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The Pine View Praying Women - A legacy lives on 100 years later

Praying in Pine View: (right to left) Anna Hazeltine, Lily Jackson, Allison Troyer, Vanessa Smith.

October 16, 2023

By Jenea Bradshaw, 自慰视频 Student Writer

鈥淎ll these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer鈥︹ Acts 1:14 (ESV)

Allison Troyer and Vanessa Smith have taken this Scripture verse to heart. Every Sunday evening, they open their home in Columbia International University鈥檚 Pine View Apartments to other 自慰视频 women to join them in time of prayer and Bible study.

To hear about a group of women regularly praying on the 自慰视频 campus, it鈥檚 natural for those who know 自慰视频鈥檚 history, to think back 100 years to another small group of praying women 鈥 the women headed up by Emily Dick in the early 1920s, who had a vision for a Bible school in the South. That vision, bolstered by prayer, is 自慰视频.

But the Pine View women鈥檚 tie to 自慰视频鈥檚 origins is even closer when you consider that Troyer鈥檚 grandmother and Smith鈥檚 aunt were two members of the original Praying Women. While they are inspired by, and admire their ancestors, the Pine View Praying Women consider themselves their own entity, with the spirit of a new generation yielding to the Lord.

Troyer and Smith established this current group of Praying Women with the desire to pray for 自慰视频, unreached people groups, and the personal requests of those in attendance.

鈥淚 felt God place on my heart last year to start a prayer group,鈥 Troyer said. 鈥淪ince there was not a group to join in the dorm, I felt led to begin one where we have a focused time of prayer, a time of reading God鈥檚 word, and a time of fellowship.鈥

The group originally met in Founders dorm (named for the original Praying Women) until they moved to Pine View Apartments.

One typical Sunday evening found Troyer and Smith offering popcorn and tea to their guests. The ladies then sat in a circle on the living room floor and opened with prayer, asking God for insight from Esther chapter 2 that they were about to study. Each person took their turn reading a handful of verses and then had a discussion on what was read.

Afterward, prayer requests were exchanged, and each woman offered up petitions for one specific need. One woman prayed on behalf of 自慰视频 and the school鈥檚 search for a new president. Another prayed over 自慰视频 Rams athletics 鈥 for the athletes鈥 safety, health and that they honor the Lord with their skill. Another lifted up the missionaries for their faithful task of making Christ known to unreached people groups across the globe and for the missionaries鈥 safety. Another prayed for the student body and for the personal requests and struggles of each member of the group.

All this was done in the spirit of another verse that the women take to heart:

鈥淎nd pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord鈥檚 people.鈥 Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)

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