June 16, 2024
Paws and Purrs: We Bless Our Animal Friends
Rev. R. Morrison, Service Leader: Brandie-Moller-Reid
Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Chalice Lighting All Animal Chalice by Mark Causey
We light this chalice, spark of the original fire of creation, to remind us that we all on the planet – the furred, the feathered, the finned, and the scaled, along with us featherless bipeds – we are all made of the same star-stuff and all share a common destiny. We all share the same hopes of a life free from harm and suffering, and the same aspirations of happiness, love, and flourishing – being able to express our own unique natures and capacities as best we may. We are just that many diverse perspectives from which the whole is seen and experienced. We are inextricably intertwined, interconnected, and interdependent. And it is good.
Hymn 163 For the Earth Forever Turning
Sharing Our Abundance
Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X)
Service Leader Reflection
Song A Place in the Choir
Reading
Candles of Joy and Concern
Video Presentation- not recorded I Love My Dog By Cat Stevens/Yusuf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET5drt_utUY
Message Paws and Purrs: We Bless Our Animal Friends
Hymn 1030 Siyahamba/Pet Parade
Extinguishing the Flame That Which is Worthy of Doing by Steve J Crump
That which is worthy of doing, create with your hands.
That which is worthy of repeating, speak with a clear voice.
That which is worthy of remembering, hold in your hearts.
And that which is worthy of remembering, hold in your hearts.
And that which is worthy of living, go and live it now.
Benediction A Holy and Generous Love by Elena Westbrook
Go in hope, for the arc of the universe is long and we can bend it toward justice.
Go in courage, for together we have the strength to confront injustice in our daily lives and the larger world.
Go in love, because a holy and generous love is both the reason and means by which we transform our lives.
Carry the Flame
Postlude
A Place in the Choir – Lyrics
Chorus
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got now
Listen to the bass, it's the one on the bottom
Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus
Moans and groans with a big to do
And the old cow just goes, 'Moo'
Chorus
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got now
Well, the dogs and the cats they take up the middle
The honeybee hums and the crickets fiddle
The donkey brays and the pony neighs
The old coyote howls
Chorus
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got now
Listen to the top where the little bird sings
The melody with the high notes ringing
The hoot owl hollers over everything
And the jaybird disagrees
Chorus
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got now
It’s a simple song of living sung ev’ry where
By the ox and the fox and grizzly bear.
The grumpy alligator and hawk above,
The sly raccoon and the turtle dove.
Chorus (sing 2x)
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got now
