Tom Jordan next Prayer Breakfast Speaker!

Tom Jordan, a news anchor and reporter for more than 20 years, will be the event keynote speaker with the theme: Respect Matters.

Tom Jordan knows what it takes to be a news maker. He has worked as a news anchor and reporter for more than 20 years, and is currently hosting a show on WJR 760 AM. Mr. Jordan is the Founder and President of The Jordan Group, which provides media training and communications consulting for corporate executives, physicians, publicists, non-profit groups and just about anybody who plans to face the news media.

In addition to leading the Public Relations department at a large Southern California agency, he is a three-time Emmy award winning broadcast journalist. Tom’s breadth of experience includes his news coverage of some of the nation’s biggest stories; multiple presidential campaigns; the deadly Southern California wildfires; breaking coverage for NBC News on the death of president Gerald Ford; the Winter Olympics; the downturn and then turn-around in the U.S. Economy; and much more.

It has been said of Tom that he is a true professional, great storyteller, and a genuinely sincere person.

He and his wife have four children and reside in the Detroit area.

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Prayer Has Always Been Virtual.

“But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5

The Livonia Community has been blessed with decades of annual corporate prayer at its prayer breakfast. There is great power in corporate worship and a community who embraces it in truth and humility will benefit from its fruits. However, the forced absence of congregating in this way should not be seen as a negative, but perhaps even a positive.

The forced isolation of worship and prayer should not weaken us in faith, but should strengthen us individually and as a community. Faith is an individual journey and our relationship to God is an intensely personal one. The prayers we pray ‘in our rooms with the door shut’ are those no one else ever witnesses or knows about. Yet its these prayers, our secret (isolated/virtual) prayers to God, that He promises to reward. Imagine the intensity of our corporate gatherings of worship if we all had personal and intensely private prayer lives God was rewarding. If we rely on corporate worship only, it is a far cry from the relationship God wants with us personally, and from what He intended the corporate experience to be.

Prayer has always been virtual. We pray to an unseen God with a communication channel being the Holy Spirit. For a second year the Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast will not be meeting in person. It can feel disappointing as this is the largest annual community gathering in the city and one of the longest running in the state. I choose to see this as a time of renewal and refocus. The event should not be about the speaker, the music, or the food. It is about a community coming together in prayer. Whether it is in a fine banquet facility, or in our room with the door closed and logged into Zoom, we will pray, and it will be rewarded.

Ken McMullen
Chairman, Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast
May 6, 2021
7:30 AM
Email chamber@livonia.org to register.

Dr. Erwin Lutzer next Prayer Breakfast Speaker!

The 2019 Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 23, at Burton Manor, with guest speaker Dr. Erwin Lutzer.

Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church where he served as the Seniorcropped dr lutzer high res for web (002) Pastor for 36 years. He earned a B.Th. from Winnipeg Bible College, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.A. in Philosophy from Loyola University, and an honorary LL.D. from the Simon Greenleaf School of Law.

A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on three radio programs that are heard on more than 1,000 outlets in the United States and around the world:

  • Running to Win—a daily Bible-teaching broadcast;
  • Moody Church Hour—The Moody Church’s Sunday morning worship service;
  • Songs in the Night—an evening program that’s been airing since 1943.

Dr. Lutzer is also an award-winning author of numerous books including: The Church In BabylonRescuing The Gospel, He Will Be The PreacherThe Cross In The Shadow Of The Crescent, One Minute After You DieWhen A Nation Forgets God, and Christian Bookseller’s Gold Medallion Award winner, Hitler’s Cross.

He and his wife Rebecca have co-written the books: Life-Changing Bible Verses You Should Know and Jesus, Lover Of A Woman’s Soul.

His speaking engagements include Bible conferences and seminars, both domestically and internationally, including: Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Germany, Scotland, Guatemala, and Japan. He also leads tours to Israel and the cities of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

Dr. Lutzer and Rebecca live in the Chicago area. They have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

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“Rediscover Your Faith”

Presentation1SteveWiggins_2016Rediscover Your Faith” will be the theme for the  May 3rd, 2018 Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast. Presenting this topic through message and music will be Steve Wiggins.

