Audience: business or civic group
Message: Bless us as individuals as we grow in our professional and personal lives.
Tone: formal
Timing: 1 minute

Our Heavenly Father, bless this food that we have enjoyed tonight and its nourishment for our continued strength and health. We also ask that You bless all those who have so capably handled the details of this event to make the evening profitable and meaningful for all of us.

Thank You for the ideas and insights that have been shared. Help us to use them to grow as business professionals and as family members. Enrich our lives because of our attendance and contributions among this group of friends and associates.

We thank You for Your provisions and Your ongoing protection. Keep us mindful that we are in Your service while on this earth.

Audience: civic group
Message: Bless us as we solve problem issues.
Tone: formal
Timing: 1 minute

Dear Lord, we ask Your presence and blessings on our time together tonight. We have come to express our concerns about the welfare of our community…. To learn from each other…. To grow in spirit and in character…. To find Your will for our lives and neighborhoods.

We thank You for the opportunity in this country to assemble ourselves at any time and at any place to discuss our concerns as citizens. We are mindful that many in our world do not enjoy such freedom.

Grant us the wisdom to carry out decisions within Your will. Bless us as we continue to conduct our business with dignity and sensitivity.