Local religious leaders and congregation members gathered outside the Leelanau County Government Center in Suttons Bay Thursday, May 2 in observance of the National Day of Prayer, a national holiday that has been officially observed since 1952 and was formal recognized in a proclamation by President Joe Biden earlier last week.
The group formed a circle around the marker dedicated to Emelia Schaub, the first woman to be elected and serve as county prosecutor, which is beneath the flagpoles outside the main building of the government center. Reverend Lucy Schaub of Leelanau Community Church in Lake Leelanau, who married into the Schaub family, organized the event.
The event was something of a who’s who for the county’s Christian community, with clergy from Haven of Hope Church in Elmwood and Northport Covenant Church also leading county residents in prayer. Other speakers were Dr. Jim Simons, of Leland, and Micah Cramer, an area representative of the national organization Youth for Christ.
