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WHEREAS,
May 3, is the day set aside for Americans to come together as a nation, under God, to observe
the 5(jh consecutive National Day of Prayer; and
WHEREAS,
the first national prayer day was proclaimed by the First Continental Congress in 1775,
President Lincoln reaffirmed it in 1863, President Reagan designated the first Thursday in
Mayas the day of annual recognition; and
WHEREAS,
prayer has aided us in all times where support and guidance was needed; and
WHEREAS,
across our land on May 3, 2001 Americans wills unite at specific times in prayer for our
nation and state to acknowledge our dependence upon God, to give thanks for the many
blessings our country has received from Him, to recognize our need for personal and
corporate renewal of moral values and to invoke God's blessings upon our leaders;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAUL P. PARTYKA, Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, hereby do Proclaim
Thursday, May 3, 2001, as
"NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER"
in the City of Winter Springs, and urge all residents to join with millions across our nation in
prayer, each according to his or her own faith.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Winter Springs to be affixed this 3rd
day of May, 2001.
PAUL P. PARTYKA, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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PaulP.Partyka
Mayor
Robert S. Miller
Commissioner
Michael S. Blake
Commissioner
Edward Martinez, Jr.
Commissioner
Cindy Gennell
Commissioner
David W. McLeod
Commissioner