Forgetting our place
to tend and to nurture,
the garden of the earth
given into our hands.
Taking for granted
the world and all within it,
as if there will always
be more for us to consume.
Using up our resources
pumping out pollutants,
changing the environment
for our selfish wants.
Needing to bow
to fall to our knees praying,
to ask our Creator
how we should change our
ways.
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edited April 23, 2015
Taken for Granted – v2
April 25, 2010
Taken for Granted
April 25, 2010
Formed from the Dust
April 25, 2010
The Garden Finite
April 25, 2010
Placed in the Garden
Genesis 2:4b-9, 15
Psalm 104:1-2, 5, 31, 35b
(Call to Worship)
1 Timothy 4:4-5
Hymn, “Shepherd Me, O
God”, TFWS #2058 (Psalm 23)
Prayer of Dedication,
(From the National Council
of Churches [NCC]
Earth Day Sunday 2002
resource packet,
"Caring for Creation:
Making the World Safe for Children.")
Worship Theme: “What is our
calling within Creation?”
and sermon, “Staff Members All
Are We”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
the third in a series of
sermons, based in part on the pastoral letter from the Council of Bishops,
“God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action,”
and the study guide, etc.,
based on this letter:
Suncook United Methodist
Church
Suncook, NH
April 25, 2010
Third Sunday After Easter
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