The Daughters of Hope women’s prayer group started over 30 years ago between the years 1982-1983. In the beginning, the group called themselves My Brother’s Keeper. As the years progressed, the name changed to My Sister’s Keeper in honor of the group’s women.
Linda Gary, formerly Linda Hyman, founded the prayer group. Linda was led to start a prayer group after reading an article in the Guidepost magazine on how to form a prayer group in your home. After reading the article, Linda ordered the material. It wasn’t until a year later that the LORD spoke to Linda and asked her when she would get started.
There were seven members when the group started; Mrs. Ramona Moore, Ida Green, Constance Lowe, Lynn Winters, Kathy Jackson, and Mary Rhodes. Today the prayer group is still going strong with six members (Linda Gary, Minister Geraldine Stancil, Tomiko Hankerson, Minister Constance Lowe, Cornette Cole and Linda Price ).
The group meets monthly for prayer and fellowship. The purpose of the women’s prayer group has been for women to come together and pray for one another, for their families, churches, government, and the world. It has been a place where the members could talk about anything that was on their hearts, knowing that it would go no further than the group. The women were there to support each other through the good times and the difficult times.
The name has changed once more to the Daughters of Hope. Our name has changed because God changed our vision. Today we are focusing on leading women towards spiritual, emotional, and physical wholeness through applying biblical principles to their lives. We want to equip women to overcome life challenges and find God’s purpose and fulfillment through prayer, teaching, and mentoring relationships. We no longer want to stand back and watch our sister fall knowing what we do about the power of prayer, for we are more than conquerors through Christ Jesus, our Lord! You can plan to join us in the future as we offer small group open forums and retreats designed to strengthen and give hope to all women.