{"id":282564,"date":"2026-05-07T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282564\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:50:07","slug":"east-texas-communities-to-host-events-on-75th-national-day-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282564\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas communities to host events on 75th National Day of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">EAST TEXAS (KLTV\/KTRE) &#8211; First established by Congress in 1952, the National Day of Prayer will mark its 75th anniversary on Thursday. In a law modified by President Ronald Reagan in 1998, the observance falls on the first Thursday of May. The President is required to sign a proclamation each year encouraging all Americans to pray on this day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year\u2019s national theme, \u2018Glorify God Among the Nations \u2013 Seeking Him in All Generations,\u2019 comes from 1 Chronicles, which reads, \u201cTell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Observances are planned in all 50 states, with several East Texas communities hosting National Day of Prayer events to unite in prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Athens: 11:00 a.m. on the west lawn of the Henderson County Courthouse.Canton: 12:15 p.m. at the Van Zandt County Courthouse.Cushing: 7:30 a.m. at Denny-Sides Coliseum at the Cushing Junior High\/High School campus.Lindale: 6:00 p.m. at JAMA (Jesus Awakening Movement for America) Global Campus, located at 22392 FM 16 W.Lufkin: 12:00 p.m. at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center, located at 601 N. 2nd Street.Longview: 12:00 p.m. in front of the Gregg County Courthouse.Rusk: 12:00 p.m. at the Cherokee County Courthouse.Tyler: Breakfast will be served at 6:30 a.m. at the WT Brookshire Conference Center, located at 2000 W. Front Street. The 35th Tyler Mayor\u2019s Prayer Breakfast program will begin at 7:00 a.m.Winnsboro: 12:00 p.m. along Market Street in downtown Winnsboro.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KLTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EAST TEXAS (KLTV\/KTRE) &#8211; First established by Congress in 1952, the National Day of Prayer will mark its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-282564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}