52 weeks of voices that became one prayer

A weekly rhythm that reconnected people with the simplest, most powerful thing we do.

A single prayer video is easy to imagine. Making one every week, and keeping it going, is something else entirely.

That was the ambition behind Elim Prayer’s 2025 weekly series: fifty-two themes, fifty-two voices from across the Movement, and a simple invitation designed to meet people where they really are. The goal was straightforward: help Elim pray together in a way that felt simple, reachable and real.

“We wanted to make prayer feel possible again for ordinary people on ordinary days,” Sarah Whittleston explains. “Not another resource to admire from a distance, but a rhythm that could become part of everyday life.”

And that is where the impact has shown up. Prayer can slip to the edges, squeezed out by busy weeks, leadership pressures, or the quiet feeling that you are praying on your own. These short videos have offered a regular starting point. A theme. A voice. A moment to pause and join in.

People have used them in all sorts of settings. Not just watching, but praying along. Playing one at the start of a meeting. Using the prompt in a service. Sharing a video with a friend who needs hope. Coming back in quieter moments when faith feels thin and words are hard to find.

Those voices have mattered. Different generations, accents, backgrounds and settings, each one a reminder that prayer is not reserved for the polished or the especially spiritual. It is the language of belonging, and it sounds like all of us.

For some, the series has also opened up new possibilities closer to home. It has sparked conversations about what prayer might look like in their own church or community, and reminded others that these prayers do not expire. Just because the year has moved on does not mean the moments have passed. Many of the themes still resonate, offering a starting point for fresh prayer, whether used again individually or shared to help others find words.

Behind the minutes on screen has been a consistent act of service: gathering contributors, shaping themes, recording, editing, uploading, promoting, and doing it again the next week. As the prayers have travelled, they have quietly stitched a thread of unity through the Movement.

After fifty-two weeks, the story is not a library of videos. It is people praying again, with fresh faith and shared confidence, because as Sarah says, “When we pray together consistently, we create space for God to move, and that changes everything.”

Missed the prayers or want to watch again? youtube.com/elimpentecostal

This article was first featured in the Your Elim newsletter. You can read the Your Elim newsletter here, and sign up to the newsletter here.