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Prayer for Palm Sunday

God Most High, gracious and glorious, blessed is the one who comes in your name.
Lead us now on the road to the cross.
May we follow with faithfulness and joy, shouting hosanna in the highest heaven;
through Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.

Amen.


On March 18

1925 In 1925, the Tri State Tornado roared into the record books. Starting in Southeast Missouri about 60 miles west of Cape Girardeau, the tornado roared across Southern Illinois before lifting in extreme Southwest Indiana 10 miles northeast of Princeton. It was on the ground for 219 miles, which remains the record for the longest continuous track. For about 100 miles of its track, it was three fourths of a mile wide. Its greatest width reached NEARLY 2 AND A HALF MILES. The average speed was 62 mph and the top speed of 73 mph was a record. It also set the record for longest time on the ground at three and a half hours. It remains the deadliest tornado on record with 695 fatalities and 2,027 injuries. At times the tornado was so wide that eyewitnesses described it as a rolling fog bank. No doubt, the tornado was an F5. Some of the worst destruction and loss of life occurred in Murphysboro as well as DeSoto and West Frankfort, Illinois.

1957 Building fund offering: $58.85

1965 The WDC Peace and Service Committee conducts a study conference on “Materialism and Living Standards for Christians”

1979 Prairie View celebrates it 25th anniversary.

1990 Pray for the people of Hesston and other communities affected by the tornado that passed through the areas on Tuesday, March 13. Also, the MCC Meat Canning has been postponed due to the heavy area work-load resulting from the tornado. Plans are to reschedule sometime in the fall.

1995 The youth hold a Chili Supper youth fund-raiser for Wichita 95.