Community Prayer Breakfast
Judson University’s annual Community Prayer Breakfast will be held in the Lindner Fitness Center on Friday, May 10, 2024.
Join us for this incredible morning of reflection, prayer, and fellowship, as our keynote speaker, Dr. Ming Wang, world renowned laser eye surgeon, author, and philanthropist, shares his story of perseverance, motivation, and faith.
Growing up in China, Ming fought poverty and hardship. Through his own tenacity and his parents’ tireless efforts to provide a chance of freedom for their son, Ming eventually made his way to America with $50 in his pocket and an American dream in his heart. Against all odds, he would earn a PhD in laser physics, graduate magna cum laude with the highest honors from Harvard Medical School and MIT, and ultimately come to faith in Jesus Christ. The more Ming studied science, the more he realized how little could be fully explained. This emotional and moral crisis lead him to Christianity, the realization that God has a plan for each of us, and that God created this world without contradiction.
Dr. Ming Wang is one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world today who holds a doctorate degree in laser physics. The upcoming film, Sight, is based on Dr. Wang’s autobiography, From Darkness to Sight, and shares of how one man turned fear, poverty, persecution, and prejudice into healing and love for others.
The contributions of one service leader from the community will also be recognized during the event with the D. Ray Wilson Volunteer Service Award, while the Bea Wilson Volunteer Award will recognize a youth in the Fox Valley for their community service efforts. We look forward to our morning together!
Learn more about last year’s event and the two individuals who were honored by reading our wrap-up story.
Friday, May 10, 2024
7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Judson University
1151 N. State St. Elgin, IL 60123
Nominations & Awards
nomination DEADLINE is APRIL 22, 2024
Nominate a Community Servant
The D. Ray Wilson Volunteer Service Award
The D. Ray Wilson Volunteer Service Award is presented annually during the prayer breakfast to the candidate who has contributed to the greater good within the greater Elgin community by voluntarily serving others’ physical, emotional, intellectual or spiritual needs. Seeing a need for a prayer breakfast in the Fox Valley area, D. Ray Wilson (1926 – 2003) established one at Judson University in 1989. Since Wilson was well known in the community for his tireless hours of volunteering, the D. Ray Wilson Volunteer Service Award was begun in his honor after his death in 2003.
Nominate a Youth Volunteer
The Bea Wilson Youth Volunteer Service Award
The Bea Wilson Youth Volunteer Service Award honors Beatrice Joy (Daffer) Wilson, wife of the former Judson Trustee D. Ray Wilson. Mrs. Bea Wilson, who passed away in March 2017, was a community champion of hope, service and hospitality. Through this award, Judson will extend a scholarship to a deserving high school student (freshman through junior) for their service to the community. The Youth Volunteer Service Award will recognize freshmen through juniors in high school for voluntarily performing community work that serves others’ physically, emotionally, intellectually or spiritually. The winner will also receive a $3,000 scholarship annually to attend Judson University.
Sponsor a Table
Table Sponsorship for Business: $500*
Organizations and businesses wishing to sponsor a table will host a table for eight guests during the breakfast. Sponsors will be recognized in the program and displayed on table signs. Please provide a high quality logo with your order.
Table Sponsorship for Churches: $300*
Churches wishing to sponsor a table will host a table for eight guests during the breakfast. Sponsors will be recognized in the program and displayed on table signs. Please provide a high quality logo with your order
*A portion of your ticket is a donation to the Judson Annual Fund. This fund supports student scholarships, strengthens student development and spiritual growth, upholds excellence in education and maintains classrooms.
