Three public observances of the National Day of Prayer take place in Ellsworth.

The first is at 10:30 a.m. at The Pines, 811 Elizabeth. The second is at noon on the front steps of the Ellsworth County Courthouse with speaker Brian Bontrager and the Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School Quartet. The third is at 6:30 p.m. at the DiVine Hope Church, 103 W. Fourth St. Speakers will be Ellsworth City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh, Bontrager, Dave Miller, ECF Chaplain Tim Hammye and Pastors Dennis Carter and Exie Barber.