Grandparent’s Day of Prayer
This year the Christian Grandparenting Network is declaring September 11, 2011 as Grandparent’s Day of Prayer. It coincides with the National Grandparents Day as designated by a Senate proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.
Marian McQuade of Oak Hill, West Virginia organized the effort after an initial resolution introduced to the Senate in 1973 failed. Mrs. McQuade managed to gain the support of governors, senators and congressional representative’s support in forty-three states over a period of three years. Finally, in February 1977, Senator Jennings Randolph (D-WV) introduced a Joint Resolution to the Senate requesting the President to "issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as 'National Grandparents Day'." Congress passed the legislation and on August 3, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation. citing the purpose as a day "...to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.”
In the spirit of this proclamation, the Christian Grandparenting Network, whose mission is to promote effective, godly grandparenting that is intentional about representing Christ to the next generation is calling a Grandparent’s Day of Prayer. It is a way of engaging grandparents in this cause through prayer for their grandchildren and families, our schools and our nation. As your grandchildren return to school in August and September, we invite you to join grandparents across this nation for an intentional day of prayer for our grandchildren. September 11, 2011 is the date on which the call is being issued for godly grandparents everywhere to stand in the gap together for our grandchildren as Esther stood in the gap for her people in a desperate time. The call is being issued for prayer warriors to link arms and go to battle for the sake of the next generation.
For further information about the Grandparent’s Day of Prayer for yourself or your pastor, please contact Lillian Penner, CGN National Prayer Coordinator at lpenner@christiangrandparenting.net or go to www.christiangrandparenting.net .
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