O GOD, help us to recover our hope for our children’s sake.
Help us to recover our courage for our children’s sake.
Help us to recover our discipline for our children’s sake.
Help us to recover our ability to work together for our children’s sake.
Help us to recover our values for our children’s sake.
Help us to recover our faith in thee for our children’s sake.

Amen.

--By Marian Wright Edelman. From "2010 National Observance of Children's Sabbath Manual," Children's Defense Fund. Oct. 8-11 is observed as Children's Sabbath in the United Methodist Church.