This is an order of service we used at St. Margaret's Church Crick.
It went very well and here are some photos taken at the end of the service

Service of Thanksgiving for Animals

Opening Hymn NEH 264 All things bright & beautiful

Leader: In the beginning, God made the world:

Women: Made it and mothered it,

Men: Shaped it and fathered it;

Women: Filled it with seed and with signs of fertility,

Men: Filled it with life and with song and variety.

Leader: All that is green, blue, deep and growing,

ALL: GOD'S IS THE HAND THAT CREATED YOU.

Leader: All that is tender, firm, fragrant and curious,

ALL: GOD'S IS THE HAND THAT CREATED YOU.

Leader. All that crawls, flies, swims, walks or is motionless,

ALL: GOD'S IS THE HAND THAT CREATED YOU.

Leader: All that speaks, sings, cries, laughs or keeps silence,

ALL: GOD'S IS THE HAND THAT CREATED YOU.

Leader: All that suffers, lacks, limps or longs for an end,

ALL: GOD'S IS THE HAND THAT CREATED YOU.

Leader: The world belongs to God,

ALL· THE EARTH AND ALL ITS PEOPLE.

As we reflect on how we have failed to care for God's creation we

confess our sins saying:-

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and

against your creation, in thought and word and deed, through negligence,

through weakness, through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry,

and repent of all our sins. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past; and grant

that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name.

Amen.

Absolution

Lord's prayer

O Lord, open our lips;

and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Let us worship the Lord.

All praise to his name.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit:

as it was in the beginning, is now,

and shall be for ever. Amen.

GREAT AND WONDERFUL

1 Great and wonderful are your deeds Lord |

God . the Al | mighty:

just and true are your | ways O | King of the | nations.

2 Who shall not revere and praise your | name O | Lord?

for | you a | lone are | holy.

3 All nations shall come and worship | in your presence:

for your just | dealings have | been re | vealed.

4 To him who sits on the throne | and . to the| Lamb:

be praise and honour glory and might

for ever and | ever. | A | men.

First Reading Genesis 7 1-5

Junior Praise 288 Who put the colours

Second reading Job 38 1-3 & 39 1-12

Junior Praise 210 The Lord said to Noah

WE BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,

AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD, WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY

THE HOLY GHOST, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY,

SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED: HE

DESCENDED INTO HELL.

THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD,

HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND SITS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, THE FATHER

ALMIGHTY:

FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.

I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY GHOST; THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH; THE COMMUNION

OF SAINTS; THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS;

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY;

AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING. AMEN.

NEH 263 All Creatures of our God

Sermon

NEH 265 Lord of beauty (During which the collection is taken up)

Closing Responses

Leader:This we know, the earth does not belong to us,

ALL: WE BELONG TO THE EARTH.

Leader:This we know, all things are connected,

ALL: LIKE THE BLOOD THAT UNITES ONE FAMILY.

Leader:This we know, we did not weave the web of life,

ALL: WE ARE MERELY A STRAND IN IT.

Leader:This we know, whatever we do to the web,

ALL: WE DO TO OURSELVES.

Leader:Let us give thanks for the gift of creation,

ALL: LET US GIVE THANKS THAT ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER IN CHRIST.

Blessing

Leader: Bless to us, O God,

The moon that is above us,

The earth that is beneath us,

The friends who are around us,

Your image deep within us,

ALL: AMEN.

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