nyac 2017 intercessory prayer calendar

2017INTERCESSORY PRAYER

CALENDARNEW YORK ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton

Please use this list in worship, in meetings, in small groups, in your home,in Sunday bulletins, in monthly newsletters – wherever there is prayer.

The New York Conference – The United Methodist Church

WEEK OF JANUARY 152ND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: GreenHUMAN RELATIONS DAY (offering)

Beacon: Christ [NC]Bellmore [LE]Bellport [LE]Bethel [CT]Blenheim Hill: Brimstone [CH]Bloomfield [CT]Bloomville [CH]

WEEK OF JANUARY 81ST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: WhiteBAPTISM OF THE LORD

Athens: Federated [CH]Avon: Memorial [CT]Babylon [LE]Bakerville [CT]Baldwin: First [LE]Bangall [NC]Bay Shore [LE]Bayport [LE]Bayside [LW]Bayside: Shepherd [LW]Bayville: The Village Church [LE]

CH (CATSKILL HUDSON) CT (CONNECTICUT) LE (LONG ISLAND EAST) LW (LONG ISLAND WEST)

MET (METROPOLITAN) NC (NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT)

WEEK OF JANUARY 1EPIPHANY SUNDAYLiturgical Color: White or Gold

Albertson: Searing-Roslyn [LE]Amityville: First [LE]Amityville: Simpson [LE]*Andes [CH]Ansonia: First [CT]Ardsley [ MET]Ashland [CH]Astoria: Good Shepherd [LW]Astoria: Korean [LW]

JANUARY 6EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

Liturgical Color: White or Gold

WEEK OF JANUARY 223RD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: GreenECUMENICAL SUNDAY

Branford [CT]Brewster: First [NC]Bridgeport: Golden Hill [CT]Bridgeport: Summerfield [CT]Bristol: Prospect [CT]Bronx: Bethel [MET]Bronx: Butler Memorial [MET]Bronx: Calvary [MET]Bronx: Co-op City [MET]

JANUARY 16MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY

JANUARY 18 - 25WEEK OF PRAYER FOR

CHRISTIAN UNITY

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NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARJanuary

JANUARY - MARCH

(Choose any period) Call to Prayer and Self-Denial

WEEK OF JANUARY 294TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: Green

Bronx: Crawford Memorial [MET]Bronx: Epworth [MET]Bronx: Fordham [MET]Bronx: Ghana [MET]Bronx: La Resurreccion [MET]Bronx: New Day [MET]Bronx: St. Stephen’s English [MET]Bronx: St. Stephen’s Spanish [MET]Bronx: Tremont [MET]

JANUARY 11HUMAN TRAFFICKING

AWARENESS DAY

JANUARY 10-12Bishop’s Convocation


NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDAR

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 55TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: Green

Bronx: Trinity City Island [MET]Bronx: Wakefield Grace [MET]Bronx: Westchester [MET]Bronx: Willis Avenue [MET]Bronx: Woodycrest [MET]Brooklyn: Andrews [LW]Brooklyn: Bay Ridge [LW]Brooklyn: Bethany [LW]Brooklyn: Bethel [LW]

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 126TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: GreenBOY SCOUT SUNDAY

Brooklyn: Bethelship Norwegian [LW]Brooklyn: Bushwick [LW]Brooklyn: Christ [LW]Brooklyn: Cuyler-Warren Street [LW]Brooklyn: Fenimore Street [LW]Brooklyn: Fourth Avenue [LW]Brooklyn: Ghana Wesley [LW]Brooklyn: Grace [LW]Brooklyn: Hanson Place Central [LW]Brooklyn: Immanuel & First Spanish [LW]

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 197TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: Green

Brooklyn: Janes [LW]Brooklyn: John Wesley [LW]Brooklyn: Kings Highway [LW]Brooklyn: Nam San Korean [LW]Brooklyn: New Jerusalem [LW]Brooklyn: Newman Memorial [LW]Brooklyn: Park Slope [LW] Brooklyn: Premiere Eglise [LW]Brooklyn: Redeemer [LW]Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay English [LW]Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Korean [LW]

FEBRUARY 20PRESIDENT’S DAY

February

FEBRUARY 2PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

/CANDLEMAS

Liturgical Color: White

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 268TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANYLiturgical Color: WhiteTRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

