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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDASTATEMENT
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Item No. A.i.
For Meeting of: May 1, 2018
ITEM TITLE: National Day of Prayer proclamation
SUBMITTED BY: Cally Price, Assistant to the City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Dennis Crane and Andy Ferguson will be accepting
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d National Day of Prayer proc
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4/24/2018
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Coker Memo
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CITY E (YAKIIIA.
P1ROCLA.VLA tIOW
WY -PERMS, on April- 17, 1952, the Congress of the `united States approved the
Joint Reso(ution to provide for setting aside an appropriate day as a National Day of
Prayer (Public Law 82-324;66 Stat. 64); and
WY -PERMS, the history of our nation is indelibCy marked with the role that
prayer has played in the lives of individuals and the nation; and
WY -PERMS, historicaCCy, our greatest leaders have turned to prayer in times of
crisis and thanksgiving; and
W7iEREAS, the virtues of prayer reflect a common bond hopes and aspirations,
sorrows and fears, remorse and renewed resolve, thanks and joyful -praise, and Cove; and
WY -PERMS, Uvlay 3, 2018 has been deemed by Congress as the National Day of
Prayer, when all-Americans are to pray, in their own religious way, for the leaders of our
nation,
AVOW, rIVEREEORE, I, Kathy Coffey, Mayor of the City of Yakima and on
behalf of the Yakima City Council- do hereby proclaim UYlay 3, 2018 as
°NA IONALDAT- O F P YE1R"
in the City of Yakima, in keeping with the wishes of the Congress of the `united States, I
urge all- citizens to join me in this special- observance.
Dated this 1St day of UYlay 2018
Kathy Coffey, Mayor