For closing prayer, we had one person from each group read part of the Giving Prayer.
Justin and Peyton (6th grade), Nate and Sami (7th grade), Brooks and Mia (8th grade), Reanna (High school leader).
The Giving Prayer
For those deprived of their human needs,
and their human rights:
that they may be given the dignity
which God confers on all his people;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all who are forgotten or thrown away,
and especially for the poor, the sick and the aged:
that God might change our hearts
and move us to love them as the image of Christ;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all who are lonely or afraid,
for teenagers on the street,
old people in nursing homes,
prisoners with no one to visit them,
and all whom the world has forgotten:
that Christ might lead us to them;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all who are forgotten or cast off:
that we might value each human life,
as a priceless gift from God;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For those who are mentally disabled:
that we might cherish the gifts God has given them,
and in their lives hear the voice of our loving God;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For Sharifa, Wilson, and Bada
And all the poor and suffering of the world;
We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
Knowing that our Heavenly Father
Loves and cares for His people more than we
Could possibly fathom, we ask Him to hear
Our prayers for all these intentions and all those
In our hearts, as we pray… Our Father…
(Intercessory Prayers: The Marginalized from the USCCB)