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Decorate the outside of your home with red, white and blue streamers, balloons and American flags during National Day of Prayer (NDP) week.

Have a family devotional time to talk about stories from the Bible where prayer changed people's lives. For example, memorize 1 Timothy 2:1 with your children and discuss the importance of praying for our country and its leaders.

Create a prayer calendar with your children that builds up to the National Day of Prayer.

Make place mats to use during the week leading up to the National Day of Prayer. Children can draw pictures of Bible characters or patriotic themes. Write favorite scriptures on the place mats to help children memorize them. Cover with wipeable, clear plastic so they can be used several times. Share with friends and family.

Find out if your community is having a National Day of Prayer observance and organize a family outing around the event. Invite another family to join you for a picnic.

Visit a nursing home with your family. Spend time praying with the residents, interceding for our nation and its leaders.

Teach older children the names of their elected officials and the offices they hold. Emphasize the vast responsibilities these officials carry and their special need for prayer.

Help the kids and their friends decorate their bikes or skateboards in red, white and blue. Have a parade up and down your street. After the parade, invite all participants into your backyard for prayers and ice cream.

Have a neighborhood family potluck. Decorate in red, white and blue. Ask your guests to wear red, white or blue outfits and bring food in those colors or on red, white and blue plates. Give each family a topic to lead the group in prayer after dinner.

Raising flag on National Day

A GRAND flag-raising ceremony would be held at the square in front of the Citizens’ Center on the morning of Oct. 1 to celebrate China’s National Day, a government source said.

The national anthem will be played as the five-star red national flag is raised at 7:30 a.m., marking the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

“It will be the largest flag-raising ceremony in the history of Shenzhen, and it will be the first time citizens will be allowed to closely witness the scene,” a government official said.

“About 1,000 people from different walks of life in Shenzhen have been organized to attend the ceremony,” he said.

The ceremony will be performed by a national flag guard under the local armed police contingent.

The team, which was set up in 2002, now has 86 members who have undergone strict professional training.

On the morning of National Day in Beijing, several thousand residents and travelers from other provinces are expected to witness a flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square.

Embraced widely by Chinese as a means to express their love and respect for the motherland, flag-raising ceremonies will also be held in many other places across China.