Officer Appreciation Sunday

On Sunday May 16th,  Oakland Hills Community Church honored police officers from Farmington Hills, Beverly Hills, Birmingham,  West Bloomfield, and the Michigan State Police.

Rev. Ralph Rebandt, pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church has been active in the city of Farmington Hills for over 20 years, and has served as a chaplain for the police departments of Farmington Hills and Beverly Hills for many years. Each year, on police officer appreciation Sunday, a gift is given to honor an injured or disabled police officer, or to help a family member of a police officer.

The Scripture says in Romans 13:1-4: “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. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 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, 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.”