ACS marked the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 6 with a special time of all-school prayer at the start of the school day. Students, teachers, and staff from kindergarten to the 12th grade came out of their classrooms into the first and second floor hallways to stand in unity during the time of prayer.
Various students and staff led prayer from the school office, speaking over the intercom, seeking God’s blessing, guidance and protection for our government and its leaders, for the church community, families, and business leaders, and for those serving in the media arts, the military, and education.
Those who led in prayer were: 5th graders Zoey Holmstrom and Solia Pecou; 8th grader Isabell Alford; 11th grader Josh Guevara; 12th grader Sydney Pearson; and staff members George Dickson and Kelly Flynn. Elementary Principal and Early Education Director Gail Alford offered the closing prayer, emphasizing the theme of this year’s National Day of Prayer — to stand up for and be an example of God’s love, life, and liberty.
Mrs. Alford also read aloud the 2021 National Day of Prayer theme verse that proclaims one of the promises of God found in 1 Corinthians 3:17 — “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”
