Third Annual Prayer Walk
To the editor:
If we ask anyone between five-years old and one hundred what “Holiday” falls on Oct. 31, 100 percent will resound “Halloween!” If we ask the same individuals what the next day proclaims, I guess 90 percent would stare back bewildered, because All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 remains unknown by many, even Christians, as does All Souls Day on Nov. 2.
Nevertheless, my letter to the editor in the Daily News in Jacksonville, North Carolina two years ago brought added attention to All Saint’s Day. I announced that my wife and I would walk once around one of our city’s landmarks, Jacksonville Commons’ Pool, at 6 p.m., praying for God to continue to guide and bless our nation. In my letter, I invited other Christians to join our 10 minute walk. A small group arrived and shared our praying. Last year, another letter to the editor about our All Saint’s Day Prayer Walk drew more praying walkers.
This third year, God’s Spirit touched me to invite more of God’s people to share in our All Saint’s Day Prayer Walk. Therefore, I am sending this same invitation to every newspaper and Christian church email I can find, local and afar, throughout America. I encourage churches to tell their congregations of this prayer walk or at least tell them of this national effort. Further, I encourage Christians, wherever they worship, to gather at a landmark in their city or community. Then, on Nov. 1, at 6 p.m., praying Christians can join spiritually over vast distances with Jacksonville, North Carolina souls in our third annual All Saint’s Day Prayer Walk.
Regardless of the distance between us, what a blessing God will bestow on our nation if 2,000 or 3,000 gather in Christian spirit every All Saint’s Day. If we walk worthy of our calling, praising God, humbling ourselves, praying and seeking His face, God will forgive our sins and will heal our land as He promised in Second Chronicles 7:14.
If we invest a few minutes in an Annual All Saint’s Day Prayer Walk until Christ returns for us, His living saints, we will no longer hide our light under a bushel. We will shine it from the highest hilltop for all to see.
Rev. Gene Poore
Jacksonville, N.C.