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A Prayer For Teachers, Students & Parents At The Start Of The School Year

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France and Katherine get ready for the first day of First Grade 

Teacher God,

A new school year has begun.

We ask your blessings on all those who teach our children.

Give teachers the strength to face crowded classrooms and underfunded schools.

Help teachers to find patience and compassion as they offer important lessons.

Let teachers feel respected and loved.

 

A new school year has begun.

We ask your blessing on students everywhere.

Give students the strength to navigate the inherent awkwardness of childhood and adolescence. 

Help students to grow into moral beings who respect differences and value diversity.

Let students feel respected and loved.

 

A new school year has begun.

We ask your blessing on parents everywhere.

Give parents the strength to know when to let go and when to hold tight.

Help parents to lift up their children so that all children know the importance of learning.

Let parents feel respected and loved.

 

God, you have created a people able to achieve great things.

A new school year is a time of hope and excitement.

Help us all to find ways of supporting our schools - they should be cathedrals, not shacks.

Open our hearts in ways that transform our spirits so that we truly value education.

Let us all be agents of your love for the children of this earth.

 

Amen.

 

Written by the Rev. Chuck Currie        

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