aRDER No. ~a~~~ AP'P'ROVAL DECLARING MAY 1, ~'-~-7_i3 NAl"TONAL DAY OF PRAYER On this the i~th day of March, ~'~+~.?,, ~_cpon motion made by Commissioner I_et, seconded by Commissioner,~4Jilliams, the Ca~_crt ~_inanimo~_isly approved by a vote of 4-Q~-~, the proclamation declaring May 1, c~~~, as "National Day of P'r'ayer". COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST _ PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT. ---_ MADE BY: Pat Tinley OFFICE: County judge 3/io%3 MEETING DATE: TIME PREFERRED: SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC) Consider and discuss approving proclamation declaring May 1, 2003 as "National Day of Prayer." EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON) NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE: County Judge Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows: Meeting scheduled for Mondays: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY: THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON: All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation will be appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity. See Agenda Request Rules Adopted by Commissioners' Court. 5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday. PROCLAMATION NATION DAY OF PRAYER WHEREAS, America was founded on the principals of religious faith and freedom; and WHEREAS, throughout the history of our county, we have humbly prayed for guidance and comfort where needed and have humbly given thanks for the many blessings that God has graciously bestowed on this nation since its inception; and WHEREAS, prayer is regarded by millions as the most important utterance for mankind for its benefits; and WHEREAS, the National Day of Prayer is a day set aside by Congress for all Americans to pray and reaffirm spiritual principals upon which this nation is founded; and WHEREAS, this year marks the 52°d anniversary of the consecutive annual observance ofthe National Day of Prayer and the theme, Righteousness exalts a nation.....but sin is a disgrace to any people. Proverbs 14:34 WHEREAS, across Ken County, Texas Americans unite in prayer for our nation, state, and county to acknowledge our dependence upon God, to give thanks for the many blessings our country has received from Him, to recognize our personal and corporate renewal and moral values and to invoke God's blessings upon our leaders and ask God to unite and heal our country. NOW, THEREFORE, we, Ken County Commissioners' Court, do hereby proclaim May i, 2003 as uNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER" ---Paf coley, Ken County Judge n ~ ~ 9 ' a y,~~ H. A. "Buster" Baldwin W Commissioner, Pct. #1 w., ~~ / ~ . Willian'i H. Williams Commissioner, Pct. #2 Jon~han Letz Commissioner, Pct. #3 Dave Nicholson Commissioner, Pct. #4 JlQ ~~r NATIONAL DAYOF PRAYER January 31, 2003 P O Box 2287 Kerrville, TX 78029-2287 $30-895-8670 clergywomen@omniglobal.net Re: KERB COUNTY NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION ...... BUT SIN IS A DISGRACE TO ANY PEOPLE PROVERBS 14:34 Dear CountylCity Officials, It is with great anticipation that I share plans with you for National Day of Prayer. This will be Clergy Women, Inc.'s sixth year of involvement with Kerr County. We are thankful God has called us to organize and facilitate NDP. God continues to enlarge our vision each year. This year is no exception. There will be many observances through-out the day to accommodate more participation for our county. Each different event will be filled with prayers for our nation, state, county and city government leaders, police and firemen/women, schools, churches, and families. We welcome you to attend any/ail of the events during the day, but would like you to participate in the Kerr County Observance. It would be our privilege to pray for all of you at 11:30a.m. We want the people in our county to know each of you! We know it is God who sets people in office far His purposes. Mayor's Prayer Breakfast 6:OOa.m. - B:OOa.m. Trinity Baptist Church Prayer Booths 10:00a.m. - 3:OOp.m. Center Point, Kerrville, Ingram, and Hunt Kerr County Observance . 11:30a.m. -12:30p.m. Prayer far our County and Cities Officials. We ask clergy from around the county to pray. ~~n« P O Box 2287 Kerrville, TX 78029-2287 830-895-8570 clergywomen@omniglobal.net Proclamations! National, State, County, Kerrville and Ingram. Praise & Worship! From one of onr churches. Children's Prayer Walk 3:30 - 4:30 First United. Methodist Church Refreshments* Prayer Material* T-Shirts* Coloring Books* Fun* *** FiremanlPoliceman *** **Vehicles** *****Prayer for our Police/Fire personal***** * * * ** *Prayer for your children/grandchildren* * ** * Kerr County Eveninu Celebration 6:OOp.m. - 7:OOp.m. Prayer for our schools, churches and families. We ask our school superintendents, principals, teachers to attend that we may pray for them. There is also the proclamations and praise & worship. Open churches for prayer 8:00 - 11:OOa.m. - 12:30 - 3:OOp.m. Please emaiUphone if you can attend this 52nd Anniversary of National Day of Prayer. Thank you for all your effort in behalf of our county. Sincerely, i _. . ~ .{._ ~_ Rev. Fern Lancaster, President of Clergy Women, Inc. /Coordinator of Kerr County National Day Of Prayer ~U~t; _. f l.. .. Kerr County Judae/Commissioners From: "Clergy Women, Inc." To: "Pat Tinley" Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:49 PM Subject: National Day of Prayer Dear Judge, Is it alright if "we" use the front lawn of the courthouse this year for our Kerr County Observance? Will yvu read one of the proclamations? Please let me know! Thank you for your time. Rev. Fern Lancaster 2/26/03