[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE NATIONAL SOLEMN ASSEMBLY

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                            HON. ROBIN HAYES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 15, 2002

  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention an 
important event that took place earlier this week here in our Nation's 
Capital. On October 8 & 9th, the Center for Spiritual Renewal hosted 
the National Solemn Assembly at Constitution Hall. During these two 
days, church, governmental, military and business leaders from around 
the nation, including many from the D.C. area, came together for a time 
of prayer and fasting in support of our nation's leaders. Special 
sessions of prayer were conducted for the President, White House staff, 
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, the U.S. 
Supreme Court and our Governors and state and local leaders. The 
Assembly, based on the scriptural admonition of Joel 2 and 2 Chronicles 
7:14, is to return the Nation's spiritual focus on repentance, 
reconciliation and revival. Most notably, this meeting and its purpose 
were scheduled and established before the events of September 11, 2001, 
and well before any House debate of the Iraqi war resolution was 
scheduled for these same two days.
  The Center for Spiritual Renewal, under the leadership of Dr. Robert 
E. Fisher, has been established to bring before the Church on a 
continuing basis the primary need for revival and renewal, both 
personal and corporate. The Center is a non-profit organization that 
works with all denominations, as well as non-affiliated local churches 
and ministry agencies to promote an understanding of the need to 
respond to the move of God through humility, worship and the embodiment 
of three sequential elements: spiritual integrity, scriptural unity and 
social responsibility.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend Dr. Fisher and the Center for 
Spiritual Renewal for their leadership in the establishment of the 
National Solemn Assembly, and for their prayerful support of the 
Members of this body and the many others in positions of leadership 
within our government.

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