Even the excitement of a new school year can be overshadowed by the uncertainty of academic challenges, meeting friends, and settling into a new routine.  In our home, we ease the transition with this little prayer. We hope you'll find that it bolsters the spirits of your little scholars-in-progress:

Father, we thank you for the opportunity to begin this new school year, and we ask that you bless the students, faculty, and the student families that make our schools great places. We pray that You will guide us in all ways, so that we will seek Your will in everything that we do. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.  Have a blessed start to the school year, friends!

**Prayer written by David Bennett