God of our yesterdays,
our todays and our tomorrows,
thank you for the year behind us and for the year ahead.
Help us in this New Year to worry less and to laugh more.
Help us to remember that when Jesus was born in a stable
he came for us that we could know you better.
Thank you for another new year and for new chances every day.
We pray for peace, hope, respect and justice that we might share them with others.
Amen.