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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
National Day of Prayer Proclamation
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National Day of Prayer
Item No. A.i.
For Meeting of: May 5, 2015
City Manager
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3/30/2015
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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 keso(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 indelibly 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 joyfu(praise, and Cove; and
WY -PERMS, .9lay 7, 2015 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, TYCE12EEO12E, I, .9licah Cawley, Mayor of the City of Yakima and on
behalf of the City Council do hereby proclaim .9lay 7, 2015 as
°NA IONALDAT- O F P YE1R"
in the City of Yakima, in keeping with the wishes of the Congress of the `united States,
and I urge all citizens to join me in this special observance.
Dated this 5th day of April, 2015
UYticah Cawley, Mayor