Loving and Gracious God, you are indeed the giver of all good gifts

and we thank you today for all your blessings, for the successful outcomes
of our school events and for all our staff members, both the teaching and
support members.

We ask that you bless them abundantly and we continue to seek your wisdom,
guidance, courage and strength. Be with us in our deliberations and help us
to be wise in the decisions we make for the good of all those who have placed
their trust and confidence in our leadership.

Give us insight to lead with integrity that our decisions may reflect what is
right and good. Keep us from short -sightedness and pettiness. Help us to make
decisions that are for the good of all and guard us from blind self-interest.
Dear Lord, grant us the humility to always seek your will in all that we do and say.

All Glory be to you, loving God, now and always through Christ and the Holy Spirit
forever and ever. Amen.

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 to represent fairly and well,

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.
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.
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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.