Brooklyn: St. Mark’s [LW]Brooklyn: St. Paul’s [LW]Brooklyn: Tian Fu [LW]Brooklyn: Union [LW]Brooklyn: Vanderveer Park [LW]Buchanan: Trinity-Boscobel [NC]Bullville [CH]Cairo [CH]Callicoon [CH]Canaan [CT]FEBRUARY 12

WEEK OF MARCH 193RD SUNDAY IN LENTLiturgical Color: Purple

Copper Hill [CT]Coram: Trinity [LE]Cornwall [NC]Corona: Primera Eglise Methodiste

Unida [LW]Coxsackie: First [CH]Craryville [CH]Croton-on-Hudson: Asbury [MET]Danbury [NC]Darien [NC]

WEEK OF MARCH 122ND SUNDAY IN LENTLiturgical Color: PurpleGIRL SCOUT SUNDAY

Cheshire [CT]Clinton [CT ]Coeymans Hollow: Trinity [CH]Cold Spring [NC]Commack [LE]Commack: Long Island Korean [LE]Conesville Chapel [CH]Copake [CH]

WEEK OF MARCH 264TH SUNDAY IN LENTLiturgical Color: PurpleUMCOR Sunday (formerly One Great Hour of Sharing) (offering)

Delhi: United Ministry of Delhi [CH]Derby [CT]Dix Hills [LE]Dix Hills: Bible UMC of New York [LE]Dobbs Ferry: Aldersgate [MET]Dormansville: First [CH]Dover Plains [NC]Downsville: Colchester Community [CH]Durham-Oak Hill [CH]East Berlin [CT]East Branch/Harvard [CH]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARMarch

MARCH 12DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS

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WEEK OF MARCH 51ST SUNDAY IN LENTLiturgical Color: Purple

Carmel: Drew [NC]Catskill [CH]Center Moriches [LE]Centerport [LE]Centerville [CH]Central Islip: First [LE]Central Valley [NC]Chatham [CH]

MARCH 3WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

MARCH 1Ash Wednesday

Liturgical Color: Gray or Purple

MARCH 26UMCOR SUNDAY

(FORMERLY ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING)


WEEK OF APRIL 25TH SUNDAY IN LENTLiturgical Color: Purple

East Chatham [CH]East Hampton: First [LE]East Jewett [CH]East Meadow [LE]East Moriches: Centennial [LE]East Northport: Union [LE]East Quogue [LE]Easton: Jesse Lee [CT]Elizaville [NC]Ellenville [CH]

WEEK OF APRIL 9PASSION/PALM SUNDAYLiturgical Color: Purple or Red

Elmont/Valley Stream: St. John’s [LW]

Fairfield-Grace [CT]Farmingdale [LE]Fishkill [NC]Flanders [LE]Fleischmanns [CH]Floral Park [LW]Flushing: Central Queens Korean

[LW]Flushing: Chinese [MET]Flushing: First [LW]Forestville: Asbury [CT]

WEEK OF APRIL 232ND SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or GoldFESTIVAL OF GOD’S CREATION

Glenco Mills [CH]Glendale-Maspeth [LW]Goshen [NC]Grahamsville [CH]Grand Gorge [CH]Great Neck: Korean [LW]Greenville and Norton Hill [CH]Greenwich: Diamond Hill [NC]Greenwich: First [NC]Greenwich: Round Hill [NC]

April NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDAR

APRIL 2940 Days to Annual Conference

WEEK OF APRIL 16EASTERLiturgical Color: White or Gold

Fort Montgomery [NC]Fosterdale [CH]Franklin Square: Wesley [LE]Freeport: English [LE]Freeport: Iglesia Metodista [LE]Gaylordsville [CT]Georgetown [CT]Gilboa [CH]Glen Cove: Carpenter

Memorial [LE]

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APRIL 9-15HOLY WEEK LITURGICAL COLORS

APRIL 10-12: MONDAY-WEDNESDAY

Liturgical Color: Purple or Red

APRIL 13: HOLY THURSDAY

Liturgical Color: Purple or Red

APRIL 14: GOOD FRIDAY

Liturgical Color: No color

APRIL 15: EASTER VIGIL

Liturgical Color: No color until sunsetWhite or Gold after sunset

WEEK OF APRIL 303RD SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or GoldNATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES SUNDAY(offering)

Haitian UMC: Mission Congregation [LE]

