Park and Pray
Event location: J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital parking lot
Community members are invited to pray for front-line workers (WVU Medicine employees and first responders) while following social distancing guidelines at an interfaith, non-denominational prayer gathering. The Park and Pray event will take place at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, in the parking lots located directly in front of WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Park and Pray will be streamed live via WVU Medicine's Facebook page, led by WVU Medicine Chaplain Allison Anderson. This will allow participants to remain in their cars for the gathering’s duration, while making the event accessible to those at home or inside the hospital.
To help WVU Medicine maintain a safe event, all those attending Park and Pray are asked to follow these rules:
- Participants should plan to arrive no later than 6:30 p.m. to secure their parking spots, with the ceremony beginning promptly at 6:45 p.m.
- Participants are encouraged to turn on their car’s emergency flashers upon approaching the parking lot entrance points so officers from WVU Medicine's Department of Security know they are there to attend.
- Please park facing the hospital when possible (back into spaces at the lot’s edge).
- Attendees MUST remain inside their cars.
- Employees are asked to avoid use of the lots directly in front of Ruby the evening of the event.