Point Pleasant, West Virginia 2022

Mayoral Proclamation

in harmony with

Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia

November 20-26, 2022

as proclaimed by

 Governor Jim Justice

WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the thirty-first 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, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin from 2011 thru 2016 and Governor Jim Justice in 2017 thru 2022; 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 and America’s history; and

WHEREAS, local churches are asked to participate with relevant church services.

NOW, THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, Mayor Brian Billings do hereby proclaim November 20-26, 2022 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

Brian L. Billings, Mayor

11/7/2022

Attest: Amber Tatterson, City Clerk