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WEEK 23 - Sunday, MAY 31, 2026 to Saturday, JUNE 6, 2026





SUNDAY, May 31

Pray Today For:
Mary Elizabeth Inn, San Francisco, California. Ending the cycle of poverty and homelessness and empowering women across all life's stages to achieve self-sufficiency and security. meinn.org

Birthdays:

Emma Hylton - Deaconess
Serving in Western North Carolina Conference
Lexington, NC
ejhnstn@gmail.com

Yeferson Collo Perdomo, Global Mission Fellows International
From Colombia
Serving in Juan Jose Castelli, Argentina
yperdomo@umcmission.org

Hannah Reasoner - Missionary
From New York Conference
Serving in Bogotá, Colombia
hreasoner@umcmission.org
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MONDAY, June 1

Pray Today For:
Scholarship Recipient Hazel Anis Paul. Scholarship to pursue a pre-medical degree at Kinnaird
College for Women, Pakistan.

Birthdays:
No Birthdays Listed Today
Pray for Those Facing and Recovering from Surgeries
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TUESDAY, June 2

Pray Today For:
Palestine. Grassroots International. Raising Public Awareness on the importance of supporting and purchasing local Palestinian women's cooperatives' organic products rather than imported, non-organic products. Boston, Massachusetts.

Birthdays:

Susan Brunk - Home Missionary
Serving in Kentucky Conference
West Liberty, KY
kybrunk@mrtc.com

Kathleen (Katie) Peterson - Deaconess/Church and Community Worker
Serving in Western Pennsylvania Conference
New Castle, PA
kpeterson@umcmission.org
kpete@gmail.com
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WEDNESDAY, June 3

Pray Today For:
World Federation of Methodist & Uniting Church 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."

Birthdays:

Frieda Mwebe Mofya - Regional Missionary
From Kenya
Serving in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
fmwebe@umcmission.org

Julissa Ciquero - Staff*
Development Accounting Clerk
Office of the UWFaith General Secretary
jciquero@uwfaith.org
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THURSDAY, June 4

Pray Today For:
Cambodia. Cambodia Women's Livelihood Projects. Providing gifts of livestock and tools for women to create self-sustaining livelihoods.

Birthdays:

Amanda Howe-Kelley - Deaconess
Serving in Virginia Conference
Roanoke, VA
amandarenaehowe@gmail.com

Florence Kaying Kanyimb - Missionary
From Democratic Republic of Congo
Serving in Inhambane, Mozambique
fkaying@umcmission.org

Jerrie E. Lindsey - Recently Retired Deaconess
Serving in Oklahoma Conference
Holdenville, OK
jerrielind@gmail.com

Toni Smith - Deaconess
Serving in Desert Southwest Conference
Tucson, AZ
azmimi6465@gmail.com

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FRIDAY, June 5

Pray Today For:
Ecuador. Integral Ministry for Children. Attending to the spiritual, educational and health needs of at-risk children and teenagers.

Birthdays:

Helen De Leon Camarce - Missionary
From Philippines
Serving in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
hcamarce@umcmission.org
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SATURDAY, June 6

Pray Today For:
Scholarship Recipient Shunxi Wang. Scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication & Media at Ewha Womans University, South Korea.

Birthdays:

Umba Ilunga Kalangwa - Missionary
From Demoratic Republic of Congo
Serving in North Katanga Annual Conference
Morogoro, Tanzania
ukalangwa@umcmission.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

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