The local celebration of the annual National Day of Prayer will be held at 6:30 p.m. today, rain or shine, at the Donner Park shelter house near 19th and Lafayette streets in Columbus. The shelter house can hold about 200 people or more.
A musical worship group from Ogilville Christian Church will lead singing.
The national day, ever since Congress enacted it in 1952, always is marked on the first Thursday in May. Late Garden City resident Jean Bunton launched the local celebration as a way of bringing various churches and denominations together. She considered that important since the final prayer of Jesus before going to the Cross was for unity of his followers.
