Creating Access and Inclusion in Worship

OPENING PRAYER

Loving and Gracious God, we gather together in the welcoming spirit of your love. As you have fashioned each one of us according to your image and embraced each of us with your generous love, may we in turn open our arms and hearts wide in welcome to each other. In our gathering today may we experience the joy and beauty of authentic fellowship where all are valued and all are accepted.

In this hour of worship, turn our hearts to you. Touch us with your Spirit and teach us your truth. Open our hearts to respond to your words and transform our lives into the likeness of Christ Jesus. Amen.
Contributed by Old St. Patrick's Church, Chicago, IL

A well designed accessible ambo allows free space for the footplates on a wheelchair to clear the supporting structure.
Photo courtesy of Tortorelli Creations, Inc.