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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04271993 - S.10 S.10 The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California Adopted this Order on_April 27, 1993 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Smith, Bishop, McPeak, Todakson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Proclamation On recommendation of Supervisor Torlakson, IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that May 6, 1993, is PROCLAIMED as"National Day of Prayer Day"in Contra Costa County. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: April 27, 1993 PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of S so nd Countyd nistrator By ,Deputy Clerk CC: Supervisor Torlakson County Administrator DECEIVED of=su f�F MAR I I9g3 pis 04i �hit":,► " ;ps lig > y CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVIS©RS CONTRA COSTA COQ �1•. rtitfY�� � n MURIEL R JOHNSON ESQ '`— " SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT \RAMS,. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Mary Anne Dann Administrative Assistant COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO (916)440-5471 FAX(916) 440-7593 700 H STREET, SUITE 2450 • SACRAMENTO,CA 95814 February 23, 1993 y "ECe"1E'd!rE8 2 The Honorable Thomas Torlakson 1993 Chaina:i, �,c pe visors B�;�rd Su r .� County of Contra Costa 300 E Leland Avenue Suite 100 Pittsburg, CA 94565 Dear Chairman Torlakson: When she held my.office, Sandra:Smoley made a ten-year tradition of writing to all California counties'requesting they join with the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to adopt National Day,of Prayer resolutions. At the request of Walt Hanson, Chairman of the California Prayer Committee, I am pleased to continue that tradition and invite your board to adopt a resolution proclaiming May 6;.1993 as tlie''Natfdnal-Day:of Prayer.' The National Day of Prayer began in 1775 with the Continental Congress declaring that our country began with a national dependence on the Providence of God and the freedom of religion. In 1952, Congress revived the annual observance of the first Thursday in May as the National Day of Prayer, which has become a unifying force for citizens who come from all great religions of the world. We would be honored to have your county adopt a resolution. If you agree, would you be kind enough to send a copy of your resolution to IN-1r. Walter T. Hanson, Chairman of the Caiifornia Prayer Committee, 2500 Marconi Avenue, Suite 201A, Sacramento, CA 95821. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this invitation. Sincerely, U IEL P JC7HNS Supervisor;Third.District enc: President's 1990 proclamation Sacramento County draft resolution /4� 0 26 DRAFT RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMING MAY 6, 1993 AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WHEREAS, the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER is a continuing tradition originating with the 1775 Continental Congress; and WHEREAS, the United States of America began with a national dependence on the Providence of God and the freedom of religion; and WHEREAS, the National Day of Prayer was revived by Congressional resolution in 1952, and each President has since proclaimed the first Thursday in May as the National Day of Prayer, and this day has become a great unifying force for our citizens who come from all religions of the world; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the infinite blessings God has bestowed on our country and our county, we hereby join with the rest of the nation in observance of May 6, 1993 as the National Day of Prayer; and WHEREAS, we join in the prayers that will be offered for peace and seek God's guidance to make us truly, "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Supervisors, County of Sacramento, State of California, hereby proclaims May 6, 1993 as the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER in Sacramento County and calls upon every member of our community to pray, each after his or her own manner, for peace for all mankind and God's blessing upon each of us. On a motion by Supervisor , seconded by Supervisor , the foregoing was passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors, County of Sacramento, State of California, on this day of , 1993, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Supervisors NOES: Supervisors ABSENT: Supervisors Chairman, Board of Supervisors (SEAL) Clerk, Board of Supervisors National Day of Prayer, 1990 By the President of the United Stators of Atrrerica A Proclamation "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of,"wrote Lord Tennyson more than a century ago.Today,we are deeply mindful of the truth of his words.Our Nation's history and the lives of millions of men and women around the world provide compelling evidence of the power of faith and the efficacy of prayer. The Bible tells us what we have often seen far ourselves:that God answers the prayers of those who place their trust in Him.In the Old Testament