Halcott Center [CH]Hamden Plains [CT]Hampton Bays [LE]Hamptons [LE]Hankins [CH]Harpersfield [CH]Harriman [NC]Hartford: UMC [CT]Hartford: Korean [CT]Hartford: North [CT]Hartsdale: St. Paul’s [MET]Hauppauge [LE]


WEEK OF MAY 74TH SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or Gold

Hempstead: [LE]Hicksville [LE]Higganum [CTHigh Hill [CH]High Ridge/Stamford Korean [NC]Highland Falls: UMC of the

Highlands [NC]Highland Mills [NC]Highland: First [CH]Hillsdale: First [CH]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDAR

WEEK OF MAY 145TH SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or GoldMOTHER’S DAY FESTIVAL OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME

Hobart [CH]Hollis: First [LW]Holmes [NC]Hudson: Trinity [CH]Huntington Station: West Hills [LE]Huntington-Cold Spring Harbor [LE]Hurleyville [CH]Hyde Park [NC]Inwood: St. Paul’s [LW]Island Park [LW]

May

WEEK OF MAY 216TH SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or GoldHERITAGE SUNDAY

Islip [LE]Jackson Heights: Community [LW]Jamaica: Brooks Memorial [LW]Jamaica: First [LW]Jamaica: Queens Hispanic [LW]Jamaica: St. Paul [LW]Jefferson [CH]Jeffersonville [CH]Kaaterskill [CH]Katonah [NC]

MAY 29MEMORIAL DAY

MAY 8-14CHRISTIAN FAMILY WEEK

MAY: CHRISTIAN HOME MONTH

WEEK OF MAY 287th SUNDAY OF EASTERLiturgical Color: White or GoldASCENSION SUNDAY

Kauneonga Lake: Community [CH]Kauneonga Lake: Mongaup Valley [CH]Kenoza Lake [CH]Kensington [CT]Kerhonkson: Federated [CH]Kings Park: Lucien Memorial [LE]Kingston: Clinton Avenue [CH]Kingston: Saint James [CH]Kripplebush [CH]LaGrangeville: Trinity [NC]Lake Mahopac [NC]

ANY SUNDAY IN MAY

GOLDEN CROSS SUNDAY

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MAY

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN

HERITAGE MONTH

ANY DAY IN MAY

OLDER ADULT RECOGNITION

MAY 14MOTHER’S DAY

MAY 4NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

ALDERSGATE DAY

WEEK OF JUNE 4PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Red

Lake Ronkonkoma [LE]Lakeville [CT]Lanesville [CH]Lew Beach [CH]Lexington-Westkill [CH]Liberty [CH]Lindenhurst: Grace [LE]Litchfield [CT]Livingston Manor [CH]

WEEK OF JUNE 111ST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: WhiteTRINITY SUNDAYPEACE WITH JUSTICE SUNDAY(offering)

Lloyd [CH]Long Island City: People’s [LW]Long Island City: San Pablo [LW]Lyall Memorial Federated [NC]Lynbrook: St. James [LW]Mamaroneck [MET]Manhattan: Broken Builders [MET]

WEEK OF JUNE 182ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

FATHER’S DAY

Manhattan: Chinese [MET]Manhattan: Christ [MET]Manhattan: Church of the Village [MET]Manhattan: First Spanish [MET]Manhattan: Grace [MET]Manhattan: Japanese-American [MET]

WEEK OF JUNE 253RD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

Manhattan: John Street [MET]Manhattan: Korean Methodist Church &

Institute [MET]Manhattan: Metropolitan Community [MET]Manhattan: Metropolitan Koryo [MET]Manhattan: Morningside [MET]Manhattan: St. Mark’s/Mount Calvary [MET]Manhattan: Park Avenue [MET]Manhattan: Salem [MET]

Annual Conference

2017

Hofstra University

June 7-10

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARJune

Congratula-tions to our Graduates!

