The Annual National Day of Prayer hits the ground running in the Auditorium of the Illinois Secretary of State Howlett Building this coming Thursday May 4th. There is a full card in this one hour Worship service led by Business Men In Christ President and head of the state capitol NDP Event since 2006, Bernie Lutchman. The event has been covered in prayer by teams from Springfield to Florida as we worship under the Theme “For Your Great Name’s Sake”. It starts from 12 noon and runs until 1 pm Central Time.

Come and join fellow citizens and press into the Throne Room of Grace as we pray with six Prayer leaders from towns across the state of Illinois. Special music will be presented by the Calvary Academy Junior High School Choir led by Tia Spencer and Worship music will be led by Ryan and Dawn Mobley. The Official NDP Proclamation and official opening will be delivered by the local Springfield Senator and leader of the the Legislative Prayer Caucus, Sam McCann.

The entire service will then be delayed broadcast on Moody Bible Institute Affiliate WLUJ from 8 pm Central that same day (Thursday May 4) across all their frequencies from Bloomington, Il. to St. Louis, Mo. as well as live streaming across the web on www.wluj.org.

The following are the prayer leaders for this year’s prayer service: Pastors Will Haworth Jr. (Sherman First Naz); Joey Krol (Galilee Baptist Church, Decatur); Pastor Paul Ayappa (Faith Outreach, Sherman); Pastor Jon Mollohan, (Harvest Bible Chapel); David Smith (Illinois Family Institute, Lombard, Il.) and Decatur, Illinois Police Department Chaplain Pastor Eric Ginder.

Missouri Native and Springfield, Illinois pastor Brian Williams of Broken Chains Church will be heading out of town this coming Sunday May 30 after church services to help minister to our brethren who have been devastatedby this week’s deadly tornadoes. Joplin Full Gospel church was completely destroyed by the tornado and several members lost their lives on Sunday night. Abundant Life Christian Center Church is still standing, but several members are affected.

Business Men in Christ and Dr. David King, morning host of the daily 6am-9am program on WLUJ 89.7FM will be helping to get the word out to mobilize the town, in support of this effort.

According to Pastor Brian, the following items are desperately needed: bottled water,  non-perishable food, Toiletry items,diapers,formula, baby food and baby wipes. Example of toiletry items: toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, hand soap,  toothpaste,  toothbrushes and more.  Work gloves and hand tools are also needed for cleanup as well as  gift cards to Walmart or Lowe’s. Anything you can think of or that the Lord leads you to, please feel free to share.

The drop off point is Broken chains Church, 501 W. Monroe Springfield, Il in the Fellowship Hall.  Brian’s phone number is 217-971-7922.