Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson hosted her 21st Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Music Hall in Fair Park. This year’s keynote address was given by the newly elected mayor of Houston, the Honorable Sylvester Turner. The 2016 theme of the prayer breakfast was “Victory in the Community: Winning Together as One.”
"Prayer has carried me during the years that I have served in Congress," said Congresswoman Johnson during her remarks to the gathering of faith leaders. "I want to thank each of you for your prayers, and for what you do each day to assist the people of our community. We must continue to use forums like this one to pool our efforts to continue to help all those in need in North Texas."
“I am mayor now, because people prayed for me,” Mayor Turner said during his keynote address. “We… are all Texans, regardless of our religious backgrounds. We must all come together to better serve our community, because together we win. We, as leaders in our communities, have to believe in our people. We have to not only pray for them but we must continue to fight for them. The changes and improvements we all seek for our communities can only come if we work together.”
The breakfast was attended by more than 150 leaders from the North Texas faith community. Clergy members from the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities gathered for the breakfast. The event served as a time for all the various leaders to offer prayers for the citizens of North Texas and discuss ways that the believers of different faiths could collaborate to better serve the citizens of their communities.
