The first Thursday of May is known as the National Day of Prayer. This year it was recognized on May 1. A few of our ladies were able to attend the prayer event, which took place at the Sevierville Courthouse, Sevierville, Tennessee.

The residents at the Iris B. Vest SpiritCare Center were prepared to pray on May 1 because it is what they do all the time. They are perfect examples of people who “pray without ceasing.”

We have people from many places who call and ask for prayer. Our faithful widows and widowers not only pray but believe God has a perfect plan for whatever the need may be. They pray for each other’s families, one another, the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home, the staff and leadership at the SpiritCare Center, and anyone who needs to be covered in prayer.

Each day, before they partake of their noon meal, the residents pause to give praise and then prayer requests. I have personally heard them testify: “God supplied a specific need; God intervened on my behalf when I didn’t know what to do about a particular situation. God heard my prayer for a family situation. God is faithful.”



1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, Pray without ceasing.

Photo in details: Left to right: Linda Faust, Joan Swallows, Candis Wood, Ruby Rathbun, Pat Wetzel