother shares: "I found out that my friend, Bob, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer.  I ask for prayers for Bob, his wife Gail, and the rest of his family. (updated 12/9)
  • Paul Nye: Please continue to pray for Paul's cousin's granddaughter, Jessica. She is 22 and still battling considerable pain after a serious auto accident in which she lost her spleen, a portion of her colon, and suffered a broken arm and ankle. She has had to endure multiple surgeries and deal with many setbacks. All of this has led her into a dark depression. Please pray for her! (updated 12/7)

           Ministries New Life Church Supports

  • John Appiah: We received the following email from our brother John today: "Calvary greetings from Ghana. This is short and quick update about the Well your church gave me some money to dig. As I have told you earlier I had a sudden sickness that caused my blood pressure to rise very high. It started when I was in  CA. I went to see a medical doctor but it looked nothing was working. By the grace of God through the prayers of the saints I am getting better now. Through Prayer the Lord used another Medical Professor to bring a change. In short I have not been able to work on the WELL issue even though I have told the elders about the support. Will let you know when I get it started. Kindly send my thanks and appreciation to New Life for standing with me in time of need. Special thanks to Pastor Chris and wife. I am grateful!
    Your Missionary in Ghana- West Africa."  (updated 3/5)
  • Christian Recovery Center Inc.:  Please continue to pray for CRCI as they branch out in our County, helping their residents recover from many different addictions.
  • Beach House Recovery:  Calabash - Prayers for the recovery process for the guys involved in this program.
  • Dr. J – SE Asia:  Due to COVID-19 restrictions the area of Asia/Thailand where Dr. J ministers has shut its borders & she is sidelined in America.  Please pray for an open door for her return; please pray that the food supply chain in that region continue to remain open in spite of the logistical/security and danger issues involved in the transport of the supplies on a daily/monthly basis; please also pray for the many refugee kids & adults.
  • Judy Bokelman:  Wycliffe Bible Translators: Pray for the work of Bible translation all over the world. Pray that God would call more people everywhere to become translators. Pray for Judy as she serves and works with the leadership team.
  • Ministry of Mercy (Partners in Joy):  They have submitted the following prayer requests:  (1) that God would send more caregivers to help to take care of the many orphaned babies who come to their Centers;  (2) for the resources/supplies needed to run the orphanage (3)  for health &  educational needs of the older children (4) for assistance in the new projects of expansion being undertaken by the staff to enlarge the facilities; (5) financial support of caregivers/teachers & medical staff & healthcare workers (6) new converts  (7) for funding & blessings on this ministry
  • Walt & Mirjam DeMoss:  Walt has asked for prayer as he starts a fourth MSG school, maintains the other three schools & is planning for a new school in India.  He continues to teach full time at the MSG school in Chiangmai.  Mirjam is the language learning coordinator for their former country of service.   All of this at times is overwhelming for him/them.  He & Mirjam are requesting continued prayer for the school staff & house parents as well as recruitment for additional staff.  They have also asked that we pray for their son Micha's growth.    
  • South Brunswick InterChurch Council:  The Lord's Food Pantry" (formerly called Food Pantry) - Seeking financial support to assist local community during this time of COVID-19;  prayer requested for all those participating recipients who receive food (names unspoken) & who are in need of prayer & God's touch
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Terry Maner):   Please remember Terry & his work with InterVarsity..  Please pray for the ongoing "replanting" work in which he is involved.  He is asking for specific prayer for 5 students & the CCU in general as well as opportunities to share the gospel with students on campus.  The staff recently participated in a "Spiritual Formation Retreat" that gave them opportunity to be refreshed and renewed in their spiritual lives.  Terry has asked for the Holy Spirit's continual covering and attuned to Spirit-led attentiveness to what God is doing in the lives of staff in the Carolinas region.