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 of those who have worshiped in this place, and we pray that all who seek you here may find you, and be filled with your  joy and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and  reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now  and for ever. Amen.

Preface of the Dedication of a Church

13.  For a Church Convention

Almighty and everlasting Father, you have given the Holy Spirit to abide with us for ever: Bless, we pray, with his grace  and presence, the bishops and the other clergy and the laity  here (or now, or soon to be) assembled in your Name, that  your Church, being preserved in true faith and godly  discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and  gave himself for it, your Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who  lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one  God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of Pentecost, or of the Season

14.  For the Unity of the Church

Almighty Father, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed for his disciples that they might be one, as you and he are one:  Grant that your Church, being bound together in love and  obedience to you, may be united in one body by the one Spirit,  that the world may believe in him whom you have sent, your  Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in  the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of Baptism, or of Trinity Sunday