We turn to you, O God of every nation,/ giver of good and origin of life;/ your love is at the heart of all creation,/ your hurt is people’s pain in war and death.//

Teach us, good Lord, to serve the need of others,/ help us to give and not to count the cost./ Unite us all to live as sisters, brothers,/ defeat our Babel with your Pentecost (Fred Kaan, b. 1929, Baptist Praise and Worship 641)