DAY OF PRAYER AREA RESIDENTS AND POLITICIANS GATHER TO REFLECT.Byline: Chuck Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Hundreds of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents gathered Thursday to pray for their nation, leaders, youth and military personnel on the National Day of Prayer. Some 1,200 people prayed at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. in the 14th annual Lancaster Mayor's Prayer Breakfast organized by local Christian businessmen. Some of them gathered again at noon to hold hands and pray in the plaza outside Lancaster City Hall. ``It's to reflect the fact it's a day of prayer,'' said Steve Baker Steve Baker (born September 8, 1978 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer who is a defender and currently plays for Gateshead. Baker has played for a number of clubs including Middlesbrough, Huddersfield Town, Darlington, Hartlepool and , executive director of Grace Resource Center food bank in Lancaster and one of the organizers. ``It creates the opportunity for people who want to be a part of it to know it's important.'' In Palmdale, Mayor Jim Ledford, Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. board president Sandy Corrales and Palmdale's first mayor, 85-year-old Larry Chimbole, were guests of honor at a breakfast hosted by the Palmdale West Kiwanis Club and attended by about 150 people. The Lancaster breakfast's prayers were led by, among others, lawmakers George and Sharon Runner Sharon Runner (born May 17 1954, Los Angeles) is a Californian politician. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since 2002. Runner, a Republican from Antelope Valley represents the 36th district. , Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). senior Sara Kaecker and Dana Stewart, whose Marine son died in December in Iraq. Keynote speaker was former CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. news anchor Andria Hall, who spoke about how God's grace has supported her. Hall, the daughter of a pastor, said she wasn't certain earlier in her career if she wanted to tell people she was a Christian. But word got around, and co-workers would approach her conspiratorially to ask her to pray for them. ``They'd look over their right shoulder, they'd look over their left shoulder and they'd say, 'We heard you pray,''' said Hall, who is currently host of ``America at Worship'' on the Hallmark Channel. She told the audience: ``People are watching your love and they are watching your prayer life.'' At the noon gathering outside Lancaster City Hall, Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
``My thoughts today are about the folks that are fighting out across the seas and those families that have lost loved ones,'' Roberts said. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color in AV edition only) Above and below, people gather outside Lancaster City Hall to hold hands and pray on the National Day of Prayer. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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