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National Day of Prayer Service Planned in Middlefield

The day was made an official annual day of observance in 1952.

There will be a short program recognizing the National Day of Prayer at theΒ Middlefield firehouse at 9 a.m.Β on Thursday, May 2.

The serviceΒ is an interdenominational event held every year and is led by Ms. Mary Marshall of Middlefield.

TheΒ National Day of PrayerΒ is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by theΒ United States Congress, when people are asked "to turn to God inΒ prayerΒ andΒ meditation," according to Wikipedia.

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