PROCLAMATION

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WEEK

 WHEREAS, Thanksgiving week marks the twenty-seventh (27^th) consecutive Christian Heritage Week in West Virginia; 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 and 2018; and

WHEREAS, 208 mayors from 130 cities, towns and villages throughout 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; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, George Karos, Mayor of Martinsburg, West Virginia do hereby proclaim the week of November 18-24, 2018, Thanksgiving week, is hereby proclaimed as:

“Christian Heritage Week”

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I George Karos, Mayor of Martinsburg have hereunto affixed my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Martinsburg, West Virginia to be affixed this 11^thday of October, 2018.

George Karos, Mayor

Attest: Gena Long, City Recorder