The definition of the word Invocation is an invocation prayer is to request for the spiritual presence and blessing of God in a ceremony or event. Most religious people knew this before I defined it.
At the last two Town Board meetings I crinched when at the beginning of our Town Board meetings in November both of the Invocations were given by Council members Ramona Popavich and the next Town Board meeting Councilman Stephen Sanders.
These two Board members didn’t mention anything which was holy but instead we heard both of them tell the audience what they did as members of the Town Board. These two members will not be on our new Town Board as of December 31,2017.
If we don’t want to asked for guidance from a spiritual presence we must drop the invocation. In place of the invocation maybe we should have a moment of silence to pray for the for spiritual guidence. or have nothing at all.
Originally published on Amherst Times. Republished with permission.
