Christ’s Church at Whitewater invites the community to “pray for God’s healing and blessing for our country” at noon on the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 5, at the Gazebo on the Square in Fayetteville.
Several local ministers and laymen will pray for the President, Vice President, Congress, Supreme Court, Pentagon and Military, White House and Congressional Staffs, government agencies, state and local governments, schools, and the churches in America.
Special music will be featured at the gathering. For more information, call Pat Spearman, 770-461-6183, or email triciaspearman@comcast.net.
The National Day of Prayer is a day of observance held each year on the first Thursday in May and was first called for by the first Continental Congress in 1775. The day was made official in 1952.