Opening prayer to be lead by Teacher Maria

Merciful Father, we thank you for Christmas time, and all that it means to us. We thank You Lord for gathering us today. We thank You most of all for giving us a reason to celebrate each year a chance to reunite with friends and co-workers, a chance to enjoy each others company and a chance to reconcile and to leave the past behind so that we may look forward to better working relationships in the coming year 2013 has generally been a good year for all of us and we thank you for the blessings you have given. There were setbacks yes but we trust that these are only ways for You to open up new doors and new opportunities for us. Bless our gathering today and bless this place and bless each and everyone and our families as well. We will soon welcome a new year and we will step into it with full trust in You who makes all good things possible. Bless us with joy, peace, good health, prosperity Bless our dear manager, friend, father, godfather and adviserMr. Byong Oh Lee, May you grant him long life, good health, strength and most of all wisdom to know how to attain all these.

To You be Glory forever, Amen.

Prayer over meal to be lead by Teacher Mary

O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this ocassion today. Thank you for our home and family and friends, especially for the presence of those gathered here. Thank you for our health, our work and our play. Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick and suffering war, violence and the victims of typhoon Haiyan. Open our hearts to your love. We ask your blessing through Christ your son. Amen.