Place a lighted candle or votive, a small bowl of water, and small evergreen branch at the center of your group.
LEADER: Compassionate God, open our eyes to your presence and our hearts to your love.
ALL: We live in your presence.
LEADER: God of Mystery, you are at once far beyond all we can imagine and closer to us than we are to ourselves.
ALL: We live in your presence.
LEADER: Let us recognize your intimate presence, loving God, within, among, and around us. Pause.
LEADER: We live in your presence and love.
ALL: May we be transforming agents of your love. Amen.
LEADER: Sprinkles group.