[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20042]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend William G. Alvey, Pastor, Park United Methodist Church, 
Madison, Ohio, offered the following prayer:
  Our Most Gracious Heavenly Father, we ask Your blessings to rest upon 
these very special people who represent all the people of this great 
country. Help them not to just represent all the people, but also be 
responsible to the needs of all the people.
  As they diligently listen to and discuss the proposals presented to 
them, help them to discern Your will, not their will, in the decisions 
they are called upon to make.
  We are grateful for the freedoms that this country affords to us, 
that we may participate in the governing of ourselves and especially 
our future.
  With this great responsibility we ask that Your Spirit might give the 
Members of Congress guidance and leadership in all their deliberations 
both today and every day.
  These blessings we ask in Your name which is above every name. Amen.

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