National Family Prayer Month Press Kit
Proclamation
* Family Prayer Month *
WHEREAS, from our nation’s founding American families have prayed together daily as a cherished part of family life and an expression of faith and Judeo-Christian values; and
WHEREAS, more than half of Americans say they pray every day (Pew Research Center); and
WHEREAS, praying together builds family cohesion and strengthens marriages; and
WHEREAS, a deeper, personal prayer life for family members brings the transforming presence of God not only into the home but into communities; and
WHEREAS, national spiritual awakening has historically been preceded by prayer; and
WHEREAS, helping families to establish a pattern of praying together through a “31-Day Prayer Challenge” can encourage a culture of family prayer and daily devotional time; and
WHEREAS, Family Prayer Month is a nationwide, grassroots campaign to encourage families to pray together every day during the month of January.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of the State of Arizona, do hereby proclaim January 2017 as
*FAMILY PRAYER MONTH *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona
Douglas A. Ducey
GOVERNOR
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Cheryl Sacks Press Kit
Bio:
Cheryl Sacks is a best-selling author and speaker whose messages will make you thirsty to pray and discover more of God. Her powerful teachings on prayer are equipping everyday believers to change the spiritual climate wherever they go – whether at home, school, or in the marketplace.
Her first book The Prayer Saturated Church is a handbook for pastors and local church prayer leaders that is igniting prayer in thousands of churches world-wide. She co-authored Prayer Saturated Kids, which equips and empowers children in prayer.
Her newest book The Prayer Saturated Family: How to Change the Atmosphere in Your Home through Prayer released in November 2016.
She and her husband, Hal, are founders of BridgeBuilders International, a ministry that is equipping believers to change the spiritual climate in homes, schools, businesses and everywhere they go. Their prayer initiatives have brought measurable and miraculous results, which have attracted national and international attention.
Cheryl has written for such publications as Prayer Connect, More to Life, and Rick Warren’s Pastors’ Toolbox. Her teachings have been aired on TBN and GOD TV.
A former schoolteacher and youth leader, Cheryl loves investing in the next generation. One of her favorite pastimes is telling the younger generation God stories, which activate their faith and ignite their prayer life. She and her husband make their home in Phoenix, AZ.
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Cheryl Sacks
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NATIONAL FAMILY PRAYER MONTH LAUNCHES JANUARY 2017
Families Are Encouraged to Take the “31-Day Prayer Challenge” And See their Family Transformed
PHOENIX, AZ, November 17, 2016 – BridgeBuilders International and a coalition of churches, ministries, and media outlets are launching National Family Prayer Month, a nationwide, grassroots campaign to encourage families to take “The 31-Day Prayer Challenge” to pray together every day during the month of January.
Cheryl Sacks, co-founder of BridgeBuilders International, is the author of a new book, The Prayer Saturated Family, How to Change the Atmosphere in Your Home Through Prayer. The book is National Family Prayer Month’s official resource and includes a 31-Day Prayer Guide full of creative ideas, prompts and Scripture-based prayers to help jumpstart and develop the prayer life of families across the nation.
“Praying together deepens relationships, alleviates fighting and strengthens family ties more than any single thing you can do,” Sacks said. “We’ve seen that as families pray together and welcome the presence of God into their homes, they experience healing and transformation.”
Sacks points out that society is positively impacted by family prayer. However, when millions of families no longer pray together daily, the result is an increasingly secularized culture, pressure on families and marriages, and a young generation that often falls away from the faith in which they were raised.
Organizers say the goal of National Family Prayer Month is not only to see individual families revitalized but to ignite a nationwide Family Prayer Movement and ultimately national spiritual awakening.
For more information, contact: Cheryl Sacks (877) 557-5111
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