Buckhannon, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be Known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the City of Buckhannon, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join in this local event each in their own way.

By: David W. McCauley, (Mayor)

Date: October 10, 2017

Burnsville, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017 

as proclaimed by

Governor Jim Justice 

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive observance of Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010 and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,  

WHEREAS,  202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and, 

 WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.  

 NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be Known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the Town of Burnsville, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join in this observance each in their own way.

by: Paul Bragg (Mayor)

date: 10/9/2017

Parsons, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice

Whereas, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive observance of Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

Whereas, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

Whereas, local churches are asked to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

Now, Therefore, Let it be Known that I, Dorothy L. Judy, Mayor of the City of Parsons, West Virginia, by virtue of the authority vested in me do hereby proclaim the week of November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the

City of Parsons, West Virginia

Furthermore, I invite all citizens to join in this local event each in their own way.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed on this 17th day of October in the year of our Lord tow thousand seventeen.

Attest: Bruce A. Kolsun, Recorder                                        Signed: Dorothy L. Judy, Mayor

Peterstown, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by

 Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive observance of Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be Known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the Town of Peterstown, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

By: Michael Lively (Mayor)

Date: 10-10-17

Pleasant Valley, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by

 Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive observance of Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be Known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the City of Pleasant Valley, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

By: Barbara Metcalfe (Mayor)

Date: October 11, 2017

Point Pleasant, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week is an appropriate time to center attention on our thanks to Almighty God for His great and good Providence and for the Christian faith, which is part of West Virginia’s and America’s history; and

WHEREAS, local churches are asked to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, Mayor Brian Billings do hereby proclaim November 19-25, 2017, as: Christian Heritage Week in the City of Point Pleasant and invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

Attest: Amber Tatterson, City Clerk 11/13/17                                   Brian L. Billings, Mayor

Ranson, West Virginia 2017

MAYORAL PROCLAMATION

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by

Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week, is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the City of Ranson, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

Attest: Stacey A. Dodson Pfaltzgraff, City Clerk     By: Keith D. Pierson, Mayor

November 7, 2017

Rupert, West Virginia 2017

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by

Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week, is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the Town of Rupert, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

By: James D. Nichols

Date: 10-16-2017

Welch, West Virginia 2017

MAYORAL PROCLAMATION

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

as proclaimed by

Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be known that November 19-25, 2017, Thanksgiving Week, is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

In the City of Welch, West Virginia and I invite all citizens to join me in this observance each in their own way.

By: Mayor Reba Honaker

 Date: 11/6/17

White Hall, West Virginia 2017

Proclamation by the Town Council of the

Town of White Hall

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 19-25, 2017

As proclaimed by

Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving Week marks the twenty-sixth consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; thus continuing a tradition of annual proclamations beginning with Governor Gaston Caperton in 1992 thru 1996 and continued by Governor Cecil Underwood from 1997 thru 2000, Governor Bob Wise from 2001 thru 2004, Governor Joe Manchin from 2005 thru 2010, and Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017; and,

WHEREAS, 202 mayors from 128 cities, towns and villages throughout the State of West Virginia have proclaimed Christian Heritage Week since 2001; and,

WHEREAS, local churches are encouraged to participate with relevant Sunday School lessons, sermons, patriotic song services, youth programs and prayer meetings.

NOW, THEREFORE, Let it be Known that November 19-25th, 2017, Thanksgiving Week is hereby proclaimed as:

Christian Heritage Week

in the

Town of White Hall, West Virginia

and the Town Council of the Town of White Hall invites all citizens to join in this observance each in their own way.

Signed October 23, 2017

Guy Ward, Mayor

Attest:

Charles Mason, Recorder