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The Chattanooga Area Prayer Breakfast was scheduled for next Tuesday, and with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee booked, the breakfast had set a record for tickets sold.

Then the coronavirus came, and everything has changed – even for the prayer breakfast.

“It’s different for sure,” area prayer breakfast Chairman T.W. Francescon said Friday.

The actual in-person gathering has been moved to Sept. 1, and Gov. Lee is hoping to be able to be the speaker then.

But, like everything in the coronavirus pandemic, Francescon and his folks have gone online, and they will offer a virtual prayer breakfast Tuesday from 7:30-8 a.m. through their website (Chattanoogaareaprayerbreakfast.com) and their Facebook page.