Prayer service for troops to feature Rep. Emerson

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., will speak at a prayer service for the National Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion currently serving in Iraq. The service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Mount Auburn Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. Emerson currently has a stepdaughter serving in Iraq. She is president of the House of Representatives Prayer Breakfast, which meets every Thursday morning when Congress is in session. "The prayer service for the 1140th is a wonderful opportunity to show the families of our deployed soldiers that we are devoted to the war they are fighting on the home front," Emerson said.

"I want to be sure our military families know that they have our support in every way."