Here’s an opening prayer of invocation for a
graduation ceremony. It was written by Rev. Connie Breaux, and posted on the Discipleship
Ministries website of the United Methodist Church.
Opening Invocation
for a Graduation Ceremony
Empowering
God of grace and mercy,
we
invite your presence into this place today.
Family,
faculty, administrators, community and friends
have
come together to celebrate the accomplishments
of
this year’s graduating class.
We
ask for a blessing to fall upon those
with
ears to hear, and minds to understand.
Bless
our speaker’s words and thoughts;
give
continuous encouragement to the (name of
school) college/university,
to
press on in their mission of education.
Holy Scripture tells us,
Holy Scripture tells us,
"Happy is the
person who finds wisdom,
and gets
understanding.”
Loving
God,
make
us living stones for a strong foundation
through
the invitation of your Son, the Christ.
Great
Redeemer, Master Teacher,
send
your Holy Spirit to dwell with us,
right
now, right here in this place.
Hear
our prayer,
in
the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
~
written by Rev. Connie Breaux. Posted on the Discipleship Ministries website (The United Methodist Church). https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/
