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Prayer for class reunion I am starting to think that you don’t want to grow cold and cynical but are waiting with morbid curiosity to see what I will do. It is a distinct honor to have been nominated to be your secretary and the fact that you said that I needed humility was hard for me to take, but it took some time before I could fully let that sink in. Now, we have lost some of the class members, hopefully not forever and it might be nice if we could at least get together and have a great time.
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Opening prayer Prayer For Class Reunion
Holy Spirit, empower me to proclaim the truth to my former classmates at our class reunion and use me as your instrument. Holy Spirit, empower me to be your witness there and to share the Gospel and my testimony with courage and boldness. In the name of Jesus I pray.
Dear God,
We pray that you would guide us through this time of celebration and reflection, that you would help us to remember those who have gone before us and those who are still with us. Please help us to celebrate who we have become through our time at [school name], and please remind us of the gifts we can offer each other as we move forward into the next chapter of our lives.
In Jesus’ name, amen
Opening prayer for Alumni Homecoming
- Dear Heavenly Father, we stand before You today, thankful for the opportunity to reunite with our fellow classmates. We lift our voices in gratitude for the friendships that have withstood the test of time and distance.
Lord, as we gather in this reunion, we pray for those who have faced challenges and hardships along their journeys. Grant them comfort, strength, and healing. Help us to be a source of support and encouragement to one another.
May this gathering be a reminder of the power of unity and the shared experiences that have shaped us. In Your divine presence, we find peace and inspiration. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
2. Heavenly Father, we gather here today with grateful hearts, rejoicing in the opportunity to reconnect and celebrate our class reunion. We thank You for the cherished memories and the lasting friendships that have endured over the years.
As we come together, we ask for Your blessings upon this gathering, that it may be filled with love, joy, and unity. Guide our conversations and interactions, that they may reflect kindness, understanding, and respect.
May this reunion be a time of healing, forgiveness, and renewal of bonds. Lord, bless each one present with good health, happiness, and success in their endeavors. We offer this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.
3. Dear Lord, as we gather for our class reunion, we acknowledge Your grace that has guided us through the years. We are grateful for the journey of life, with its ups and downs, and for the strength You have given us to overcome challenges.
In this reunion, we pray for unity and harmony among us, that old friendships may be rekindled and new connections may be formed. Bless our conversations with warmth and sincerity, and help us to appreciate the unique stories and experiences each one carries.
May this reunion bring us closer together and remind us of the precious gift of friendship. We pray in Your holy name. Amen.
Prayer For Alumni Gathering
Dear God,
We come before you today to ask that you bless the reunion of [name of school] Class of [year]. We pray that throughout this weekend, the alumni will find strength in their friendships, peace in their memories and joy in their new connections.
God, please guide us as we reunite with our classmates.
Help us to be open and honest, even when it’s hard.
Guide our words and actions as we remember the good times and work through any hurt or pain that remains.
May we keep in mind that everyone who is present has a story to share, and that everyone’s story is worth hearing?
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, who has reconciled us all to you.
Dear Lord,
I have been working on it for months, but now that the date is approaching, I find myself feeling anxious and overwhelmed.
I know that this is a small thing compared to what you are called upon to do every day, but I would be grateful if you could help me with this project. I need your wisdom, guidance, and assistance as we plan this event together. Please guide us as we make decisions about food and decorations. Please protect us from harm and danger as we plan the event itself. Please bless our relationships with each other as we remember how much we enjoyed being friends back in high school.
Dear God,
Lord, please use this occasion as an opportunity for our classmates to get closer to each other and remember what it feels like when we are united as one body under your headship. Let us learn how much we need each other through this experience, and let us remember what it means to serve others with love while being led by Your Spirit’s grace.
Dear Lord,
We come to you today with a humble request.
We ask that you bless all of our classmates. Please keep them safe through this difficult time and help them find peace within themselves so they can help others find peace too! Amen
Dear God,
Even when I don’t feel like it, or when no one is looking.
So please help me keep doing that and also help me be happy with all the other people who are trying to do that too!
Sample Opening Prayer for Class Reunion
Dear God,
We pray for our alumni gathering today. We are grateful that we can come together and share memories of our time at [school].
We pray that you will be with us as we remember the people and events that shaped our lives there. We pray that you will help us to avoid bitterness, jealousy, and envy—that we will be able to put aside our differences and celebrate what brought us together in the first place: our love for [school].
Help us to honor each other’s accomplishments with grace and appreciation, not envy or resentment. Help us to remember what made us friends when we were students, so that we may continue to be friends now. We know that You are with us today as we gather together; please protect our safety and guide our decisions. Protect those who cannot attend in body but are present in spirit through prayer. Finally, help us to remember how much You love each other by working through these prayers. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
Dear God, we come before you today to ask for your blessing upon this gathering of alumni from [school name].
