City Hosts third Annual ‘Day of Prayer’

City hosts third annual ‘Day of Prayer’ TODAY!
October 23, 2015
By
JOSEPH FITZGERALD for THE CALL

WOONSOCKET – The city’s third annual Woonsocket Day of Prayer on Saturday will offer something new to participants this year: a short march of spiritual solidarity from The River United Methodist Church on Federal Street to the event site at River Island Park.

Bishop Herson Gonzalez, pastor of Calvary Worship Center and founder of the Woonsocket Day of Prayer, says the quarter-mile walk is intended to give the event a little more exposure.

“We wanted to make it a little more visible in the community and to let people know that we have a faith community here that is willing to walk and pray together,” says Gonzalez.

The march – which is open to the public - steps off at 10 a.m. from The River United Methodist Church, 17 Federal St., but participants are asked to begin arriving at 9 a.m. for a unity prayer, coffee, donuts and pastries.