January 2026 Prayer

Dear Church on the Street Family,

“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa

In the midst of ongoing uncertainty, we come together to share in life's joys and sorrows. Gathering for food, worship, laundry, and time in community with our siblings in Christ at Church on the Street. 

We light candles in memory of lives lost too soon, in hope of peace in the world, trusting that light overcomes darkness, and love is greater than hate. 

Join us in prayer for one another and for the whole community. 

Journeying together in the promise of God's love!
Pastor Chris & Deacon Mara

P.S. Please take a moment to check out our Facebook page for information and to see even more pictures at www.facebook.com/ChurchontheStreetSiouxFalls

Please lift these prayer requests, given to us with the great trust and hope of a promise that God answers prayers.

Prayers of the people...

Calling on the spirit of Wisdom to guide our hearts and our minds, let us pray for the church, the world, and all in need. 

Anonymous: Pray for my family near and far. Most of all my mom, Ramona, that she starts taking care of her health and that I find a job ASAP.

Anonymous: Please pray for my cousin Jeff Bunker fighting with stage 4 COPD.

Jenn: Pray for Dylan, he had a brain tumor taken out. He is having a hard time. Please just pray for strength for him. He has brain cancer and he keeps fighting for his life and his mom. It is so hard on me to watch. Please pray for my family. Thanks for all the prayers.

Raenrella Brown: Pray for Caroline Bird, my mother. Pray for her health and thank the Lord for what he has done so far. Pray for myself to help me fix my eyes on Jesus. Be Strong, Be still.  I pray that I handle everything  I prayed for.

Anonymous: Pray for me to grieve due to my grandma passing away and that our beautiful girls grow healthy and strong, smart, kind, generous, with loving kind, open hearts.

Anonymous: Pray for my sister, Bridget and her family and people of the world especially in areas that are in unrest.

Anonymous: Pray for Jimare Jarold to find strength to raise a child on his own. The struggles he’ll face and need support to be a single father in a negative world. Show me to be the best dad I can be.

Anonymous: Special prayers for my sister Brookly at the SDWP and with child. Pray her and the baby remain okay in there and are able to grow and heal. Prayers to my son in the army. Prayers to my other children Patrick, Dakota, Athena, Kaityn and Brady.

Kami Mercer: Pray for my friend Danielle Neeley and her family. She is going through a bad custody battle and she and her kids need the prayers.

Anonymous: I hope and pray I get a job and walk with light under my feet and just be closer to the Lord.

Anonymous: Pray for my son, Tony. He has struggled with drugs and I have not heard from him since Christmas Eve. He needs the strength of Jesus IF he has fallen into that pit again.

Crystal: Pray for me to have a safe journey to Pennsylvania and happy reunion with family. Happy new year. Love you all and I will miss you all.

Lisa B.: Pray for me to move into a new apartment this week. For the people in Minneapolis, for Crystal at the UGM of Sioux Falls SD  and for safe trip to Pittsburg PA, her new move.

Barb Appel: Pray for my healing from my carpal tunnel surgery.

John C: Thank you Jesus for allowing my father to be 90% cancer free and continue to heal him. Help me to find a job and move out of my parents’ basement. Watch over my nieces and nephews.

AJE:  Pray for peace, love, and unity and all our people  struggling to find work. Please Creator God remind them of your love. Please pray for our elderly,  and their daily ailments they face and give them strength to keep going. Please pray for our children, may we all work to make the world a better place. Most importantly, I pray for all who have dedicated their lives to love all people.

Anonymous: Pray for Pat Eastman’s family for guidance when times are tough and for strength to keep going. Thank you all my church family for prayers to help with faith, to be able to stand alone. Open new doors for us as a family, sobriety. To walk hand in hand into the future together. Thank you.

Anonymous: Happy New Year! I want to start the new year not worrying about my son’s drinking and using drugs. I don’t use, so I worry all the time. He admits being an alcoholic and that he has cirrhosis.

Dra: Pray for peace, joy, strength, guidance and provision for me and the people around me. I pray for a successful year and for forgiveness for me and from me to others. I pray for people struggling with addiction, mental health, their own demons, abuse and everything else that is not of God. I pray for God’s wisdom and discernment and the ability to study and understand God’s Word better than what I do now and to open the eyes of my heart and clear the noise of my mind. Thank you

Anonymous: I pray for all the families affected by ICE and whose loved ones have been taken from this world too soon. I ask you to wrap your loving arms around the world. I pray for peace.

George: I pray for my knees to be healed and my budget.. I pray for my parents to reconcile.

Dayvione Barnett: God, can you help me with my school so I can get in and can you please ask that I can find love and to have good dreams.

Anonymous: Pray for me to have strength to carry on this New Year 2026. I know life tosses hardships, but pray I get thru them. Pray over my family, my mother and grandma, grandson and my husband and 4 daughters and for all the homeless and the ones in need also. May God bless us. Amen

Cindy Day: Pray for Nichol Good. I want to pray for her family, be there with them. I also want to pray for my family, my grandkids that they are safe and happy. Pray for my son, Dustin, that he will get better soon because I can’t be there for him right now.  I want him to get the help he needs. I pray for all the ones I love and protect them. Also, pray for me, for my health and keep me safe and that I find a different job. I pray for my boss Jason to stop tormenting me. Amen

Anonymous: Pray for my family, grown kids, grandkids, great-grandson, siblings and their children and grandchildren. I pray for good health and be blessed in every way when they say their prayers to the Lord. Prayers for the homeless, EMTS, law enforcements, and firefighters that they are safe. Thank you, Amen.

Sharina Ducheaux: Pray for my husband Hubert to believe in you. He blames Jesus for his leg being cut off. He is fighting his alcohol addiction and drug addiction. I take care of him daily.  I am exhausted but  I pray  to Jesus always for strength and wisdom. I love Jesus alot. Pray for my son Brandon in prison at Greenville, Illinois. Pray for grandchildren, 2 daughters, and my son-in-law Zach. Please keep them safe. Love you Pastor Chris, Pastor Lil, Deacon Mara. Love you. You all have changed my life. Love you.

Anonymous: Pray that I will be able to tell my Mom I am bi and trans. She doesn’t know.

Karla: Pray for myself, my daughter, Darcy for her addiction and for her to find a job. For  Dawson in Vermillion, for  Julie in Yankton HSC, for Angel for his addictions and health and to keep his job. For me to be sober, for strength and guidance for all of us. Thank you. God Bless

Anonymous: Pray for my wife, Miranda to help her realize she is more than enough to be appreciated for just being herself.  She doesn’t need to be sick or injured to be loved. Pray for Barb and Rich to have their place fixed and possibly get a resolution to the elevator in their building. Thank you 

Angel: Pray for me. I need prayers for my left knee to stop draining fluid and to get my left knee to heal like it is supposed to do. I pray for my doctor’s appointment on January 14th with Dr. Johnson and on January 16 with Dr. Geraets so I can get some pain meds for my left knee.

Koh Koh & Samuel: Pray for our journey helping others in this cold weather. Prayers for healing our brothers and sisters in this cold/flu/pneumonia season, healing mental illness, world peace, love, and unity. Prayers for Pastor Chris and Deacon Mara.

Ethan: Give love to all.

John: Pray for my father’s health as he is battling cancer. I need a job.

Audrey Davis: Pray for Alexander Felipe he needs prayers.

Anonymous: Pray for Hillary.

Lord, in your mercy,

Hear our prayers. Amen.

Lord, in your mercy,

Hear our prayers. Amen.