How to Bless Your Children

Footnotes: 1. The Christian Family​ (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany Fellowship, 1970), pp. 195-196. 2. The Gift of the Blessing​ (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986). 3. The Family Blessing​ (Dallas, Texas: Word Incorporated, 1990). 4. Adapted from ​ The Family Blessing​ , pp. 147-152. 5. Gates of the House: The New Union Home Prayerbook​ (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1977), p. 15. 6. Gates​ , p.22. 7. Gates​ , p. 32. 8. 4. Gates​ , p. 41. 9. English Ritual​ , (Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1964), p.449. 10. English Ritual​ , pp.369-370. 11. English Ritual​ , pp. 399-401. 12. English Ritual​ , p. 457. 13. The book of Church Order of the Presbyterian Church in the United States​ (Richmond, Virginia: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, rev.ed ., 1938), p. 197. 14. Adapted from ​ The Book of Common Prayer​ (New York: Oxford University Press, 1944), pp. 597-598. 15. Adapted from the BCP, p. 314. 16. The Hymnbook​ (Richmond, Virginia: Presbyterian Church in the United States, et.al ., 1955), p. 75. 17. Adapted from ​ The Methodist Hymnal​ (Nashville: The Methodist Publishing Company, 1939), p. 519. 18. Adapted from ​ The Methodist Hymnal​ , p. 517. 19. The Family Blessing​ , pp. 45-55. 16