Day Of Prayer At Rodeheaver Auditorium

WINONA LAKE – This year’s local Day of Prayer is May 3 at Rodeheaver Auditorium. The event will be at noon. Since 1951, the National Day of Prayer has been the first Thursday in May. This year’s theme is “One Nation Under God.” Dr. Ronald E. Manahan, Grace College and Seminary president, will be the keynote speaker. He has taught and served at Grace for more than 30 years. He was the Winona Lake Bill Reneker Memorial Community Service Award winner in 2000. He was selected as the Chamber of Commerce’s Man of the Year in 2012. In addition to Manahan praying, there will be prayers for specific areas of need in the community and in the nation led by local representatives. State Representative Rebecca Kubacki will pray for government; Roger Grossman, WRSW, will pray for the media; and Pastor Rich Maron is the local Veterans Affairs Department representative who will pray for the military. Don Clemens, Rabb Soft Water, will pray for businesses; Tammy Schultz, Grace College psychology and counseling professor, will pray for families; Pastor Denny Wilson, Warsaw Community Church. will pray for ministry and missions; and Ken Locke, Salvation Army, will be the master of ceremonies. This year’s musicians will be Richard Dick on the piano and a trio from Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, consisting of Dave and Sherilyn Rank and Christi Barlow.