| ¶ | Further Short Prefaces and Blessings | ||
| Short Prefaces | |||
| Ministry | |||
| And now we give you thanks | |||
| because within the royal priesthood of your Church | |||
| you ordain ministers to proclaim the word of God, | |||
| to care for your people | |||
| and to celebrate the sacraments of the new covenant. | |||
| Unity | |||
| And now we give you thanks | |||
| because of the unity that you have given us in your Son | |||
| and that you are the God and Father of us all, | |||
| above all and through all and in all. | |||
| Blessings | |||
| Harvest/Creation | |||
| May God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, | |||
| who is the source of all goodness and growth, | |||
| pour his blessing upon all things created, | |||
| and upon you his children, | |||
| that you may use them to his glory and the welfare of all peoples; | |||
| and the blessing … | |||
| May God who clothes the lilies and feeds the birds of the sky, | |||
| who leads the lambs to pasture and the deer to water, | |||
| who multiplied loaves and fishes and changed water into wine, | |||
| lead us, feed us, multiply us, | |||
| and change us to reflect the glory of our Creator | |||
| through all eternity; | |||
| and the blessing … | |||
| Ministry | |||
| Almighty God, | |||
| who for the salvation of the world | |||
| gives to his people many gifts and ministries | |||
| to the advancement of his glory, | |||
| stir up in you the gifts of his grace, | |||
| sustain each one of you in your own ministry; | |||
| and the blessing … | |||