Brother Jim Schneider is scheduled for surgery at Northwestern in Chicago this Monday at 7:30AM. Dr. Bharat will do Plication of right paralyzed diaphragm (which was a result of his knee replacement surgery in October, causing him to be oxygen dependent). He may need to stay 1 or 2 nights at the hospital. We are hoping this will give him better breathing capacity. Thanks for prayers! We appreciate our church family!

Sister Teresa Bachtold is scheduled for colon surgery on Wed, January 14th in Peoria at the Springfield Clinic Surgery Center at 7:00am. The surgeon will remove the segment of her colon where the cancerous polyps were located (for the curious, the procedure is called “robotic low anterior resection”). She will stay one night and should be able to come home the next day if everything goes well; expected recovery time is 2-4 weeks. Thank you for your love and prayers for God's grace, patience and healing!