Prayer Ministries

Prayer Blog

Welcome  to the Upper Columbia Conference prayer ministries Let us know how we can pray for you! (Prayer Request Form.)

New Prayer Focus in 2025

Prayer Ministries invites and challenges every member in UCC to participate in a growing experience with Jesus called, "Grounded and Growing Vertically."  We will spend the first 18 days of the year praying.  February 1-13 we will be reading through Steps to Christ & then the book -- one chapter each evening. A group is also going through the book, Prayer, weekly on Friday nights, through the rest of year.

Both books are by Ellen G. White and will fill you with amazing ideas and quotes on prayer and growth throughout the year. Along with these book challenges, we invite you to pray for Pentecost 2025 (see below). We will keep this list in our current prayer focus on a weekly basis! Watch for a new page here called "Grounded and Growing Vertically 2025"

Pentecost 2025 Monthly Prayer Focus List

PDF File of Pentecost 2025 Prayer Focus

Prayer Blanket Ministry

This ministry operated by UCC Prayer Ministries, invites church and prayer groups to create prayer blankets to give to people for whom you are praying. UCC Prayer Ministries is accepting applications for up to 15 churches to receive funds to begin this ministry.

Here are tutorials for both making them and how to give them at a personal prayer session.

How to Start a Prayer Blanket Ministry

Prayer  Blanket Tutorial

Personal Prayer Session 

Link for materials to create a label

UCC Prayer Ministry Poster and Application for Funds

Praying Wednesday to Wednesday

Praying Together, April 30, 2025 

• Pray for Royal City Spanish Adventist Church and each member and leader there! 
• Pray also for Sunnyside, Touchet, and Umapine Adventist churches that each leader and member will be filled with God's Holy Spirit! 
• Pray for our Prayer Ministry coordinators in each church in Upper Columbia Conference including: Cathy Bailey, Stef Brimacomb, Karen Shawe and Wes Sitala from Grangeville. 
• Pray this promise for your life: "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer" Romans 12:12. 
• Pentecost 2025: Pray for God's Power and Holy Spirit to pour out upon all who believe in Jesus. We pray with Mid-America Union and Columbia Union for your power to be revealed daily. 
• Pray for the Women's Retreat on May 3 that God will give a powerful message to each women who comes. 
• Pray for the Prayer Ministry one-day retreat May 17 that God's Holy Spirit will be powerful at this: "Clarion Call to Prayer: For Such a Time as This." 
• Pray for the Pathfinder Fair coming up in May that each Pathfinder and staff will have a wonderful, safe, and spiritual time. 
• Pray for David Jamieson, Allee Currier, and all directors, pastors, teachers and workers in UCC that God will renew them each day and give them wisdom and strength. 



Happiness is a gift from God. But if you are not finding this gift, you might want others to pray for you. The UCC Prayer Team would like to pray for you. Contact the UCC Prayer Team by going to uccsda.org/#prayer. 

Praying Together, April 23, 2025 

• Pray for the members and leaders of Mattawa and Othello Spanish Adventist churches as well as the members of Orient Adventist Fellowship Company. Pray for God's Holy Spirit to be poured out on them and their communities. 
• Pray for the leaders of these towns in Nez Perce County, Idaho. Pray for the mayor, police chief, council members, fire chief and Sheriff for Lewiston, Lapwai, Culdesac, and Peck, Idaho, That God's wisdom will prevail. 
• Pray for the prayer leaders for Inchelium, Hermiston Spanish, and Hermiston Adventist churches. Pray for Eric Wenberg, prayer leader for Heppner; and pray for Anica Bandy, prayer leader at Hayden Lake Adventist Church, that God will lead them in His way for growing prayer in their communities. 
• Pray for Pentecost 2025 and for the Power of the Holy Spirit on each follower of Jesus. We pray for this with Mid America Union. 
• Pray for Women's Ministry "Crafted by Grace" one-day retreat on May 3, that God's Spirit will be strongly present. 
• Pray for Prayer Ministry "Clarion Call to Prayer: For Such a Time as This," one-day retreat on Sabbath May 17 that each attendee will be spiritually revived through this prayerful retreat. 
• Pray for each leader, pastor, teacher, director, and conference executive committee member that this week will be completely led and blessed by the wisdom of God. 
• Pray this promise for your life: "The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe" Proverbs 29:25. 

Knowing God is there to help you is so important. Are you in need of someone to stand with you in prayer? The UCC Prayer Team would like to pray for you. Contact the UCC Prayer Team by going to uccsda.org/#prayer.