Health & Fitness
Hardy Faithful Pray in the Rain at Town Green Observing National Day of Prayer on its 63rd Anniversary
The rain came on a wet Thursday morning, May 1, 2014. And then. the rain went away! Thank God.
Undeterred by the wet weather, a half hundred or so of Southington’s hardiest faithful assembled, as one voice united in prayer, on the north side of the gazebo at the Town Green at noon Thursday, May 1, 2014. It was National Day of Prayer, an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation".
Led by Rev. Victoria Triano, pastoral care leader of Southington Care Center and member of the Southington Town Council, the robust faithful of many denominations, including other local pastors and community leaders joined, as one voice united in prayer, in many prayers of thanks and faith. Opening with the Pledge of Allegiance and concluding 38 minutes later with the group singing of God Bless America, some 30 came forward with individual petitions for the hungry, the poor, the sick, the lonely, the elderly, the protection of our children from violence, our government leaders at all levels, our clergy, our churches and faith communities. They prayed for world peace, for a return to economic stability and prosperity and for the wisdom of our elected officials in times to put politics and divisiveness aside, in these dangerous times for our free and democratic republic.