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WEEK OF JULY 237TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

Napanoch: St. Mark’s [CH]Narrowsburg [CH]Naugatuck [CT]New Canaan [NC]New Dream Korean [LE]New Fairfield: New Life Community [CT]New Haven: First & Summerfield [CT]New Haven: Saint Andrew’s [CT]


Manhattan: St. Paul & St. Andrew [MET]Margaretville [CH]Massapequa: Community [LE]Maybrook [CH]Meriden: First [CT]Merrick [LE]Middle Village & Forest Hills: Community [LW]Middlefield Federated [CT]


Middletown, CT: First [CT]Middletown, NY: St. Paul’s [CH]Milan: Rowe [NC]Milford: Mary Taylor Memorial [CT]Millerton [NC]Milton & Marlboro [CH]Modena: Memorial [CH/NC]


Monroe, CT [CT]Monroe, NY [NC]Monticello [CH]Mount Kisco [NC]Mountain View [CH]Mountainville [NC]Mt. Vernon: Asbury [MET]Mt. Vernon: First [MET]

July 4USA INDEPENDENCE DAY

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARJuly

Don’t forget to register forMISSION UJuly 14-15

www.nyac.comWEEK OF JULY 308TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

New Haven: Westville [CT]New Hyde Park: Hillside [LE]New Milford, CT [CT]New Milford, NY:Edenville [NC]New Paltz [CH]New Rochelle [MET]Newburgh: First [NC]

WEEK OF AUGUST 69TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

Newburgh: Gardnertown [NC]Newburgh: Grace [NC]Newburgh: Trinity Parish [NC]Newington [CT]Newtown [CT]North Blenheim [CH]North Branch [CH]North Canton: Community [CT]


North Fork [LE] North Haven: Faith [CT]North Hillsdale [CH]North Yonkers: Community [MET]Northport: St. Paul’s [LE]Norwalk: Cornerstone [NC]Norwalk: El Camino [NC]NY Plainview [LE]Oceanside: First [LW]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARAugust

Annual Planning Retreat•Develop church program calendar•Create budget for programs•Prepare for stewardship campaign


Old Westbury: Ban Suk [LE]Olivebridge [CH]One Foundation Ministries [MET]Ossining: St. Matthew’s [MET]Ossining: United [MET]Oxford Seymour [CT]Palenville: Simpson Memorial [CH]Parksville [CH]Patchogue [LE]

GREAT DAY OF METHODIST SINGING: any Sunday during August,

or the year

WEEK OF August 2712TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

Pawling [NC]Peekskill [NC]Philmont [CH]Phoenicia [CH]Pine Plains [NC]Plainville [CT]Pleasant Valley, CT [CT]

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 313TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

Pleasant Valley, NY [NC]Pleasantville [MET]Plutarch [CH]Port Jefferson Station: Christ [LE]Port Jefferson: First [LE]Port Washington [LE]Poughkeepsie [NC]


Poughkeepsie: Mid-Hudson Korean [NC]Poughquag [NC]Pound Ridge : Community Church [NC]Prattsville Community [CH]Purdys [NC]Putnam Valley: Grace [NC]Quarryville [CH]


Red Hook [NC]Reservoir [CH]Rhinebeck [NC]Richmond Hill: Trinity [LW]Richmond Hill: United [LW]Ridgebury: Grace [NC]


Ridgefield: Jesse Lee Memorial [NC]Ridgewood: St. John’s [LW]Riverhead [LE]Rock Hill [CH]Rockville Centre: St. Mark’s [LW]Rocky Hill [CT]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARSeptember

The beginning of the Church Program Year!SEPTEMBER 4LABOR DAY

WEEK OF OCTOBER 117TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: GreenWORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY(offering)

Roosevelt: First [LW]Roscoe United Church [CH]Rowayton [NC]Roxbury [CH]Sag Harbor [LE]Samsonville [CH]Saugerties [CH]

WEEK OF OCTOBER 818TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: GreenCHILDREN’S SABBATH

Sayville [LE]Sea Cliff [LE]Seaford [LE]Setauket [LE]Seymour [CT]Seymour: Great Hill [CT]Shady [CH]Shandaken: Memorial [CH]

WEEK OF OCTOBER 2220TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

South Floral Park [LE]South Highland [NC]South Meriden: Trinity [CT]South Ozone Park: Union [LW]Southington: Grace [CT]Springfield Gardens [LW]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDAROctober

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OCTOBER 6-8CHILDREN’S SABBATH

DESIGNATED 2ND SUN. BY

GENERAL CONFERENCE

WWW.CHILDRENSDEFENSE.ORG

OCTOBER 9COLUMBUS DAY

OCTOBER 31REFORMATION DAY

HALLOWEEN

WEEK OF OCTOBER 2921ST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: Green

