Table Grace #1 (Denise P)

Loving and gracious Lord,
we thank you for gathering us here together today. Be with us in our gathering; be present in our words and our sharing, that all we say will be about your amazing love for us. Bless this food and the hands that have prepared it. Bless the ground that nurtured it and the people that processed it. Use it to nourish our bodies and strengthen us for your service. We pray all this to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

This is the table prayer I prayed when we gathered for staff lunch every
Tuesday during my internship. It was amazing how many times our regular
weekly meeting was preempted by important events that called us away. We
were always grateful for time together and however uninterrupted it managed to
be. The food was a way to celebrate being fellow human beings in the
world. We typically ate together between the staff meeting and our text
study.