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Local faithful gather for National Day of Prayer events

Clyde Herman “Country” Smith, center right, prays with the Rev. Roger Bourgeois Thursday during the local National Day of Prayer on the downtown square. “I prayed about the church coming together no matter what color your skin is,” Smith said at the “Church” prayer station where Bourgeois was prayer leader. “Not just Hall County and Gainesville, anywhere,” Smith said. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0502prayer 2 — Clyde Herman “Country” Smith, center right, prays with the Rev. Roger Bourgeois Thursday during the local National Day of Prayer on the downtown square. “I prayed about the church coming together no matter what color your skin is,” Smith said at the “Church” prayer station where Bourgeois was prayer leader. “Not just Hall County and Gainesville, anywhere,” Smith said. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Randall Whitfield had plenty of national concerns to pray over Thursday. But on the National Day of Prayer, he also had one for himself: a new job. The Gainesville man lost his position March 14, but not his faith.