“God, please send us a hot water bottle today”

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. It was National Prayer Breakfast Day on Thursday, Feb. 5, when the Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast took place at its regular time, the first Thursday of the month, September through May. President Harry Truman started National Prayer Breakfast Day in 1953, and it continues under Congressional leadership to this day. While the National Prayer Breakfast can have a political dimension, the founder of the Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast, retired banker