To the container of this community
We bring the fullness of our lives
Our joys, our sorrows
Our fears, our hopes
Our days of celebration
Our hours of grief

All of who we are comes through these doors
And finds welcome
Sympathetic eyes
Accepting hearts
Our gladness amplified
Our pain acknowledged.

And when we go
We take the strength of this community with us
The power of friendship
A vision of possibility
The assurance of love
And find ourselves transformed.