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.