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Last year, I wrote these blessings for the first week of school. I thought we’d do them again this year. “This is the week to bless our students, our teachers, school staff, parents and grandparents. (All students please stand) God bless our students. May you soak in all that is given to you this school year and grow into your true self; the person God needs you to be. (All teachers please stand) God bless our teachers. May the content of your teaching be boosted by the quality of your soul, your character, and the person that you present each and every day. (All staff please stand) God bless our school staff. You have no idea how the little things of your daily contact with our students and teachers make a huge difference in their emotional well-being. Your smile, your look, your prayers, and support change lives. (All parents & grandparents please stand) God bless our parents and grandparents.  All the effort to herd those kids out of bed and off to school and back will show in the adults that they will become one day. God bless your being there for all those games and events; for making sure your children and grandchildren have what they need to be the best students they can be. God bless you for those hugs and kisses before they go out that door, and, for the courage to trust their growth to the people in the school system. (Everyone please stand) God bless our school and our community. As we enter into another year of being there for each other, may we all—churches, school and community—do what we need to do to live into the Biblical command to live for the “good of our community” this school year. Grace & Peace, –Rev. Kelly Karges