Submitted by Ruth Dockins, Age Spots

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - An area-wide event called “A Time to Pray” is planned for 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

The prayer service is an inter-denominational event with speakers from area communities, including: Dorothy Wilson, Lucas Presson, and Doug Austin of Cape Girardeau; Mike Cowan of Oak Ridge; Scott Eakers, Father John Harth and Sam Roethemeyer of Jackson. 

“There are so many issues in the world today, but our first response should be prayer,” said Doug Austin, one of the organizers. “This event is about prayer, seeking God’s guidance and exalting His name.”

The speakers will lead the group in prayer and highlight specific mentions of prayer in the Bible with focus on the 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”