Toolbox For Faith

Each year, St. Michael does a Blessing of the Backpacks the week before school starts. We gather all the teachers and students together before worship, offer prayer for them and for the year ahead and then give them something to place on their backpack or bag as a reminder of God’s presence. In addition, we usually offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the school supplies we have collected. The blessing is brief, but powerful. Here are the prayers I typically use Blessing of the Backpacks 2011. We usually order the backpack tags from Oriental Trading Company. If you are looking for another example, here’s a post on the Lutheran Confessions blog: Backpack Blessing.