St. Albans: Grace [LW]St. James, NY: St. James [LE]Stamford, NY [CH]Stamford: First [NC]Staten Island: Bethel [MET]

WEEK OF OCTOBER 1519TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: GreenLAITY SUNDAY

Sharon [CT]Shelton: First [CT]Shelton: Huntington [CT]Shrub Oak [NC]Simsbury [CT]Sloatsburg [NC]Smithtown [LE]South Cairo: Sandy Plains [CH]

United Methodist WORLD

COMMUNION SUNDAY


WEEK OF NOVEMBER 522ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTAll Saints’ SundayLiturgical Color: Green

Staten Island: Christ English [MET]Staten Island: Christ Korean [MET]Staten Island: Faith [MET]Staten Island: Korean [MET]Staten Island: Marn-Baeksung [MET]Staten Island: St. Mark’s [MET]

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1223RD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: GreenINTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCHORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR SUNDAY

Staten Island: St. Paul’s [MET]Staten Island: Summerfield [MET]Staten Island: Woodrow [MET]Stevens Memorial [NC]Stone Ridge: Rondout Valley [CH]Stony Brook: Community [LE]Stratford [CT]Sugar Loaf [NC]Summit [CH]Sundown [CH]Tarrytown [MET]Thomaston: First [CT]

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 1924TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTLiturgical Color: GreenBIBLE SUNDAY

Torrington: First [CT]Town of Esopus [CH]Township [CH]Trumbull: Long Hill [CT]Trumbull: Nichols [CT]Tuckahoe: Central Korean [MET]Ulster Heights [CH]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARNovember

NOVEMBER 5

NOVEMBER 11 VETERAN’S DAY

NOVEMBER 19-26NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTCHRIST THE KING/REIGN OF CHRISTLiturgical Color: WhiteUNITED METHODIST STUDENT DAY(offering)

UMC Far Rockaway (Mission Cong.) [LW]Uniondale [LE]United Churches of Durham [CT]Vail’s Gate [NC]Valhalla [MET]Valley Stream: Grace [LW]Verbank [NC]Wading River: North Shore [LE]Walden [CH]

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NOVEMBER 23 THANKSGIVING DAY

NOVEMBER 1 ALL SAINTS DAY

NOVEMBER 3 WORLD COMMUNITY DAY


WEEK OF DECEMBER 31ST SUNDAY OF ADVENTLiturgical Color: Purple or Blue

Wallingford: First [CT]Walton: First [CH]Wappingers Falls [NC]Warwick [NC]Washington Hill [CT]Waterbury [CT]Watertown [CT]West Fulton [CH] West Granby [CT]West Hartford [CT]

WEEK OF DECEMBER 102ND SUNDAY OF ADVENTLiturgical Color: Purple or Blue

West Haven: First & Wesley [CT]West Hempstead: Church of the Good Shepherd [LE]West Redding: Long Ridge [CT]West Taghkanic: Ebenezer [CH]Westbrookville [CH]Westbury [LE]Westchester: Union Japanese [MET]Westhampton [LE]Westhampton Beach [LE]Westport [CT]Wethersfield [CT]

WEEK OF DECEMBER 173RD SUNDAY OF ADVENTLiturgical Color: Purple, Blue, or Pink

White Plains: Memorial [MET]White Plains: Trinity [MET]White Sulphur Springs [CH]Wiccopee: Community [NC]Wilton: Zion’s Hill [NC]Windham-Hensonville [CH]Windsor: Trinity [CT]Wingdale: South Dover [NC]Winsted [CT]Woodbury, CT [CT]

WEEK OF DECEMBER 244TH SUNDAY OF ADVENTLiturgical Color: Purple or Blue

CHRISTMAS EVELiturgical Color: White or Gold

Woodbury, NY [LE] Woodhaven: New Life Chinese [LW]Woodridge [CH]Woodstock: Overlook [CH]Yalesville [CT]Yonkers Asbury-Crestwood [MET]Yorktown Heights [NC]

NYAC 2017 INTERCESSORY PRAYER CALENDARDecember

DECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS DAY


DECEMBER 31WATCH NIGHT/ NEW YEAR’S EVE


DEC. 26-JAN. 1KWANZAA

JANUARY 1NEW YEAR’S DAY

Liturgical Color: White

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