The Ironton Area Ministerial Association will have its annual National Day of Prayer event on Thursday.

It will be noon on the steps of the Lawrence County Courthouse and feature seven local pastors to lead prayers for different aspects of American life including those in government, those serving in the military, those in the media and the arts, local businesses, those who educate our children, for the body of the church in the U.S. and for Americans to follow the Bible.

This year’s theme is Romans15:13 “Pour out to the God of hope and be filled.”

The first National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by both houses of Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman and since then, every president has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation.

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a law designating the first Thursday of May as a day of national prayer.