Pleasant Grove Baptist Church will be hosting the National Day of Prayer in Brownwood on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Stuart Coleman Plaza at the Depot from 9 AM until noon. Several area pastors and singers will be on hand the event.  This year’s theme is Matthew 12:21 “In His name the nations will put their hope.”

“Our Nation needs everybody to get on board and pray that God will come and heal our land,” said Pastor Richard Couch of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.  “This is a one day event, but the people of the United States of America need to pray every day for our country and its leaders.”

Millions of people across the country will answer the call to prayer on May 2nd in observance of the 62nd annual National Day of Prayer.  Organized events for the National Day of Prayer will be held in thousands of public venues across the country where intercession will be made for America and its leadership.

In 1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer and, in 1988, that law was amended, designating the National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May.