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Although financial contributions are a tremendous blessing for our neighborhood, one of the most important things you can do is pray. Join our prayer network to receive periodic e-mail prayer requests from the Oasis staff about current needs and prayer concerns. Simply enter you email address below to sign up.

Current Prayer Requests:

During this Lenten season, let’s lift up in prayer those who have not realized their personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the Promise of God’s unconditional love and His saving grace for all of us.   

Pray for our Manassas Baseball Team that Michael Timmons and our volunteers would develop positive relationships that bless the kids and the coaches.

Pray for our Income Tax Volunteers that God would sustain them through the rest of this busy tax season.

On February 15, 2010, Memphis City Schools announced that Caldwell Elementary School will definitely be closing at the end of this school year, and most of the students will be transferring to Guthrie Elementary, which is about 1 mile down the road.  Although it is uncertain exactly how this will impact our ministry at Oasis, we definitely want to continue to be in the lives of these young people that we have grown to know and love!  Please pray that God will lead us in the direction in which we can best serve these children and their families.

Pray for the Oasis Appliance as it's been so successful that we've already run out of stock and have had to temporarily close our doors due to this!   Also pray for continued donations of used appliances and for Terry as he currently works with local big box stores to see if they'd consider donating their trade-in appliances when customers purchase new; pray for wisdom and God's favor. Pray for staff (James & Shalita) and volunteers (Bill Kane,Tom Harrison, & others) who are manning the store.  Please also pray for special blessings for our volunteer, Bill, who has been instrumental in getting this venture off the ground and is currently battling cancer.  This is also a huge PRAISE that this business endeavor has been this successful!

Ongoing Prayer Requests:

Pray for the Senior Citizens who are a part of our Seniors' Program daily at the Bickford Community Center and staffer, Jennifer Tramble.  There have been several recent and sudden deaths amongst our senior community.  Please keep their families and friends in your prayers as they walk through life without their loved ones.

Pray for the decision making  and the safety of our youth in the city.

Pray for the development of Bearwater Park now that we have received the grant for $1.2 million dollars for the demolition and new construction!  Please pray as we go through the demolition process, contractor bids, and facilitation of this huge endeavor!  Pray for wisdom w/ this venture and continued vision!  Pray that other city leaders would also be excited about what Oasis of Hope is doing and be instrumental in assisting us!

Pray for the Oasis Neighborhood Stabilization program that we have received a grant for $303,000 to rehab seven new homes in our North Memphis neighborhood!!!  This grant was derived with MANY hours of paperwork and research!  Please pray that we would appropriately comply with all of the federal requirements attached to this kind of funding and for wisdom in selecting the appropriate properties to rehab.

Pray for each and every one of the kids in school at Caldwell Elementary, Humes Middle and Manassas High.  Pray that Oasis of Hope would be able to have an impact on their physical and spiritual lives!

Pray for all our volunteers as they work with kids, trying to enhance their educational and spiritual development - for wisdom, patience, peace and safety.

Pray for our staff individually that God would continue to refuel them as they seek to show God's love to those in the inner city.  Pray for Terry, Karen, Jennifer, Terrice, and Brenda.

Pray for the teen and single mothers living in inner-city Memphis (those featured on Babyland and others).  Pray for protection and good health for their babies and for God to change the infant mortality statistics and allow little ones to live healthy and full lives so they can grow up to be all that God wants them to be!  Pray for their futures and that they'd make good decisions.

Pray for the teens in the inner city who are tempted to get involved in drugs, sex, gangs & violence.  Pray for protection, a commitment to education, and mentors to come along side of them and show them a better way as well as introduce them to Christ!

Pray for God to revitalize this neighborhood of North Memphis bringing spiritual, physical, economic and educational health to the community.  Pray that Oasis of Hope would humbly be the hands and feet of God's love!!

Pray for the continued financial support Oasis needs to keep investing in people's lives.

Recent Answers to Prayer!

For the awesome partnering to provide a brand new baseball field for Manassas High School!

The VITA program has saved folks in the neighborhood over $250,000 this year alone!  In the past five years they've totalled over a MILLION DOLLARS in savings!

The Toy Store was a success and many families were able to buy gifts for the children with dignity.

Brenda now has enough volunteers to serve as tutors and to throw parties for the kids in Caldwell elementary

5th grader, Kevin, fully recovered when his appendix burst on Friday, September 26th. 

The recent grants we received (see above)!

Glen and Toya's home is now repaired after the tree fell on it on June 12th!  Praise God for all the contractors and people who worked incredibly fast to fix the damage to this Hope House.