Father, help Your people in this world to build
Something
of Your kingdom and to do Your will,
Lead
us to discover partnership in love;
Bless
our ways of sharing and our pride remove.
2
Lord
of desk and altar, bind our lives
in
one
That
in works and worship love may set the tone.
Give
us grace to listen, clarity of speech;
Make
us trully thankful for the gifts
of
each.
3
Holy
is the setting of each room and yard,
Lecture
hall and kitchen, office, shop, and ward.
Holy
is the rhythm of our working hours;
Hallow
then our purpose, energy, and pow’rs.
4
Strengthen,
Lord, for service hand and heart brain;
Help
us good relations daily to maintain.
Let
the living presence of the servant Christ
Heighten
out devotion, make our life
a
feast.