LAKEPORT, Calif.  – Approximately two dozen people attended a prayer gathering in Museum Square in Lakeport on Wednesday to commemorate the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The presentation, which took place from noon to 1 p.m., featured local pastors and church members from around the lake who shared music, prayers and messages of hope during the one hour gathering.

The event, called Cry Out America, is a grassroots prayer and renewal movement seeking to unite citizens around the country in prayer and declaring September 11 as a day of prayer and repentance for the nation, according to National Coordinator Kay Horner.

According to information on the Web site www.awakeningamerica.us , in 2012 city and county officials, first responders, pastors, and committed laity gathered at 2,600 prayer points in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Approximately 260,000 people participated in these interdenominational, public prayer events.

This year's gathering marked the sixth annual national event and was captured on video in Lakeport. The video can be seen below.

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