As you make your way through patient rooms, gathering spaces, even winding streets
and hearts, you meet people where they are.
May God's tender spirit envelope you,
and hold you gently in the chaos.
You know well that our community is
only as strong, only as healthy
as the most vulnerable among us.
As a trusted neighbor and guide,
may you continue to trust your own instincts as you walk with those you serve.
May you be held well by your own,
as you hold so well the struggles of those with whom you walk.
As you hold the hands of those you serve,
may you remember the hands that hold yours.
Your listening ear and advocating spirit make you a healer.
May the bridges of access to care you build be a sturdy safety net
and a testament to what you bring to the work and the world.
You, community health worker, are
a peacemaker,
a bridgebuilder,
a vital link in our healing ministry.