ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the

_____________ for their presence here in our cooperative
meeting. Also I would like to request the body to please rise
when your name is being called to be acknowledged.

I N V O CAT I O N
Prayer #1
Heavenly Father, we come to you today asking for your guidance, wisdom,
and support as we begin this meeting. Help us to engage in meaningful
discussion; allow us to grow closer as a group and nurture the bonds of
community. Fill us with your grace, Lord God, as we make decisions that
might affect the students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends of Saint Louis
University. And continue to remind us that all that we do here today, all that we
accomplish, is for the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of You, and for the
service of humanity. We ask these things in your name, Amen.

Prayer #2
We seek blessings on the tasks before us.
Bless our efforts with clear insight,
our deliberations with wisdom,
our work, with clarity and accuracy,
and our decisions with impartiality.

Prayer #3
We gather to make decisions for our community.
May we use only our best skills and judgment
keeping ourselves impartial and neutral
as we consider the merits and pitfalls
of each matter that is placed before us
and always act in accordance with
what is best for our community
and our fellow citizens.

Prayer #4
We gather together here today
intent on doing good work.
We seek to represent fairly and well,
those who have given us this task.

May our efforts be blessed with insight,

guided by understanding and wisdom.
We seek to serve with respect for all.
May our personal faiths give us strength
to act honestly and well in all matters before us.

Prayer #5
We meet to serve our community,
to use our resources wisely and well,
to represent all members of our community fairly,
to make decisions that promote the common good.
We recognize our responsibility to the past and the future,
and the rights and needs of both individuals and community.
As trusted servants, we seek blessings on our deliberations,
and on our efforts here today, May we act wisely and well.

Prayer #6
Today, may I be open to others’ ideas and beliefs,
respectful of our differences, not threatened by them.
May I grow in understanding of my own motives,
knowing that people often act out of their own fears.
May I be a force for replacing fear with insight,
helping us all to be patient and kind as we talk.
Strength, real strength, can always find compromise,
working together, may we find a common ground,
enable us to move forward with a shared purpose.
May we see what is truly important and unites us,
focusing on that, to banish road blocks of ego and fear,
today, may I be open to others’ ideas and beliefs.

Prayer #7
Lord, we are meeting today to conduct matters of business. Guide our hearts
and our minds in the spirit of fairness, right thought and speech. Impart your
supreme wisdom upon our activities so that our affairs may reach a successful
conclusion. Thank you for being our source of guidance today. Amen!

Prayer #8
Dear God, we seek your help with our affairs today. Bless this meeting with
your divine intelligence, and help us to make the best use of our own. We are
of diverse opinion here. Yet we wish to mend our differences and reach
agreement satisfactory to all.

Please share a little of your wisdom with us to help us do right by all

concerned. Thank you for your Heavenly blessing. Amen!

Prayer #9
We come before you today to give you honor and praise. You are worthy of
praise. You are the source of all that is good. You are the source of all of our
blessings. Thank you for every gift that we have been given.

We thank you for the opportunity to come and gather together this day. We
ask for your hand of blessing on this meeting. We ask that you would guide
and direct our meeting so that it is full of wisdom, productivity, and respect for
one another. Thank you for helping us to accomplish our work and our goals
this day. Amen

Prayer #10
We come before you to welcome you to this meeting. We give you respect
and acknowledge you as our Creator and Provider. It is you who are
omnipresent. You are everywhere, Lord. It is you who are omnipotent. You
have all power. It is you who are omniscient. You know everything.
God, as we begin this meeting, we ask that you would guide our thoughts and
our actions so that we may have a successful meeting today. Help us to
accomplish our goals while displaying your character. We pray these things in
your mighty name. Amen

Prayer #11
Dear Father,

We thank you for everyone gathered here now. Thank you that you know each
of us by name and have caused us to walk with You. We say that we are
dependant on You and our trust is in You completely. As we surrender
ourselves in adoration we ask that You would come by Your Holy Spirit and
inspire our hearts today.

Come fill our lives with Your love, Fill our conversations with Your grace and
truth, Fill this meeting with Your presence. We ask this for Your glory and
praise. Amen.

Prayer #12
Dear Lord and Father, Thank you that you promise us that where two or three
are gathered you are there in the midst. Lord we welcome You amongst us
today and celebrate the gift of life that you have lavished upon each of us. We
ask that You would open our ears so that we may hear your voice.

Open our minds so that we may receive Your eternal wisdom. Open our spirits
so that we may know Your leading and guidance. And open our hearts so that
we may receive Your wonderful love. We ask all this in the glorious name of
Jesus. Amen.

Prayer is an expression of the heart as you speak to God. Being specific in

prayer is just one thing to remember when you consider reciting a prayer after
a meeting.