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Pratt Tribune
A friendly outdoor prayer and praise service drew more than 50 people to Jack Ewing Park Thursday evening, May 6, 2021 in Pratt on the National Day of Prayer.
“It was just a a beautiful evening to gather together and worship,” said Pastor Scott Powell, Abundant Harvest Church of the Nazarene. “We couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was just perfect.”
Powell was joined on the outdoor stage by members of the On the Hill worship and praise band who led music interspersed between prayers and comments by many local pastors, business representatives and community leaders.
Rev. Mike McGovney, First Christian Church in Pratt and Cunningham was the emcee for the event and kept the conversation lively, yet meaningful.
Billie Blair
Pratt Tribune
A new twist to an annual tradition that came to a halt last year because of COVID-19, is back in Pratt. The Pratt Faith Partnership (PFP), formerly the Ministerial Alliance, has planned community luncheons during the month of May to compensate for Lenten Luncheons that were cancelled in 2020 and before Easter in 2021.
The Christian Church is in the season of Eastertide now and according to the Rev. Karen Lemon, All Saints Episcopal Church, “Easter is a more joyful time and people are hungry for fellowship and ready to get back to normal.”
Lemon said she had been thinking of suggesting something like these Eastertide lunches, though it was the Rev. Scott Powell, Abundant Harvest Church of the Nazarene, who brought the idea to the attention of PFP.