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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 and 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 nation, the State of Texas, and
the Community of Georgetown on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 and to have the week beginning Sunday, April 30
through Saturday, May 6, 2017 to be declared a time of prayer in the City of Georgetown.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, do
hereby proclaim the week beginning Sunday, April 30, through Saturday, May 6, 2017 as
THE WEEK OF PRAYER
In Georgetown, Texas