O GOD of all the ages, the God of our fathers and
mothers, we thank you for the heritage and witness of all who have gone before
us in this parish of St. Peter’s. Keep
us, we pray, faithful to their vision, and eager for the promises of your call
to service in our time. In the swift and
uncertain changes of life today, let us not draw back into contentment with
things that have been, for fear of things that may be. Reveal to us in the face
of all people the image of our Savior Christ, that by the guidance of your
Spirit, we may help them to grow with us into the full measure and maturity of
his humanity, in truth, in freedom, and in peace; Through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.
(Adapted from a prayer by the Rev. Massey Shepherd (1978))
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