Opening Prayer
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04/02/2025
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
Generous and munificent God, You have graced each one of us according to the measure You have judged worthy of our abilities. In this we each rejoice, and together we celebrate the multitude of gifts and opportunities You lay before this House.
Hear our gratitude this evening that in this time and place, You have brought this body together, each individual representative of, not just their constituencies, but of a wide array of opinions, talents, concerns, and convictions. Especially on this day we give You thanks for our newest Members and share in the enthusiasm and support that surrounds them.
Bless then each of us and each Member of this legislative body, that we would never lose sight of the fact that all that we have, and all that we are, are all from Your hand. May our stewardship of these gifts, these diverse perspectives, this weight of responsibilities, serve to glorify You in these days.
In Your matchless name we pray. Amen.