06/06/2026
INVOCATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER Debbie Lochner Creator of the stars, we confess we have called people “enemy,” given them names of hatred, bigotry. Forgive our name-calling. Help us use the names of love. Creator of the cosmos, we confess we have called people “anger” and given them names they don’t deserve, formed from the rawness inside us, and the fear we imagine. Forgive our name-calling. Help us to use the names of peace, as Jesus has taught us when we pray: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.