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# Community leaders to host national prayer
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/community-leaders-to-host-national-prayer/
- Published: 2006-05-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:41:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Main St, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monicans will have the opportunity to join their countrymen and women in prayer.

The city will hold its 16th Annual Observance of the National Day of Prayer at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 4, on the front lawn of City Hall, 1685 Main St.

This year’s theme is “Those who honor me, I will honor,” taken from I Samuel 2:30\. Pastors and community leaders, including members of area police and fire departments, will offer prayers for the president and other governmental leaders, the armed services, peace officers, legislators, judges, the community and nation, and on such topics as personal renewal and moral awakening, youths, the family, business, education, the sick, the imprisoned and persecuted, churches, missionaries and ministry organizations.

The Santa Monica National Day of Prayer Youth Choir will lead patriotic and worship songs. The Ronald Reagan Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps will present the colors.

An optional light breakfast (suggested donation $5) will begin at 6:30 a.m. on the City Hall lawn. Free parking is available at the nearby Santa Monica Place parking structure. Meet the city’s new CEO

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 3, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050306.pdf?ref=smdp.com)