May 4, 2017 is the National Day of Prayer, a time designated for people of all faiths to pray for the U.S.
The annual observance is held the first Thursday of May with this year's theme being "For your Great Name's Sake! Hear us...Forgive us...Heal us.!" The National Day of Prayer's Washington D.C. observance will be held from 7:30-9 p.m. ET (6:30-8 p.m. CT) Thursday.
This year's chairperson is Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham and founder of AnGel Ministries. Lotz will deliver the keynote address at Thursday night's event.
The importance of prayer in the formation of the country was recognized as early as 1775, when the Continental Congress asked colonists to pray for wisdom in forming a new country. President Lincoln issued a proclamation in 1863 calling for a day of "humiliation, fasting and prayer."
The National Day of Prayer became an officially marked celebration on 1952 when it was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill officially naming the first Thursday in May as a "National Day of Prayer."
In all, there have been 67 Presidential Proclamations for a National Day of Prayer (1952 - 2015). Gerald R. Ford (1976), George H. Bush (1989 - 91) and Barack H. Obama (2012) are the only U.S. Presidents to sign multiple National Day of Prayer Proclamations in the same year.
Last year, all 50 state governors plus the governors of several U.S. territories signed similar proclamations.
Today, it is estimated as many as 2 million people attend more than 30,000 National Day of Prayer observances across the country, with commemorations in schools, businesses, churches and homes. To find an event near you, you can go here.
FBI arrests Hoover man accused of stealing more than $180k from former employers
A Hoover man accused of stealing more than $180,000 from former employers, including a nonprofit supporting University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday.
The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury returned a 24-count indictment against 32-year-old Randall Sho Woods in April. His received multiple charged of wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to the indictment, Woods charged more than $30,000 of person expenses on corporate credit card accounts while working as a staff accountant for Ingram's Accounting & Financial Management Inc. At another company, State Traditions, Woods committed multiple fraudulent activities as an account clerk. Those activities included stealing more than $130,000 in funds from the company's Pay-Pal account and corporate checks, the indictment states. When Woods became treasurer of the Million Dollar Band association, he stole $20,000 by writing checks payable to himself, the DOJ said.
Each wire fraud charge has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum sentence for bank fraud is 30 years each.
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