NATIONAL DAY of PRAYER

The National Day of Prayer was established in a joint resolution by Congress and signed by President Harry Truman in 1952. It was amended by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to be set as the First Thursday in May.

It is an interfaith event with many activities in many places. The City of Plano celebrates it with a prayer hour beginning at 7 pm in the Council Chamber of Plano City Hall . In 2009, the National Day of Prayer falls on May 7^th.

Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable has been asked by the City of Plano to organize the event for 2009. A committee of MCOR meets monthly to advance the program. Interested parties, churches, synagogues, mosques, and other places of worship interested in participating in the coming year's event are encouraged to contact the committee chairs, Mary Alice Garza or Jian Li, for meeting times and places.

Those who require an exclusively Judeo-Christian service are welcome to attend a National Day of Prayer program at noon on the same day in the Plano City Hall Council Chambers. That service is not sponsored by Plano Multicultural Outreach Roundtable whose mission is one of inclusivity.