WHEREAS, The California Prayer Breakfast is inspired by, and patterned after, the National Prayer Breakfast, which is held each year in Washington, D.C., and was created as a result of President Eisenhower’s call from the White House one evening to his friend, Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas, in which he is believed to have said: “Frank, this is the loneliest house that I’ve ever been in. Would you come over and pray with me?”; and

WHEREAS, The prayer meetings continued, and soon, each week at the Nation’s Capitol, a group of legislators began to pray for the President and the country, asking for God’s blessings and the wisdom and strength to help this great nation; and

WHEREAS, Like the National Prayer Breakfast, the California Prayer Breakfast is sponsored and planned by a group of legislators, without regard to party affiliation, who meet weekly at 8:00 a.m. in an in-depth bible study in the Assembly Rules Committee Room at the State Capitol; and

WHEREAS, For 51 years, the California Legislators’ Fellowship Group has been meeting weekly for a time of fellowship in the reconciling spirit of prayer; and

WHEREAS, The California Legislators’ Fellowship Group is bipartisan, nondenominational, includes legislators of diverse spiritual backgrounds and experience, and welcomes all legislators who have a common interest in developing and nurturing their spiritual lives; and

WHEREAS, The California Prayer Breakfast has sought to encourage men and women throughout the State of California to recognize their spiritual privileges and responsibilities; and

WHEREAS, With the desire to deepen the spiritual life and moral fiber of the people of the state and become a spiritual leadership, as well as to be thankful for God’s blessings and to seek God’s spiritual wisdom and guidance; now, therefore, be it