HomeMy WebLinkAboutGeorgetown Texas Week of Prayer_05.2016 PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, in 1775, the Continental Congress asked the colonies to join in prayer, seeking wisdom as they faced the responsibility and opportunity of building a new nation; and WHEREAS, three decades later, during a time of national turmoil, President John Adams declared “a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer,” asking citizens of all faiths to pray for America’s protection from danger; and WHEREAS, later as civil war tore our young country apart, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of national fasting and prayer, saying “it behooves us ... to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray to the God that made us”; and WHEREAS, these times of national supplication were made official in 1952, with the signing of a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress by President Harry Truman, establishing a floating annual national day of prayer. Finally, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan set the date of the annual prayer day as the first Thursday of May; and WHEREAS, the Georgetown Ministerial Alliance desires to affirm, encourage and expand the activities of the National Day of Prayer in Georgetown by convening a gathering of clergy and lay leaders of faith communities, and of leaders of Georgetown, to pray for the leaders of our community, the State of Texas, our nation, and the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, do hereby proclaim Sunday, May 1 through Saturday, May 7, 2016, as THE GEORGETOWN, TEXAS WEEK OF PRAYER