Opening Words:
"We Bid You Welcome," Richard S. Gilbert

*Chalice Lighting
May the light we now kindle
Inspire us to use our powers
To heal and not to harm,
To help and not to hinder,
To bless and not to curse,
To serve you, Spirit of Life.

(Passover Haggadah, adapted)

*Doxology:
Rejoice in Love we know and share,
In love and beauty everywhere;
Rejoice in truth that makes us free,
And in the good that yet shall be.
(Charles Lyttle)

*Unison Ingathering:
Animals Live in our Homes
They Sleep on our Window Sills
Graze Rhythmically in our Pastures
And Follow Us On Quiet Padded Feet.

We Provide them Comforts
Of Shelter, Food and Affection,
And They Offer Us
Love and Unconditional Contentment.

Let Us Thank Them for This Precious Gift,
And Let us Be Reminded of our Duty,
Not Only to Them
But Also to their Wild Cousins.
Who pull the Nectar from Large Blossoms,
Lie in Chocolate Colored Mud,
And Wait for the Flutter of Wings
Or the Silent Movement of Fins.

They too are dependent Upon Us
To Preserve Their Homes
Of Forests, Deserts and Oceans
Our Common World of Nature and Ecology.<
(Joan Howard, adapted)

Welcome And Announcements

Joys & Sorrows

Prayer/Meditation
"We Belong to the Earth"
(Chief Noah Sealth)

Story For All Ages
"Moon Tiger"
(Phyllis Root)

Offering

Reading
"Rest in the Grace of the World and Be Free"
(Wendell Berry)

Homily
"An Earth Centered Spirituality To Balance Our Planetary Ecology"

Animal Blessing
(Bring your pet forward, share her or his name, and tell a brief story of how the animal connects you with nature and ecology. After your story, stay until you receive the following congregational blessing in the spirit of Francis of Assisi...)

"We Bless These Beasts and Give Them Care In Our Homes and Everywhere."

*Closing Words

*Please Stand