Story by Ricardo Bacchus
Looking for more opportunities to pray?
1. Join the Columbia Union Online Prayer Meeting at noon the first Wednesday of each month, as leaders and members gather to pray for the Pentecost 2025 movement and share requests and praises.
2. Implement the “Prayer Focus” in the 2025 Columbia Union Calendar to help shape your prayers. Use the remaining space to create your own prayer list.
By Ricardo Bacchus
Whether God says yes, no, or wait, He always answers our prayers. Three Columbia Union Conference members share stories on how God responded to their requests:
When God Said ‘Yes’
On a Sunday afternoon in Hagerstown, Md., I drove my daughters to a local park to play basketball. When I returned to the car, I noticed the passenger side window had been broken into and my purse stolen. Out of everything I lost, my phone was the most important to me.
By Tompaul Wheeler and Ricardo Bacchus
The beauty and mystery of prayer has captivated believers for thousands of years. People find meaning, solace and the miraculous in prayer, yet many still struggle with the Divine-human connection.
Is God more likely to respond to certain kinds of prayers? Is there a secret to connecting with God? Are some prayers simply more “powerful” than others?
'People Struggle With Prayer'
Story by ADRA Staff
When Miranda Christina Jobe, a 9-year-old from Potomac Conference’s Piney Forest church in Danville, Va., found the ADRA International booth at Potomac’s camp meeting, she immediately wanted to know what ADRA did to help people and if she could volunteer at the booth.
Kim-Roux James, who was working at the ADRA booth, welcomed her eagerness to assist. “When she came to our table and asked to help, how could I say no to her enthusiasm and jubilant attitude?”
Jobe did whatever she could to help, including arranging the books on the table. Through James’ guidance, Jobe eventually built up enough courage to talk to booth visitors about ADRA and the work they do to help others around the world.
The 2025 Columbia Union Conference calendar emphasizes prayer, using inspiring Bible verses and quotes from Ellen White.
“We hope the pages of the calendar will serve as a handbook—providing prompts and inspiration that will aid and guide through this collective commission to pray,” says Kelly Butler Coe, calendar and Visitor editor.
Each month, the calendar will include a Columbia Union and Pentecost 2025 “Prayer Focus” in which members are invited to include in their prayer time.
Order Extra 2025 Calendars