Weirton, West Virginia 2022 (Cove Presbyterian)

City of Weirton

Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 20-26, 2022

Cove Presbyterian Church

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-first consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia:and has been proclaimed by 235 mayors from 140 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, a Thanksgiving Proclamation “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer be observed by acknowledging with grateful hear the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness” was given by our Nation’s first President George Washington; and,

WHEREAS, for 232 years, the Cove Congregation has been a tremendous Christian witness to the tri-state area. It has been a congregation of intense missionary interest. From their Congregation, missionaries, as well as Clergy, have been sent out to serve Jesus Christ and the Presbyterian Church; and,

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week is an appropriate time to center attention on giving thanks to Cove Presbyterian Church for Christian Heritage Week 2022, for it comes on their 232nd Anniversary of the Church’s founding date of November 21, 1790.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harold E. Miller, Mayor of the City of Weirton, on behalf of the citizens of this community, do hereby proclaim November 20 through 26, 2022 as Christian Heritage Week and invite all citizens to join me in this recognition of Cover Presbyterian Church for all they have contributed to spreading the word of God throughout this community.

Harold E. Miller

Mayor