First, President Barrack Obama abandoned the traditional National Prayer Day observance at the White House, then local ladies found the same situation in Bainbridge.  National Prayer Day is an interfaith event that welcomes all faiths and beliefs.

This year, instead of church leaders offering prayers and mobilizing the community on National Prayer Day, only a small group of about a dozen women arrived at Willis Park, but found no one else there. 

For many years, clergy and the community have gathered in Willis Park on the first Thursday of May, at noon, for the observance.

The ladies did not turn and leave, however.  They gathered together and offered thanks for the freedom to pray in public and to repent the nation's sins. 

Hopefully our two ministerial associations will again next year bring the tradition back to Willis Park.

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