9:30am Prelude - “Where Mountains Meet the Sea” - Jeff Perks Welcome - Rev. David Bonnema Opening Song - “Indescribable” - Karla Causey Time of Greeting Children’s Time Baptism of Autumn Ann Marie Edgar Reflection on Creation Song - “Trees We’ll Never See” - Rachel Frye Sermon - “Creation Care” - Kara Lukehart & Bee Manship Song - “What a Wonderful World” - Quartet Offering and Prayer Song - “Great Are You, Lord” Benediction 11:00am Prelude - “Where Mountains Meet the Sea” - Jeff Perks Welcome - Rev. David Bonnema Introduction to Earth Care Service - Kara Lukehart Call to Worship Leader: Praise the Lord! People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Leader: Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise the Lord, sun and moon, and all you shining stars! People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Leader: Praise the Lord from the earth, Praise the Lord, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, and stormy wind, wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds, mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars. People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Leader: Let heaven celebrate! Let the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it roar! Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate! Then all the trees of the forest too will shout out joyfully before the Lord because the Lord is coming! The Lord is coming to establish justice on the earth! People: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. Hymn - “For the Beauty of the Earth” - #473 Verses 1, 2, 4 Prayer of Confession - Georgia Viverette Precious God, we humbly come before you this day. We acknowledge that all creation comes from you and is a reflection of you. Lush trees were created to provide food, shelter, and protection for creatures as you intended. Their roots break down hard rock to form soil and filter pollutants from runoff while maintaining the air balance through photosynthesis. They stretch their branches out to you in worship and adoration. By your creative will and design, all life forms took shape out of your holy breath, each for its particular purpose, yet all interdependent. May we remember that before we became different races, ethnicities, and genders, we were cocooned in your holy creative intent alongside the possibility of all creation that was to come. All of us fearfully and wonderfully made, our very design and purpose glorifying you. Our hearts are heavy with grief at the harm we cause our human and non-human kind. We ask for your forgiveness. We pray for ourselves and all people to repent and change our consumeristic ways. Beloved Creator God, through your power that is as gentle as a lamb and as capable as to call worlds into being, we ask that you speak to all hearts to change our ways. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Declaration of Forgiveness Passing of the Peace Reflection on Creation Anthem - “Trees We’ll Never See” - Rachel Frye Sermon - “Creation Care” - Kara Lukehart & Bee Manship Anthem - “What a Wonderful World” - Mariners Quartet Offering and the Lord’s Prayer Doxology Affirmation of Faith - by Rev. Sarah A. Speed: We believe in a creating God who delights in the Earth and calls it good. We believe in the Holy Spirit who moves through creation like a mighty rushing wind… Therefore, we believe our faith calls us to care for creation: to plant flowers, to speak tenderly to animals, to thank the Earth for her bounty, to clean the streams, to protect the forests, and to live like we are standing on holy ground, because we are. Amen. Closing Hymn - “Trees of the Field” - #2279 Benediction Postlude “Psalm XIX” (Marcello) Jeff Perks