Worship the God of our fathers and mothers!

Let us come to listen for all God seeks to teach us.
Every perfect gift comes to us from God.
God's image is a part of each one of us.
God's grace has been poured into our lives.
Wisdom and understanding are offered to us.
We honor God by honoring one another.
Let worship the God of our fathers and mothers!

Shoulders

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors.

- Yoruba proverb

A prayer - Fathers and Mothers

Great God, who does parent us all and embraces us in the great family of heaven and earth, we come today to thank you for fathers and mothers. For their nurturing, and for the different ways that families come together, and change, and still remain family.

We praise you all the more as you lead us to recognize Christ in our neighbors who are in need, and in responding to their needs, to know the real warmth and affection of your family.

We thank you for our brothers and sisters and also the members of our extended families. We pray that we may work and play together, letting go of harmful ways of relating, so that a new understanding can be found; for if we do not love those whom we see, how can we talk about loving you?

He us to become wise in the understanding of people, eager to live as the body of Christ, making a difference in the world.