God, our father in heaven,
Your name is special.
The whole world wants your good works.
Let them happen here,
just like they do in heaven.
Give us today exactly what we need-
not too much and not too little.
Forgive us where we've messed up and
Help us forgive the people who've hurt us- our bodies or our feelings.
Remind us that you are always with us
especially when we are afraid.
The entire universe, all the power, and the most glory go to you,
because you are the only God.
Amen
You may have read in the Anchorage Daily News about a new policy regarding certain religious holidays and the scheduling of school activities. If not, a link to the article is here . The new rules do not mean that school will be out on these new holiday inclusions, but that the Anchorage School District will avoid scheduling activities, like sporting events, on these days. The new list includes Passover, Rosh Hashanah , Yom Kippur , Eid al - Fitr and Eid al - Adha . They are added to a list which includes New Year's, Orthodox Christmas and Easter, Good Friday, Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The new holidays may be unfamiliar to some: Passover is a Jewish celebration, in the springtime, that commemorates the events in Egypt that led up to the Exodus. The name of the holiday comes specifically from the fact that the angel of death "passed over" the houses of the Israelites during the plague which killed the eldest sons of the Egyptians. Passover is a holiday ...
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