Baptism of Christ, 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Post Communion (Children's Reboot)

God, you made our world

and all that is in it.

You made the water.

Water brings life.

Jesus got baptized with water.

You are like water:

always giving us life.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 2.48 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a reboot.

Baptism of Christ Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Baptism of Christ, 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Collect (Children's Reboot)

Thank you God,

when Jesus got baptized,

you were at his side.

Thank you that you are

always with us too.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 4.2 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a reboot.

Baptism of Christ Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Baptism of Christ, 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Post Communion (Redub)

God within all worlds,

God beyond all worlds:

when Jesus was baptized with water

you were there, with the Spirit.

Be with us on our journeys

through the waters of life and death.

May your life giving water

bring us to the new creation.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.87 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 21.7 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Baptism of Christ Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Baptism of Christ, 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Additional Collect (Redub)

God of life,

in baptism Jesus heard

straight from you,

about how you loved him

and knew him as your son.

Help us hear clearly how you love us too.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.0 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 16.27 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Baptism of Christ Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Baptism of Christ, 1st Sunday of Epiphany, Collect (Redub)

Loving God,

your love is stronger than death.

You showed your great love for

your son Jesus at his baptism.

Your Holy Spirit helped him sense you.

We pray that we will also feel your

presence close at hand.

We ask that we will discover what

it is to be a child loved by God.

Help us be transformed by your love

so we may dare to change the world.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.24 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.53 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Baptism of Christ Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project runs from Advent 2012: the first stage concludes in 2016.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Baptism of Christ Collection: 1st Sunday of Epiphany

Here are my five Collects and Post Communions for The Baptism of Christ / 1st Sunday of Advent:

Collect (Redub);
Additional Collect (Redub);
Post Communion (Redub);

Collect (Children's Reboot);
Post Communion (Children's Reboot).

The project began Advent 2012.

Here's an Index of Prayers.

Here's the information on how a prayer is redubbed.

Here's the information on how a prayer is a rebooted.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.