Tulsans will celebrate the National Day of Prayer from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 6 at Woodlake Church, 10444 S. Mingo Road.

Oklahoma’s First Lady Sarah Stitt will be a special guest.

The National Day of Prayer  was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Every President since 1952 has signed a National Day of Prayer proclamation.

Because of the faith of many of our founding fathers, public prayer and national days of prayer have a long-standing and significant history in American tradition.

The Supreme Court affirmed the right of state legislatures to open their sessions with prayer in Marsh vs. Chambers (1983).

The First Continental Congress called for a National Day of Prayer in 1775.

President Abraham Lincoln made the call in 1863.

In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed an amendment to the law that set the National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May each year.