National Day of Prayer Brings Opportunities to Gather Together

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AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
National Day of Prayer Brings Opportunities to Gather Together
AdventHealth East Orlando provided space for prayer requests for people who could not join in person.

Dozens of team members circled around sculptures depicting the “Healing in Bethesda” in the lobby of AdventHealth’s Altamonte Springs corporate campus on Thursday to pause and reflect on the National Day of Prayer. In person and virtually, those in attendance prayed together, read together and sang together. Prayers were lifted for doctors, nurses, frontline workers and patients, as well as for team members, communities, the nation and the world.

Variations on that scene occurred on AdventHealth campuses around the country, as leaders in the organization and from the community reverently acknowledged the annual observance that had its beginnings with a bill passed in 1952, directing the president to “set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer.” It was later decided that the first Thursday in May would be that day.

Below is a sampling of the ways in which AdventHealth team members observed the day.

AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
AdventHealth Redmond team members joined in a moment of prayer.
AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
Clay County High School's ROTC joined AdventHealth Manchester team members for an uplifting presentation.
AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
AdventHealth Orlando, Children's and Women's team members gathered outside for prayer offered in various languages.
AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
AdventHealth Winter Park’s pastoral care team partnered with community religious leaders to pray for the community, patients, families and the mental health and well-being of all.
AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
AdventHealth Tampa's observance featured a prayer station staffed by chaplains and hospital leaders who volunteered their time to provide prayer and support to fellow team members, patients and their families.
AdventHealth team members across the system paused to focus on the meaning of the national observance.
Blue skies provided a picture-perfect backdrop for National Prayer Day observances at AdventHealth DeLand and AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach.

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