NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — There will once again be a National Day of Prayer event in Hutchinson Thursday morning, May 4.
"There's a group of pastors in town, Community of Churches, we call ourselves," said Pastor Matt Stafford from First Congregational Church of Hutchinson. "There's three or four groups and they all have different people involved. One of the things we have been discussing is, do we feel like this would be a great time to get this going again in person and we all agreed that it was. A lot of them said, I want to be a part. We called Elliott's. Elliott's has always sponsored this, and they said, we're in."
Gary Getting with Elliott Mortuary said you don't need to eat before you come.
"We're going to start at 7 a.m. and there will be a light breakfast that's served, pastries for us and some other things, there will be coffee and juice, etc. Then, we've got kind of a little program that we go through. Quite a number of pastors in town will be involved."
They do need to have a rough estimate of how many people will be there, so that they have the right amount of food, so if you're planning to go, call the mortuary at (620) 663-3327 to let them know.
"There has been a big effort since COVID by many pastors, to come together and realize what we have in common," Stafford said. "That's the Lord, Jesus Christ. Our community needs to know that, no matter what church you go to, you're going to hear that Jesus is Lord and that we do pray. We seek guidance from our Lord and Savior."
President Harry S Truman proclaimed a National Day of Prayer to be observed on July 4, 1952. Each year since that date, Americans have observed the day in their own way. The observance was moved to the first Thursday in May by President Ronald Reagan and has been proclaimed each year since.
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