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WEEK 44 - Sunday, OCTOBER 26, 2025 to Saturday, NOVEMBER 1, 2025
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WEEK 44 - Sunday, OCTOBER 26, 2025 to Saturday, NOVEMBER 1, 2025
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SUNDAY, October 26

Pray For:
House of the Carpenter. Wheeling, West Virginia.
Serving people in Wheeling and throughout the Upper Ohio Valley - helping families, friends, and neighbors;
serving all of God's children and ensuring that all are welcomed into a community that is safe and filled with grace.

Birthdays:

Ibrahim Dabo - Staff**
Director, Business Enterprise Systems
idabo@umcmission.org
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MONDAY, October 27

Pray For:
Scholarship Recipient Kamori Cori Anyia Sawyer.
Scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of
Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.

Birthdays:

Ezra Cabrera - Home Missioner
Serving in Baltimore-Washington Conference
Lanham, MD
aeaccmbga@yahoo.com

Amanda Zbacnik - Deaconess
Serving in Minnesota Conference
Superior, Wisconsin
azbacnik@gmail.com
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TUESDAY, October 28

Pray For:
Nigeria. United Women in Faith Central Nigeria Annual Conference

Birthdays:

Katelin Hansen - Deaconess
Serving in West Ohio Conference
Columbus, OH
khansen@4allpeople.net
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WEDNESDAY, October 29

Pray For:
World Federation of Methodist & Uniting Women, Europe: Britain & Ireland, and Continental Area.
A fellowship of such officially recognized groups of Methodist, United and Uniting Church Women
organized in Units from the respective participating nations to affirm its purpose "To Know Christ and To
Make Him Known."

Staff Member with Unspecified Birthday This Week:

Janet Rivera - Staff*
Senior Administrative Assistant
jrivera@uwfaith.org
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THURSDAY, October 30

Pray For:
Haiti. Haitian Artisans for Peace International (HAPI).
Training and Technology-empowering women to increase personal economics and health through literacy,
microbusiness training and loans, ESL and computer training.

Birthdays:

Kelly Marciales - Deaconess
Serving in Alaska Conference
Palmer, AK
marciales.kelly@gmail.com

Frido Kinkolenge - Staff**
Area Liaison
Congo Central Conference
fkinkolenge@umcmission.org
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FRIDAY, October 31

Pray For:
Latvia. Latvia in Mission Together.
Enabling the Sustainability and growth of The United Methodist Church in Latvia after 50 years of occupation.

Birthdays:

Olma Olay-May - Deaconess
Serving in Virginia Conference
Harrisonburg, VA
olmagaribay@gmail.com

Leonardo Salgado Garcia - Missionary
From Latin America & the Caribbean
Serving in Malanje, Angola
lgarcia@umcmission.org

Sandra Wickberg - Deaconess
Serving in Oklahoma Conference
Tulsa, OK
deaconesssandy@gmail.com
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SATURDAY, November 1

Pray For:
Epworth Family Resources development of Little Jewels Child Care & Enrichment Center in York, Nebraska.
Providing comprehensive family-centered resources that bring hope and healing to children, youth and
families across Nebraska. epworthfamilyresources.org

Birthdays:

Steve Taylor - Home Missioner
Serving in North Carolina Conference
Hillsborough, NC
staylor@nccumc.org
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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

 
October 6, 2025