Hymn: All things bright and beautiful (Church Hymnary, No. 137.1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPMA5I3-0Jw

Reading & Reflection: “This is good!”
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Hymn / Prayer for Creation: All things bright and beautiful (an alternative version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUo5YawV7as&feature=youtu.be

Blessing

May the God who dances in creation,
who embraces us with human love,
who shakes our lives like thunder,
bless us and drive us out with power
to fill the world with justice and with peace.
Amen.

Notices:

Another powerful criticism of human planet abuse based on the Genesis narrative of the seven days of Creation is the 1980s hit single Eighth Day by British singer-songwriter Hazel O’Connor. There’s an overwhelming stage performance on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBkvcQEGq9k Also on YouTube is an audio version from the original album Breaking Glass with on-screen lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGyqsNZq9nE

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