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Civic Sunday

1 Timothy 21 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

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1 Timothy 23 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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1 Timothy 25 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

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Romans 131 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

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Romans 133 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

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Romans 134 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

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Romans 135 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

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Romans 13

7 Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

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Honoring our City Leaders

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Prayer for Our City LeadersO Heavenly Father, we thank You for Mayor Palmgren and the members of our City Council. We, the citizens of the Maple Leaf City, praise you for the beauty that surrounds us.

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Prayer for Our City LeadersEvery season you remind us that we serve a God who is creative and loves to paint on the canvas of this world with bold colors.We also thank you for the talents and skills represented on our City Council.

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Prayer for Our City LeadersThey sit in long meetings, read endless contracts and proposals with great attention to detail. We derive the benefits from their vision and commitment.

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Prayer for Our City LeadersWe thank you for their boldness. They have been creative in investing in wind and solar green technologies to power our city. They have been forward thinking in providing incentives for companies to chose Geneseo as a place to do business.

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Prayer for Our City LeadersAnd they have demanded excellence and as a result we live in a clean, beautiful and safe community. Bless them for the long hours they serve and remind us to encourage them for their service and leadership. Amen.

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Honoring our City Police

Department

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Policeman’s Prayer

Oh Almighty God, whose great power and eternal wisdom embraces the universe.Watch over all policeman and law enforcement officers.

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Policeman’s Prayer

Protect them from harm in the performance of their duty to stop crime, robberies, riot and violence.We pray, help them keep our streets and homes safe by day and night.

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Policeman’s Prayer

We commend them to your loving care because their duty is dangerous.Grant them your unending strength and courage in their daily assignments.

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Policeman’s Prayer

Dear God, protect these brave men and women; grant them your almighty protection.Unite them safely with their families after duty has ended. Amen

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Honoring our City Fire

Department

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“I can think of no more stirring

symbol of man's humanity to man

than a fire engine.”

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The Maltese Cross

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Jonathan R. Hohmann

HazMat 1Maspeth, Queens, NY

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Prayer for FiremenDear Heavenly Father, we thank You for the brave men and women who act as firefighters in our community. We are grateful for their commitment to serve the greater good. From You comes their great physical and mental determination and strength.

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Prayer for FiremenThank You our young children aspire to be like them and want follow in their strong footsteps. Grant us the ability to see our firefighters today like our children do as authentic, touchable heroes who are right-around-the-corner, ready to help.

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Prayer for FiremenWe give you thanks that our firefighters have pledged to protect and help us in our times of need. We stand in awe of their ability to remain calm in crisis situations and to act with determination and purpose when faced with fire, accidents, disasters and medical emergencies.

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Prayer for FiremenWe pray your protecting grace upon our firefighters today. Grant them supernatural guidance in chaotic situations, shield them from injury when they enter into harm’s way, speed them safely on their calls and bless their family lives with peace and prosperity.

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Prayer for FiremenEnlarge their ability to bring reassurance and calm to those who are panicked or in great fear, grief or in shock. Bring success to their work and remove all obstacles in the way of their completion of their routine duties.

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Prayer for FiremenUse their hands as Your hands to rescue those in peril, quench blazing fires, and to save the lives of those in sudden medical distress. May Your angels protect them in all of their ways. In the name of our Savior we pray, Amen.

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Honoring our City EMT’s and

Ambulance Squad

The Six-

Pointed Star

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

Dear God, It was our Lord Jesus who said to us, “Greater love has no one than this… that someone lay down his life for his friends.” We pray today for men and women who lay down their lives for us an hour at a time.

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

They have left family dinners and celebrations, sacrificed important holidays and allowed their sleep to be disrupted more times than can easily be counted or remembered.

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

We pray that you will bless them for their sacrifice and that you would graciously protect them when they place themselves at risk in order to preserve the lives of others.

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

We also pray concerning the memories they cannot erase. The frightened look on a teen’s face moments before death. The shattered face of a parent who has lost a child. The victims of abuse, often at the hands of their own family members.

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

Lord, we pray that you will give them the strength to bear and live with these images, and that they will remember the other faces, the faces of the rescued, the revived, and the restored.

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Prayer for EMT’s and Ambulance Squad

We pray all these things in the name of the Great Physician, Jesus. Amen.

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Moment of

Silence

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