Milestones

Give rest, O God, to your servants who have come to dwell with you, where sorrow and pain are no more. Surround those who grieve with your love, that no one may be overwhelmed by loss, but may have confidence in your goodness, and strength to meet the days to come. Amen.¹ 

Listings followed by an asterisk (*) are included here as we have just learned of her passing. 

O God, faithful and true, whose steadfast love endures forever: we give you thanks for sustaining those who are married in the life they share and for bringing them to this day. Nurture them and fill them with joy in their life together, continuing the good work you have begun in them; and grant us, with them, a dwelling place eternal in the heavens where all your people will share the joy of perfect love, now and forever. Amen.

O God, we give thanks for the blessing you have bestowed upon these families in giving them a child. Confirm their joy by a lively sense of your presence with them and give them calm strength and patient wisdom as they seek to bring this child to love all that is true and noble, just and pure, lovable and gracious, excellent and admirable, following the example of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.³