And now we ask that you continue to guide them and be with them as they gather together again, remembering their days at [school name].
Thank you for being with us today and always. Amen
O God, we thank you for the many blessings you have bestowed on us. Thank you for the fellowship of our alumni and all of their achievements. We pray that, through this gathering, we may continue to grow closer to one another and to you. We ask that your Holy Spirit would guide us as we share stories and memories from our days together at [college name]. We ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Dear Lord,
We come before you this day to celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni. We thank you for their willingness to learn and grow, and we ask that you watch over them as they continue to navigate through life. Guide them as they make decisions, and help them find the right path for each decision.
Bless our graduates with a lifetime of joy and peace, knowing that their time at [school name] has prepared them for success in whatever endeavors await them.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
God, we come before you in this gathering of our alumni to thank you for all that you have done for us. We know that without your guidance and help, we would not be here today.
We are thankful for the lessons you taught us in school, for the relationships you helped us forge, and for the memories you created for us. We thank you for the times when we thought we couldn’t go on, but somehow managed to make it through anyway.
We ask that as we continue to live out our lives after high school, we continue to seek your guidance and wisdom. Help us remember that even though some days will be more difficult than others, we can always come back here and look at each other’s faces and feel comforted by their presence.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
Prayer For Class Reunion
Welcoming God, whose abiding love sustains our world, with glad hearts we gather here in celebration of our shared histories.
In deep gratitude that stretches back through the years, we remember the strong friendships forged in our youth. We give thanks for the devoted lives of teachers, coaches, mentors and family whose generosity nurtured us as we grew. Tonight even as we rekindle old friendships, we are tenderly mindful of our twelve friends and classmates who are no longer with us on earth. We give thanks for their lives, and we pray for peace and comfort to those who grieve their loss.
May our time together be joy-filled as we share memories of days gone by and news of where life’s journey has taken us. Give us grace to recognize our mistakes from the past, so that we might have forgiving hearts. May our personal reunions be shaped by kindness and laughter, and may the stories told and retold tonight bring delight and good will.
We give thanks for the food we share tonight, for the hands who harvested, transported, prepared and now serve it. And as we enjoy this meal, may our festivities be a toast in honor of and thanksgiving for those who had a part in our lives at Centralia High School over thirty years ago.
Bless this reunion time. May these moments together lead us to treasure ever more fully each beat of our hearts and every new day life brings us.
With the hope of God’s shalom in our world we pray, Amen.
Lord, You are the God of life that sustains every moment of our being.
Today, we thank You for this opportunity of class reunion,
after we said our temporary goodbyes to our dear Alma Mater.
Thank You for all of us present today, for our friendships new and old,
and for all the good memories we share.
Thank You for the meal we will partake later,
the fruit of human hands from the bounty of your blessing.
Bless us all and our families,
including those who could not attend this reunion,
for various reasons.
We pray most especially for our classmates,
who have completed their life’s journey
ahead of us. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
Make this special day full of fun and excitement,
celebrating life as we walk through memory lane of our youth.
And after our great time together, grant us a safe trip back home,
even as we pray and hope to be enjoying each others company again
at our next class reunion.
For all these we ask your blessing,
our loving Father, through Jesus your Son,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Our Heavenly Father, We come to you at this cycle of our lives, our later years.
We remember those, friends and companions, who have been in our midst, but who are now gone. We thank you for the part of their lives that we have shared, however brief or however joyful. Let us remind ourselves, because of them, that each day is a gift, not a promise, to be lived as beautifully as possible within our abilities and our means.
Thank you for the fleeting marvels in each moment, for the solaces of friendship, for the continuing miracle of love coming into our lives, sometimes unexpectedly, sometimes through the touch of a child or the embrace of another human, sometimes in the overwhelming reality that You approve of who we are or of what we do.
Thank you for laughter through the years and for those events, small or large, that bring us delight.
Thank you for mercy in the midst of suffering, for comfort when we are afraid or distressed, for sleep that eases our sorrows.
Thank you that we have danced, that we have celebrated, that we have sung and praised, that we have been privileged to live deeply in a time of amazing advancements.
Thank you that many of us have had meaningful work in our days.
Thank you that some of us have made a difference for good in our world.
We are sorry for the times that we have disappointed You, or abandoned others, or betrayed our own selves. Forgive us, please, and help us to do better.
Bless us this evening, we pray. Give us joy in meeting again. Give us tenderness for those who struggle. Help us to be kind in word and deed. Grant that we may be alive with curiosity. And as we leave one another, perhaps never to meet again, help us to wish one another peace—peace for living and peace for dying.