story of Hannah and Samuel and the New Testament parable of the Prodigal Son, we find a universal experience of parenthood: long hours spent in waiting for a child and in prayer for his well-being.What mother or father has not,in unspoken thought,asked the Almighty to protect his or her little ones and thanked Him for their safekeeping? Our ancestors believed that,in the lives of nations as well as individuals,the love of God is a great parental love like this.They saw history as the place where our Creator looks for His children;longing for them to come to Hun and to do His will.As they fashioned a system of government that would carry the United States into an uncharted future, as they fled oppressed and war-torn nations to build new lives In this land of opportunity,as they shielded the spark of hope from the cold winds of tyranny and world war,time and again they came,thankful and contrite,to the inextinguishable light of the Father's house. So great was the faith of our Founding Fathers, and so firm was their belief in the need for Cod's blessing upon their bold experiment in self-government. that they frequently turned to Him In prayer both as individuals and as a community. Indeed, the first act of the Continental Congress. the same body that *declared America's independence,was a prayer.Thomas Jefferson and other Founders believed that the Cod Who gives us life gives us liberty as well,and if the American people are to keep a truly free and democratic government,they must acknowledge their dependence on His mercy and guidance.Thus,when they pledged to each other their lives,fortunes,and sacred honor in support of the Declaration of Independence,they did so with a firm Reliance an the Protection of Divine Providence."When the Framers of.our Constitution heeded Ben Franklin's call for daily prayer at the Federal Convention In 1787.it is as if they were profoundly aware of the gentle admonition found in the 127th Psalm:"Except the Lord build the house,they labor in vain that build ft-except the Lord keep the oky,-the wstchmRn-wakath but in vain." Today,we do well to place In Cod's hands our hopes and concerns for our families and our communities,just as our we Founders entrusted their labors to Him.The childhood of our liberty was guarded by the love ofGodiand the"new birth of freedom"of which President Lincoln spoke was possible only because that love was fathful to a people bitterly divided by civil war.Today,our liberty is older and our Republic has entered Its third century,but we are still,as a people,in the infancy of our journey.So much greater is our need now to turn to Cod in prayer once again,seeking His blessing for the way that lies ahead. On this National Day of Prayer,observed more than 200 years after the Continental Congress asked for Cod* blessing upon our young country,our prayers could have no better object than the safety and well-being of our children.It is for them that we labor and sacrifice,and it is for them that we struggle to uphold the noble ideal& affirmed at our Nation's birth.Today,amidst our many blessings,we see the destruction of too many lives in their earliest!lower—too many young minds lost to drugs,delinquency,and despair.The suffering or loss of even one of these children is more than any parent can bear,and it is more than our Nation can afford to tolerstr.. I therefore ask my fellow Americans to join with me in prayer for our children.Let us strive to help each of them sink their roots into the rich soil of Cod's love for the beings He has made in His own image. Let us show them through prayer that we, too, like our Nation's Founders, seek our shelter--aur rack and our salvation--in the arms of Cod. Finally, let us dedicate this Nation once more to the protection of Divine Providence,remembering the words of the Psalmist:"How excellent is thy loving kindness O Cod!Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." Since the approval of the joint resolution of the Congress on April 27,2952, calling for the designation of a specific day to be set aside each year as a National Day of Prayer,recognition of such a day has become a cherished annual event.Each President since then has proclaimed a National Day of Prayer annually under the authority of that resolution, continuing a tradition that actually dates back to the Continental Congress. which issued the first official proclamation for a National Day of Prayer on July 22.2775.By Public Law 100- 307,the first Thursday in May of each year has been set aside as a National Day of Prayer. NOW,THEREFORE.1,CEORCE BUSH,President of the United States of America,do hereby proclaim May 3, 2990, as a National Day of Prayer.I invite the people of the United States to gather together on that day in homes and places of worship to pray,each after his or her own manner,for the renewal of our Nation's moral heritage and for Cod's blessing upon each of us,especially our children. IN WITNESS Wl-IEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety,and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth.