Opening Prayer
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07/23/2026
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
Ever–present God, there is no place we can go from Your spirit. There is no place we find ourselves where Your presence is not with us.
Abide with us as the week ends and as we take our leave from this place. May the work of these last several months receive Your blessing, and may the decisions in the days and weeks ahead of us remain in Your keeping.
We pray Your wisdom in our efforts to pursue the responsibilities You have laid upon us, and we ask for Your care and protection in times of rest and rejuvenation.
Lord, go before us and prepare the way, so that we will be ready to respond to Your guidance wherever You lead us. Lord, be with us; encourage and embolden us, so that we may be capable of meeting whatever chores or challenges we encounter. Never leave or forsake us, that we will always know that we are where You want us to be, as we seek to serve both You and this country faithfully.
In the sure and certain power of Your name, we pray. Amen.
Deuteronomy 31:8
Psalm 139:7