LORD, WE BRING TO YOU OUR CHILDREN

Lord, we bring to you our children
     on this festive, holy day.
Grant to them your benediction;
     grant to us your help, we pray.

Now may we in honest worship,
     in this glad and sacred hour,
give ourselves in true commitment
     to your service and your power;

to the task of Christian nurture:
     teaching, training, leading still
in the way of Christ-like living
     till life's purpose we fulfill.

Bless the children! Bless the parents!
     May they grow in Christ our Lord:
joined in faith and loving service,
     in his Spirit and his word.