The National Day of Prayer

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MEDIA RELEASE

The Operation Andrew Group and The YMCA:

WHAT:

The 59TH Annual National Day of Prayer

“Pray Day” – 05 / 06/ 10

WHO:

The Operation Andrew Group, an interdenominational Christian ministry, and the YMCA of Middle Tennessee have joined together to assist and encourage the citizens and churches in our area to participate in the National Day of Prayer.

WHEN:

Thursday, May 6th, 2010, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM.

Live-music

WHERE:

Bridgestone Arena Plaza, Broadway and 5th Ave.,

Downtown Nashville and Special Events in YMCA Centers

CONTACT:

The Operation Andrew Group 615.352.1805

Charles McGowan, President

www.operationandrew.org

YMCA of Middle Tennessee 615.259.9622

Jessica Fain, VP of Communications

www.ymcamidtn.org

OVERVIEW:

The Operation Andrew Group and YMCA of Middle Tennessee are partnering with the nation in prayer on May 6th. Unite with your community and friends as the nation is called to prayer. Gather at the Bridgestone Arena plaza, along with local leaders and pastors representing cultural and denominational diversity. Special guests, Jaci Velasquez, Karen Peck and New River, Tina Hutchison, and Paris Delane, will add a variety of musical styles to the program. Awareness of the increasing needs in our community for shelter, food and hope for life is brought to us by the Nashville Resue Mission. People of all faiths are welcome as we express our thanks to God for the many ways He continues to bless our country and the greater Middle Tennessee region.

Visit www.operationandrew.org or www.ymcamidtn.org for free downloadable tools.

See you on 05 /06 /10!

Presidential Proclamation

The following proclamation was posted on the White House's website regarding the

National Day of Prayer 2010

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
April 30, 2010

Presidential Proclamation--National Day of Prayer

A PROCLAMATION

Throughout our history, whether in times of great joy and thanksgiving, or in times of great challenge and uncertainty, Americans have turned to prayer. In prayer, we have expressed gratitude and humility, sought guidance and forgiveness, and received inspiration and assistance, both in good times and in bad.

On this day, let us give thanks for the many blessings God has bestowed upon our Nation. Let us rejoice for the blessing of freedom both to believe and to live our beliefs, and for the many other freedoms and opportunities that bring us together as one Nation. Let us ask for wisdom, compassion, and discernment of justice as we address the great challenges of our time.

We are blessed to live in a Nation that counts freedom of conscience and free exercise of religion among its most fundamental principles, thereby ensuring that all people of goodwill may hold and practice their beliefs according to the dictates of their consciences. Prayer has been a sustaining way for many Americans of diverse faiths to express their most cherished beliefs, and thus we have long deemed it fitting and proper to publicly recognize the importance of prayer on this day across the Nation.

Let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those suffering from natural disasters in Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere, and the people from those countries and from around the world who have worked tirelessly and selflessly to render aid. Let us pray for the families of the West Virginia miners, and the people of Poland who so recently and unexpectedly lost many of their beloved leaders. Let us pray for the safety and success of those who have left home to serve in our Armed Forces, putting their lives at risk in order to make the world a safer place. As we remember them, let us not forget their families and the substantial sacrifices that they make every day. Let us remember the unsung heroes who struggle to build their communities, raise their families, and help their neighbors, for they are the wellspring of our greatness. Finally, let us remember in our thoughts and prayers those people everywhere who join us in the aspiration for a world that is just, peaceful, free, and respectful of the dignity of every human being.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 6, 2010, as a National Day of Prayer. I call upon the citizens of our Nation to pray, or otherwise give thanks, in accordance with their own faiths and consciences, for our many freedoms and blessings, and I invite all people of faith to join me in asking for God's continued guidance, grace, and protection as we meet the challenges before us.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

BARACK OBAMA