The 44th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast
Keynote Speaker: Darryl Strawberry
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
7:25 AM – Kellogg Arena, downtown Battle Creek
Keynote Speaker: Darryl Strawberry
We’re honored to announce that Darryl Strawberry will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Community Prayer Breakfast.
A former Major League Baseball right fielder with a 17-season career, Darryl will share his powerful story—from childhood poverty to baseball stardom, through addiction, cancer, and ultimately recovery.
His message centers on finding hope, freedom, and lasting purpose through Jesus Christ and spiritual transformation.
Join us for an inspiring morning you won’t want to miss.
The Mission of the Community Prayer Breakfast
To provide an opportunity for people of faith to come together for prayer, meditation, and inspiration; to express their personal faith, their common purpose, their commitment to God; and to seek God’s guidance and strength with the desire to deepen the spiritual life and moral fiber of the people in our community.
The “Greater Battle Creek Community Prayer Breakfast” was established in 1982 and modeled after the National Prayer Breakfast. The name was later changed to the “Community Prayer Breakfast” in order to reach out to the larger community.
The Community Prayer Breakfast is a reaffirmation that people of goodwill, standing together for a common purpose, can transcend racial, geographical or cultural differences and create new opportunities for community progress.
The Prayer Breakfast program consists of community participants offering prayers for fellowship and community. Scripture readings from the Old and New Testament are delivered. A testimonial of faith is conveyed in the This I Believe address. The highlight of the program is the inspirational message from the Keynote Speaker.
The Prayer Breakfast annually draws more than 1,000 people, including 200 youth who attend free, thanks to generous donors.
Would you like to watch the 42nd Annual Community Prayer Breakfast, from 2024?
Community Prayer Breakfast 2024 can be viewed on AccessVision:
Photo gallery of the 43rd Annual Community Prayer Breakfast (2025)
Recorded in 2016, Russ Mawby, retired CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, talks about the development of the Battle Creek Community Prayer Breakfast.