Faith Beyond Walls Prayer

O Holy One, who has created all humanity and who calls us to live in harmony and mutual care, we would be as one people before you.

Let us know that there can be no understanding where there is mutual rejection.

You have taught us that if we are open to one another, you dwell in us.

Help us preserve this openness and to work for it with all our hearts.

Absolve us, we pray, from our sins of narrowness, neglect, hatred and prejudice.

Forgive our slowness to reach out to each other with respect and concern.

Restore, we pray, those who suffer from the inequities of human existence, who in their days and nights live with fear and unfilled longings.

Especially bless the children and their families with health and wholesome environments in which to live and realize their fullest potential.

May we unite from our diverse faiths, races and backgrounds to bring an end to racism, poverty and violence.

We ask you God, to bless Faith Beyond Walls, that the work of our hands and the affections of our hearts will prosper for the good of all and for the realization of your will for all of your human family.

To you, O God of all, we offer our prayer, our praise, and our covenant to faithful service.

Amen.

Drafted by: Karen Solomon, Temple B.S.K.I; Reverend Courtney Jones, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church;Mr. Nasir Ahmed, Islamic Foundation of St. Louis; and Reverend Paul Schlapbach, United Methodist Church.