News Release

WINONA LAKE — On Thursday, May 1, the Kosciusko County National Day of Prayer will be held at noon at the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake.

The theme this 74th year of the National Day of Prayer is “Hope given to us by God,” from which people are able to derive joy and peace no matter what is going on in the world or community.

Again this year instead of having people praying from the stage, local participants will be at round tables where they will all pray as they feel led in areas of prayer concern that include “the church, families, schools, military, government and the persecuted church.” Every few minutes the subject of prayer will change among these topics. According to a news release, the idea is that “200 prayers going into the throne room of God will make more of a difference than one prayer by someone on the stage.”

Each table will have at least one prayer leader who is willing to pray out loud for the current topic. Everyone else may pray silently or out loud as they feel led. There will be slides on the screen up front with prayer topics, scripture and prayer starter notes. There will also be paper copies for each one at the tables.

Music will be led by Richard Dick, piano, and the three-generation family of singers Kirt Case, Bethany Couture and Connor Couture. The hymn of hope will be “Because He Lives” by the Gaithers. The prayer event will close with “God Bless America.”

The program will be live-streamed so that those at home can pray along wherever they are at: facebook.com/KosciuskoNDP. Or it can be watched later on YouTube at Kosciusko County IN National Day of Prayer.