National Day of Prayer 2016_logoThe 65th Annual National Day of Prayer is Thursday, May 5.   Annual observance on the first Thursday of May, the event invites people of all faiths to pray for the nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Locally Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter will host the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast at Christo’s Banquet Center at 6:30 a.m.  Pastor Ollie from Plymouth Wesleyan Church is the guest speaker.

At noon a prayer gathering will be held on the Marshall County Court house flagpole on the east said of the building.  Citizens from Marshall County and beyond are invited to come and pray during their lunchtime for the needs of our community, county, state and nation.  Pastor Collin Seitz, Associate Pastor at the Crossroads Church is heading up this service which will last about 30 minutes.