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Getting
serious with God
Local
residents gather for National Day of Prayer
May
6, 2005
By SHAVONNE
POTTS
Index-Journal
staff writer
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| Donald Rogers kneels to pray
Thursday outside the Greenwood County Courthouse during
the National Day of Prayer. People throughout the nation
gathered to pray for the government, media, education,
church and family. | Just as
people gathered nationwide, many came together in Greenwood
during their lunch break to sing, worship and pray Thursday
during the 54th Annual National Day of Prayer.
People came
to the steps of the county courthouse to observe the day in
prayer for the nation, its leaders, the community and
families, the youth, those imprisoned and persecuted as well
as the mass media, culture and social services.
Many also
prayed for the military troops, local churches and pastors.
“I think our nation needs a lot of prayers and we need to
pray for our leaders,” said Greenwood resident Wynetta
Reed.
Reed said she was attending the service to join in
prayer with others to support the leaders of the country as
well as pray for the troops “serving in foreign
lands.”
This year’s theme was “God Shed His Grace on
Thee.”
The Rev. Richard Saxon said he thought it was very
important to have a National Day of Prayer.
“It’s a
recognition that we are still a Christian nation, we are still
seeking God and his direction,” he said. “It’s important that
we express ourselves in America and take the opportunity to
pray.”
Saxon said attending the prayer service is also a
way to see the people who represent different walks of life.
“It’s very important that we agree to do it and that we be
able to do it publicly,” he said.
Various ministers from
churches led the prayers while others in attendance prayed
along with them.
“They are people who are of like mind and
are concerned with the way this country is headed,” Bonnie
Grancelli, of Greenwood, said about why she and others attend.
Grancelli said people really need to get serious with God
and know that He’s in control of everything.
“We have to
let Him be in control,” she said.
The Greenwood Family
YMCA also participated in the National Day of Prayer with many
of its members and staff gathering for prayer at its facility.
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