LORD, we believe in You.  We believe in Your Good News.  What You have done for us, what You have revealed to us we are to make known to those whose lives we touch.  To recognize Your love, to respond to Your love, we must meet You on our way.  We must know You through our daily school experiences.  The way we answer to Your love must make the difference in the building of the Kingdom.

We believe that for each of us to become all that we can be, we must first believe in ourselves.  In answer to Your will for us, we work toward becoming your individuals.  We strive to be creative and critical thinkers, capable of sound decision-making and responsible action.  And while we lean on and learn from each other, mutual trust and respect can be ours.  We believe in enabling one another.  We believe in learning by doing.  With constancy we assess the change we hope for in ourselves, our plans and our actions.   Thus we believe this good news to be an inspiring force, a moving force to deepen our union with You as we become a community of faith bound together with shared vision, at one and full of hope.  Lord, it is good that we are here.

AMEN.