Opening Prayer
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09/24/2026
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
God our Creator, we pray by the power of your Holy Spirit, that in these days of division we would build ourselves and each other up in faith. We ask, given what we know of you – your steadfast love, your supreme justice, your unconditional mercy – that you would continue to surround us, and inspire us to regard one another with the kindness and forbearance you have shown us.
May we be merciful to those who hesitate to believe in you. May we be willing to draw others away from the danger of their own willfulness. May we show mercy to those caught up in sin, even as we remain mindful of your judgment, should we veer from your perfect will.
Loving God, may we keep ourselves in the confines of your love this day and until the day we are united with you in eternity.
In your Sovereign name, we pray. Amen.
Jude 20–23