Trinity Sunday: Gathering Prayer

God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity,
We ask for your presence to enter this space.
We know that in self-giving love,
Your very nature teaches us how to love one another.

Father and Creator,
Son and Redeemer,
Spirit and Advocate,

We call upon you to teach us this hour.
Teach us to pray.
Teach us to love.
Teach us to be one, as you are one.

With all of our divisions we create with our own biases,
From social class to race,
From gender to age,
From ability to different abilities,
We know we still have much to learn.

Teach us this hour, we pray,
in the name of Jesus Christ, who taught us all to pray, saying: 

Our Father…


-- by the Rev. Dr. Libby Grammer (Baptist)