October 2026 World Shapers Calendar

Pausing a moment to reflect on the first 9 months of 2026…

9 months in which we have PRAYEDMORE together…thanking God for what is behind while, at virtually the same time, pressing forward to more fervent, more effectual prayers for what is ahead in the last quarter. 

Let’s PRAYMORE, PRAYDEEPER, PRAYWIDER, with more FAITH, HOPE, CERTAINTY that God is hearing and answering.

Here, it is harvest season…may it be so for all of us.

Blessings,
Mary 

** Please NOTE that all our red-letter days this month are slightly different. 

Each red-letter prayer point has been reduced to one word or short phrase in order to save space for additional text this month only. 

EX: October 4th: SAME NAME! SCHOOL NEEDS! = shorthand for, "Pray for all with the same name as you, and for school needs everywhere."

We think you’ll “get it” for all the rest.

Our World Shapers in Bondo, Kenya, under the leadership of WS Director Judy Sellanga, have given us a great calendar for September. All the work/input done by themselves; and they did all of it while they were preparing for their 3rd Annual Youth Conference, which we understand was a very big success! 

Not a month goes by that I don’t recall the one, November prayer point from Kenya several years ago when we were asked to pray for government leaders to enact laws to protect children.  

The morning I prayed about that point, I almost literally heard the voices of many children crying out to the Lord, “Where are the grownups? What’s so hard about being an adult and doing the right thing?” In my mind, heart, spirit, I could hear them petitioning the Lord for clarity, understanding and protection. 

Perhaps you, too, will hear the voices of these children as they inspire us to PRAYMORE together…for such a critical time as this!

God bless you!

"And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." 

Our August calendar focuses on the least reached of the Unreached People Groups; Frontier UPG’s.  Some of these ethnically and culturally diverse groups have very unique sounding names; and, we have highlighted a few of those “sent ones”, neighbors and/or missionaries who are laboring among them. 

All names fictitious to protect their real identity.

God has hand-picked, compassionate and courageous Believers sharing Gospel truth, hope and love in some of the farthest and darkest places.  

It is our privilege as the WS Family to pray for all of these this month.

 JOIN US! 

July already - our (USA) 250th Birthday month! LOTS of celebrations going on as well as LOTS of continued repentance and prayer for our future.  Please pray for God’s hand of mercy, grace and favor on us. Thank you. 

We are so thankful and grateful to have another great calendar from our WS Family in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.  "THANK YOU!” to all the team.  We don’t hear a lot from them, things happen quietly, but they have been faithful and encouraging partners for years translating the calendar into two dialects of Chinese each month. Please PRAYMORE for these “silent” but faith-full and power-full partners.

AND, a big “THANK YOU!” to our new Editor from Hong Kong…not sure if she wants to be known by name…she is doing a great job! Please pray blessings for her. 

God bless and “THANK YOU!” 

Can you believe we will finish this month half-way through the year?! 

This month’s theme invites us to reflect on righteousness and to deepen our understanding of who we are in Christ; new creations, transformed by His precious blood and sustained by His everlasting grace.

As we pray through this month, may we all (children, youth, adults alike) not only understand this truth with our minds, but also experience it deeply in our spirits. In Jesus, our old life has passed away, and He has made all things new. 

This is a beautiful reminder that His grace continues to renew us each day and strengthen us for His purpose.

May is Child's month in Jamaica. Apart from prayers for salvation, I think the next best prayer for our children and young people, is that they love God's word because their hearts are good soil for the seed of God's word. Matthew 13. In our world of endless distractions for adults and for children, there is still a call to love God's word, to long for it and to treasure it. I love it that Job declared he treasured God's word more than his necessary food! Job 23:12 This one always gets me.... really? more than my daily food? Yes, I am using my mouth to declare that truth over myself along with all the others. 

Not too long ago I was so encouraged to hear of a church sister's 9 year old granddaughter who made it her New Year's resolution for 2026 to read through the Bible. God is answering our prayers. And recently a WorldShaper leader shared that his children are taking turns leading family devotions sharing truth from God's word that they had discovered for themselves. 

We can't ignore the recent warning from evangelical researcher George Barna that the church in America is failing to instill biblical beliefs in their followers. World Shapers prayers will change this. 

See this link for the full article.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/barna-warns-of-definitive-failing-to-instill-biblical-beliefs.html

This month we take our prayers from petitions to declarations. As World Shapers we are learning to declare - to speak with the authority God has given us, His truth over our lives and over the lives of all World Shapers. 

Join us in faith by making these declarations daily. Our world will never be the same. 

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l e t    t h e    c h i l d r e n   p r a y  !
Kathryn SniderChildren in Prayer Coordinator NIPNOJ / P-COCNational Intercessory Prayer Network of Jamaica / Prayer Centre of the Caribbean
nipnoj.org
876-336-3698 cell
876-829-6867 NIPNOJ ofc
WorldShapers Club Ambassador for Jamaica and the Caribbean

Blessings as we celebrate together this month the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus!

Put your hands together and “CLAP!” for six young ladies from Rwanda who fasted and prayed together to give us this thoughtful and inspiring WS Calendar for April. 

Here is the team of Shapers who contributed to the Calendar:

Gaella #1, Joyce , Gaella #2 (Ambassador Victor’s youngest daughter.)   Primary grade 6   Musanze Parents Academy. 

Merveille (Ambassador Victor’s eldest daughter.), Cadette, Triomphe  Grade 3 High school GS MUHOZA I 

Both schools are located in Musanze, Rwanda.

Please PRAYMORE for them!

We hope this will inspire more of YOUR Shapers to take on this challenge.

Blessings and Thank You!

You have probably heard it said, “We won’t know the answer to those prayers until we get to Heaven.” Or, you yourself are still waiting to “see” answers to the prayers you have prayed. 

Perhaps it sometimes feels like all our prayers are that way…

BE ENCOURAGED -  our March calendar is about answers to prayers!

This whole month is about giving thanks to God for the prayers we have SEEN and HEARD answered! Headlines in the news, personal testimonies, social media posts and other reports of the goodness/faithfulness of God are coming in around the globe. 

Let this encourage us to continue to PRAYMORE TOGETHER! 🙏❤️

MORE PRAY-ERS + MORE PRAYERS = MORE ANSWERS!

(The 16th is a headline indicating the whole transgender abomination is on it’s way down!!)

February…eagerly anticipated by much of the world as the month of ❤️. 

You and I, our Shapers get to ❤️ the world in prayer every day. 

How wonderful that is in thought AND action! 

Nepal has done it again - a very thoughtful, power-full calendar! Please join us to PRAYMORE in February…for your own family and those needing to know the love of our Savior.