10th Annual Heights Area Pastors Community Prayer Breakfast Set

Sterling and Lydia Weatherford, Class of 2017, are the featured speakers at the 10th Annual Prayer Breakfast on August 4. They will share their journey of faith, hope, and commitment. Courtesy photo

The community is invited to attend the 10th Annual Heights Area Pastors Community Prayer Breakfast for worship and song on Friday, August 4 at Hamilton Heights Middle School Café beginning at 7 a.m. This annual pre-school event is hosted by the Heights’ Area Pastors in conjunction with Hamilton Heights School Corporation.

This year’s speakers are Sterling Weatherford and Lydia (Landwehr) Weatherford. They will share their journey of faith, hope, and commitment. The Weatherford’s grew up in Cicero and graduated from Hamilton Heights in 2017. They began dating during their sophomore year of high school. After a six-year courtship they were married in March of this year. Sterling and Lydia were married in Jacksonville, Florida. They live in Chicago, Illinois.

In high school. Lydia participated in Business Professionals of America (BPA) and student government, becoming Valedictorian and Student Body President her senior year. Sterling played basketball and football and finished in the top ten percent of his class of 2017. They were baptized at Cicero Christian Church by Pastor Adam Colter the summer before attending Miami University of Ohio.

Lydia pursued a double major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, while Sterling juggled his Mechanical Engineering degree with the demands of football. In 2022, Sterling signed with the Indianapolis Colts where he had his first NFL interception and led the team in tackles during the preseason. Minutes before final rosters were due, Sterling was cut, only to be picked up by the Chicago Bears the next morning. He spent his first NFL season with the Bears.

A light breakfast will be served with the program beginning at 7:30 a.m. Music will be provided by the Cicero United Family Wesleyan Church with Pastor Allen Gross. Guests are encouraged to bring Capri Suns and individual sized juice bottles to donate to the Hamilton Heights Elementary School’s Weekend Feeding Program.