NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER 4/23/24 Churches within the
Clay City School District will be leading in prayer and music on the 73rd
Annual National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 2nd. “Stop By and
Pray” anytime between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm or join them for the Evening Prayer
Service at 7:00 pm. This year’s annual event will be hosted by the Clay
City United Methodist Church on Main Street. The National Day of
Prayer is a vital part of America’s heritage and is as relevant and critical
today as it was at the first call by our Continental Congress in 1775.
Established in public law by a joint resolution of Congress, signed by
President Truman in 1952, then amended to designate the day under the 100th
Congress and President Reagan in 1988, it states that: “The President shall
issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a
National Day of Prayer on which the people of the United States may turn to God
in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups and as individuals.” Please join us to
exercise one of our most precious freedoms, the right to gather, turn to God,
and pray. For additional information, please contact Clay City Area NDP
Coordinator, Pat Burt at 618-676-1783. 