Opening prayer to be lead by Teacher MariaMerciful 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 other’s 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 adviser…Mr. 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.