Opening Prayer
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07/27/2026
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
God, our Creator, we are humbled by your power. Your need only a mustard seed to grow a tree large enough to attract and feed the many birds of the air. From such small beginnings, you reveal the potential of even the most unlikely things.
Lord, we call on you to use us in that same way. Help us to see how, when we allow ourselves to be used by you, you can use even our most minute efforts to effect something great for your kingdom's purpose. Show us how, like leaven, when we yield ourselves to your purpose we can be used as agents of transformation in our communities.
Plant your word in our hearts. Touch our lives with your love, that they would take root and change our lives. May we grow in wisdom and faith, revealing the grace plan you have always intended for us and for your creation.
In your strong name we pray. Amen.
Matthew 13:31–35