We pray this in Your name: in the name of the Father, and of His Son, Jesus Christ. May we use the time still left to us, through the help of the Holy Spirit, to be more than we thought possible. Amen.
Prayer for Alumni Gathering
Prayer for Class Reunion
Dear Lord, we come before you today to pray for our class reunion. We ask that you would bless the planning of this event, and that your Holy Spirit would be present to guide all who are involved in making it happen. We pray that any disagreements or misunderstandings would be resolved in a Christ-like manner. We also ask that you would be with us as we gather together to celebrate our time together and share in each other’s lives. We ask that your presence would be felt by all those who attend this event, and that you would bring healing and restoration wherever needed.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen
Dear Lord,
We come to you this evening as alumni of [school name] to ask for your guidance and wisdom in the days ahead. Our class reunion is approaching, and we are looking forward to seeing old friends again. We ask that you would give us strength as we prepare for this event, so that we may be able to show our friends how much they mean to us. We ask also that you would give us patience during the event itself, so that we can be a blessing to those around us during this time.
We pray in Jesus’ name, Amen
Creator God,
Sustaining us always,
We give thanks for the gift of life,
for friends, teachers, coaches, family and all who have influenced us in our pilgrimage.
Also, we grieve for the loss of our classmates who have died too soon, dear friends, treasured relationships. We pause to remember them.
SILENCE
We trust your care for them and for us, now and forever.
Thank you for memories from our high school years, for the education we received in the classroom and in other places and in other ways: basketball courts and Teen Town.
We remember the words of Alma Mater: �Twas there the teachers lent their aid to guide our climbing steps, and taught us how to drink the cup of knowledge to its depths.�
A chapter of our lives ended when we graduated. Other chapters began. We are aware of your grace every step of the way.
Tonight, on this occasion of our fiftieth high school reunion, we thank you for the opportunity to renew old friendships.
We also thank you for those who have worked hard to make this reunion a success. Keep us safe until we gather again. Amen
Amen.
O Giver of life � we are here to celebrate 5 decades of life in the real world. Two score and 10 years ago the class of ’64 left the friendly confines of Wapak High on a journey full of victories and defeats, joys and sorrows, a journey that has taught us how precious each day is. We didn’t learn everything we needed to know in kindergarten, or even from Miss Hunt or Mr. Krebs or Mrs. Miller, or even from Mr. Bigelow or Coach Rose or Cappizello. We are all still students in the school of life, and we thank you for what we have learned and are learning from each other, from children and grandchildren.
Just as our long ago graduation was a commencement and not an end, this rite of passage tonight is another new beginning. It is an opportunity to share memories and laughter, to be inspired by the contributions we are making collectively and as individuals to the betterment of life on this planet. We know it is not up to us to solve the world’s problems, and that’s a very good thing; but it is up to us to be the best citizens, friends, parents, grandparents, spouses, and partners we can be. Help us always use what we have learned and are learning to leave a positive legacy behind for those who follow in our footsteps.
So we celebrate the lessons learned so long ago in the classrooms and in the extracurricular activities at WHS, but also the human life skills we learned in friendships, in teamwork, and in musical and dramatic presentations. We express our gratitude for the teachers and school staff who put up with us, we give thanks for the classmates and spouses who worked hard to make this weekend possible, and now we ask your blessing on the food we are about to eat and the fellowship we share around these tables.
For all that has been we say thanks, and for all that is yet to be, we say a resounding, Yes!
Amen.
I would like, first, to thank you for the honor of leading you, in prayer. As we gather for our 60th class reunion, I would ask each of you, each in your own way, to reflect with me and, in your own minds and hearts, blend your most solemn and best thoughts with mine, as I lead you in forming a collective prayer, a three part prayer containing remembrance, blessings, and thanks. We want to first remember in our prayer those who are no longer with us all our departed classmates, our family members and friends, and all who have helped to shape our lives and destinies over the years. We will always look back with love and cherish their sacred memories. We remember, too, that our classmates and family members were not with us tonight because of
illness and health issues, and we pray for their quick recovery and well-being.
And we seek blessings in our prayer, blessings upon this class gathering as we celebrate and cherish these 60 plus 4 years—64 years of friendship and fondness, brotherhood, and a bonding of love that unites us in such a unique and special way as the West. Point Class of 1957.
And we give thanks in our prayer. We give thanks for the bounty of this great nation, and the privilege and opportunities we have had to serve it. We give thanks for our lives and our families. We give thanks for the legacy of West Point and the honor we have earned for the Class of 1957 in that Long Grey Line. And so, for this privileged moment of prayer together with you, as we remembered, sought blessings and gave thanks,
We offer together a collective and grateful Amen.
