BAY MINETTE, Alabama — The City of Bay Minette’s Mayor Prayer Breakfast Group is sponsoring a public forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday April 7 at the Bay Minette City Hall.

The forum will serve as an opportunity to discuss ways to be proactive in handling situations with youth.

“Providing positive mentoring and role models for our youth is a growing concern not only locally but nationwide,” Mayor Robert A. “Bob” Wills said. “Discussions regarding this issue at a recent Mayor's Prayer Breakfast Meeting lead to the decision to hold a forum where people throughout the community could voice their thoughts and opinions on how to help create a better environment for our young people with public officials and clergy who deal with these types of matters on a regular basis.”

The Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is held at 7:30 a.m. the first Monday of every month at the North Baldwin Fitness Center on North Hand Avenue in Bay Minette.

Light breakfast is served and all are welcome to attend the monthly meetings to pray together over city, state and national issues.

The forum will have a moderator and discussion panel and the public is encouraged to participate as well.

“The intent is to come away with some positive ideas to be implemented which will be a benefit to our youth and as a result to our entire community,” Wills said.

Wills will open the forum and retired judge Robert Wilters will serve as the moderator.

Serving on the discussion panel includes: Bay Minette Police Chief Clarence Crook; Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack, Baldwin County District Court Judge Scott Taylor; Baldwin County High School Principal Craig Smith; Baldwin County Public Schools Superintendent Eddie Tyler; and the Rev. Derrick Bishop of Delivery Ministry.

The Rev. Edna Dixon, who leads the monthly prayer breakfast, will welcome everyone at the public forum. Chaplain Robert Gates with the Bay Minette Police Department will give the invocation.

Bay Minette City Hall is at 301 D’Olive St. in Bay Minette. For more details call 251-580-1625.