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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, we dare to approach Your throne of grace, where You 
have granted us access to the depths of Your tender heart.
  It is here where we discover the fullness of Your affection for us, a 
compassion so rich that we lack nothing.
  It is here where we find the unconditional love that You offer us, a 
devotion so pure that we could do nothing to deserve it.
  It is here, in the embrace of Your steadfast loving-kindness, where 
we find the meaning of our lives and our hope for today.
  May we never part from Your presence, that what we do this day and 
always will glorify You.
  In Your grace we stand, and in Your name we pray.
  Amen.

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