Special Feature
You’re invited to join the American Village for the Annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast on May 2, 2024 at 8 a.m. with guest speaker Sherri Burgess.
Burgess is a wife, mother, and author. Attendees of the event will hear her inspiring story of faith and how prayer helped her through the heartbreak of losing her son Bronner, who passed away in a drowning accident at the age of two on January 19, 2008.
“I had been passionate about God’s Word for many years before the earthly death of my youngest son, but in my deepest grief, I needed the comfort of a Father. I cried out to God in desperation, and not only did He hear me, but He also answered me,” Burgess says adding that her relationship with God grew during this time. “The Bible is filled with prayers and conversations people had with God. The Psalms are a book of prayers that encompass every human emotion.”
In her grief, Burgess clung to the Lord. “As I began to seek God’s answers about why He allows such horror as the earthly death of a beloved child and began to gain some understanding, I felt compelled to share what I was learning immediately,” Burgess says, adding, “I began speaking at women’s conferences only a few months after Bronner’s heaven-going, but I had felt the call to speak to women earlier. I was actually scheduled to speak at my very first women’s event the day we buried Bronner.”
The journey inspired her to write Bronner, A Journey to Understand. She explains that some of her speeches at conferences became chapters in the book. “I never imagined it would take five years to complete, but I feel there’s a richness in its pages that took time to develop. And when it was written, I felt such elation in knowing that I had done what the Lord called me to do,” Burgess shares. During the event, she will share what she has learned about grief, prayer, and more. “I was drawn to this event because it is a prayer event and I hope to be used by God to enrich the prayer life of those in attendance,” Burgess adds.
Tickets to the National Day of Prayer Breakfast are $30 per person and pre-reservations are required. To make reservations, email [email protected] or call 205-665-3535 x 1031. Visit www.americanvillage.org to learn more.
-Melissa Armstrong
