There are three prayers for you this night:

First, we pray that you might continue to grow and deepen in your Faith.  May you continue to explore your relationship with God who loves you fully and freely without condition.  May you find a church in which to share faith and may you find that church community to also love you fully and freely without condition.

Our prayers continue that you might continue to have Hope, which is so much more than a present-day political buzzword. Hope is the capacity to seek sunshine on your cloudiest day.  Hope is the anticipation of the better when you think you are experiencing the worst. Hope allows the oil of strength to dilute the ashes of weakness.

Finally, our prayer is that you continue to grow in Love, the greatest of all of these. Love is a matter of heart.  The Latin word for heart, "cour," helps to form words like courage and encouragement.  Love and courage are deeply connected.

We pray that your love for one another will give to the courage to be the best possible people that you can be as well as inspire others to their own excellence.  The song from Wicked describes it the best in that "Because we knew you, we have been changed for good."  Because of your faith, your hope, your love and courage, we have been blessed for good, may God continue to bless you as well.