Steve Wiggins is a five-time Grammy award nominee with his band, Big Tent Revival, and has penned ten #1 radio singles including “Two Sets Of Joneses,” “Choose Life,” and “W.W.J.D.”. Steve has served on the staffs of Willow Creek, South Barrington Il; Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside CA; and most recently, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis Tn. He is the founder of Living Room Study and Groundworks Ministries, disicpleship ministries focusing on Biblical literacy. Having written a chapter-by-chapter devotonal of the entire Bible, Steve is also the content provider for The Bible Challenge www.bellevue.org/challenge,          The steveHope Challenge https://www.facebook.com/HopeForAmericaChallenge/ , the Pocket Testament League’s “21 Day Challenge” https://www.ptl.org/resources/21dc.php and SOF ministries’ Surrender Daily devotioanls, focusing on military Special Operations personel and their families. His article, Building A Culture Of Worship, was recently published in Mid America Baptist Theoligical Seminary’s “The Journal” http://www.mabts.edu/sites/all/themes/midamerica/uploads/Wiggins–Building-a-Culture-of-Worship.pdf Steve resides in Memphis Tn with his wife Misti and children.

The Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast will be held at Burton Manor in Livonia on May 3, 2018 at 7 a.m. Eventbrite - 44rd Annual Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast

 

Singer Russ Taff and CEO of Thrivent Financial, Brad Hewitt, at the 42nd annual Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast!!

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Brad Hewitt, CEO of Thrivent Financial, will be speaking on the theme, “Living Generously.” Order your tickets today! Click Here for Ticket Information.

When: Thursday, May 5, 2016 7 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Doors open at 6:15 a.m.
Where: Laurel Manor Banquet and Conference Center
39000 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia

Brad Hewitt is a CEO with a unique perspective. Since 2010, Brad has served as president and CEO of T978-1-4964-0780-1hrivent Financial, a not-for-profit Fortune 500 organization.  In this role, he has made it his work to help Americans rediscover a healthy relationship with money. The idea that being wise with money, and generosity, go hand in hand lies at the heart of this relationship.

Brad is co-author of a new book, “Your New Money Mindset,” its a new way of thinking about the role money plays in our lives. Many of us live with ongoing, and often unexamined, tension related to money. Few of us have really escaped the credit-card trap or freed ourselves from worries about having enough for the future. The goal is to cultivate a surplus mindset that allows you to enjoy what you already have and be generous toward others.

10991405_790559264361777_6773301320076000545_nLegendary Contemporary Christian recording artist, Russ Taff, will be the special music for the breakfast. Russ first gained recognition as lead vocalist for The Imperials (1977–81). One of his best-known performances is the song “Praise The Lord”. He has also been a member of the Gaither Vocal Band, and occasionally tours with Bill Gaither in the Gaither Homecoming concerts. As a solo artist and songwriter, Taff is known for the 1980s anthem “We Will Stand”.

About Us

Historically, the leadership of our country has turned to Almighty God in prayer for strength and guidance. In this same spiritual tradition, we join together each year at the Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast. Our attendance and participation in the meal and prayer demonstrates the dependence of our community and ourselves on God and our faith in the future under His guidance.

The Livonia Prayer Breakfast is a version of the National Prayer Breakfast held annually in Washington, D.C. Inaugurated in 1953 by some members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, these events are now held in many states and cities throughout our nation.

The Livonia Prayer Breakfast was initiated in 1975 by an ecumenical group of citizens and continues as a voluntary spiritual communion. Its focus has been on bringing inspirational speakers to communicate positive, faith-filled principles that will inspire people to think globally and act locally.

Our Mission

The Mission of the Livonia Community Prayer Breakfast, Inc. is to communicate positive, faith-filled principles that inspire and empower people to reach their maximum spiritual and personal potential. It is a reaffirmation that people of goodwill, standing together, can transcend racial, geographic or cultural differences, and create unparalleled opportunities for community progress.