A near capacity audience packed the county complex for food, fellowship and prayer at the 48th annual Chamber Prayer Breakfast.

The event, along with prayers offered up for the community, featured two main events including songs by Grammy Award winning singer Darrin Vincent and a keynote address by Nancy Trapp.

During her address, Trapp told the audience to remember the lesson taught to them by Nehemiah in the Old Testament and to especially be mindful of the five P’s learned from his story. Nehemiah was the profit who returned home from captivity to spearhead the rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem. Trapp said that return home, being a servant of the king in a foreign land, began with prayer. However, after praying for God’s will to be shown to him, next came formulating a plan for what he needed of his king to help reconstruct the wall. Even after getting the things he asked for, Nehemiah was still in need of protection, both from without and from within. And lastly, Nehemiah did not forget to give praise once the wall was completed.

“We should all remember the five P’s in our daily lives,” she said, noting that they have helped her on her journey.

Trapp pointed out that in the last few years she has lost several close family members but the local support she has received has been overwhelming.

“There’s not one moment I’ve felt alone,” she said of the community, revealing that unfortunately she will soon be moving to Louisiana to be closer to her kin folks. “I will carry in my heart as I move away, a part of each and every one of you that you have given me.”

Vincent took the stage after Trapp’s remarks, echoing her love of DeKalb County and its people.

“The best part about this county is its people and I think we all want to make this a better place to live or ourselves and our children that will leave a legacy for generations,” he said.

The event ended with a reminder by County Mayor Tim Stribling and Chamber Director Suzanne Williams about the Festival of Trees Dec. 3 at the Complex and Christmas on the Square Dec. 6.