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WEEK 35 - Sunday, AUGUST 24, 2025 to Saturday, AUGUST 30, 2025
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SUNDAY, August 24

Pray For:
Susanna Wesley House, Baltimore, Maryland.
Providing transitional housing for homeless women and their children in Baltimore City. susanna-wesleyhouse.org
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Birthdays:

Lynn Swedberg - Deaconess
From Pacific Northwest Conference
Serving in Ellensburg, WA
lmswedberg@comcast.net

Mirasol Tangunan - Deaconess
Serving in New York Conference
Jersey City, NJ
soltangunan@yahoo.com
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MONDAY, August 25

Pray For:
Scholarship Recipient Olinda Kamasa.
Scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Social Work at Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, Zimbabwe

Birthdays:

Unspecified Birthdays This Week
Mayette Gonong - Staff**
Program Associate
Yambasu Agriculture Initiative
mgonong@umcmission.org
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TUESDAY, August 26

Pray For
The Healthy Food for the Family programs at United Community Centers, Birmingham, Alabama.
Offering senior services, youth programs, quilting classes, utility assistance, summer camp, after-school
tutoring, and food pantry.

Birthdays:

Mary Grace Luna - Global Mission Fellows International Missionary
From the Philippines
Serving in Quito, Ecuador
mluna@umcmission.org
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WEDNESDAY, August 27

Pray For:
Mary Johnston College of Nursing Scholarship Foundation, Philippines.
Aiming to develop the full potential of students for productive and satisfying lives as competent nurse practitioners,
translating the Christian ideal of service to God through His genuine concern for people and reverence for human life.

Birthdays:
Karen Goodwin - Missionary
From Brazil
Serving in Luanda, Angola
kgoodwin@umcmission.org
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THURSDAY, August 28

Pray For:
Hungary In Mission Together.
Strengthening the mission and social activities in the UMC in Hungary with the help of volunteers.

Birthdays:

Patrick Booth - Missionary
North Texas Conference
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
pbooth@umcmission.org

Brandon Anthony - Staff**
Audio/Visual/Information
Technology Helpdesk Specialist
banthony@umcmission.org
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FRIDAY, August 29

Pray For:
Mary Jo Phillips Methodist Daycare Center of Asuncion, Paraguay.
Serving children two to four years of age in a very impoverished area of Asunción.

Birthdays:

Celeste Eubanks - Deaconess
From Alabama-West Florida Conference
Serving in Atlanta, GA
ceubanks39406@yahoo.com

Marie Severing - Deaconess
Serving in Wisconsin Conference
Janesville, Wisconsin
mlsevering@gmail.com
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SATURDAY August 30

Pray For:
AK Child & Family, Anchorage, Alaska.
Providing trauma-informed, mission-based care to children, youth and their families through home, school,
and community-based programs, therapeutic foster care, and residential treatment. akchild.org

Birthdays:

Joel Hortiales - Racial Ethnic Plan Missionary
California-Pacific Conference
Santa Paula, CA
jhortiales@calpacumc.org

Nancy Litton - Deaconess
Western North Carolina Conference
Concord, NC
ms.nancy.litton@gmail.com

Tinashse Tembo - Deaconess
Zimbabwe West Conference
Norton, Zimbabwe
tembotinashse3@gmail.com
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Addresses for Staff Members:

*777 United Nations Plaza, United Women in Faith CCUN 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017

**458 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308

 
August 18, 2025