Great God of Heaven, as we prepare to open this school may you also prepare us to be your vessels of truth and wisdom. Use us, Lord, as your hands to mold and shape young men and women into healthy, loving souls. Protect us, O God, – keep us safe from the evils of this world and watch over us and the children in our care. May you be among us in peace, Lord, bringing good will and blessing to all who seek it.
Lord, with so much to do to prepare for the students, may you give these teachers, administrators, and staff the energy and time they need. Bless their preparations that they may feel equipped for the great calling you have placed on their hearts. Expand their hearts that they may be ready to love a new group of children placed in their care. And Lord, bless the students. May you, O God, go now this community and work in the lives of the kids that will be in their classes and hallways. Begin preparing them for this great journey they will have together.
Lord, minimize the distractions and frustrations of this beautiful new school that can keep us away from the goal of molding young lives. Bless these days of preparation that an excitement will continue to build for the start of school. With long days before us, Lord, may we have your strength. Give us the stamina not only for today but for the year that is before us.
May your blessing be evident upon this school, Lord, that all may know your grace.
Amen.
