Opening Prayer
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08/19/2025
Reverend Stephanie Vader
God who is known by many names, we pause to give thanks that You are present with us.
God of history, here in this room where history is shaped, we pray for all those who work here to see their tasks as sacred and to be filled with hope, creativity, and endurance.
God of empathy and resolve, give us the determination that we, each one of us, will do whatever we can to help build God's dream, a world where all beings flourish.
God of humility, You show us the way of the servant. Rather than being motivated by pride and self–righteousness, may we, as Your people, clothe ourselves with kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Manifest in us the ability to hold in tension the disagreement of others and our own convictions with grace.
God of impossibilities, You presided over the emancipations and transformations of our ancestors. Pour out Your power and emancipate and transform the broken parts of our world. Amen.