Posted 138 days ago
Earth Day /Garden Blessing Prayer
by Christine Sine
Earth Day is today and I am getting ready to celebrate with the garden seminar on Saturday. For those of you who are just getting out into your gardens to dig and plant here is a garden blessing prayer from my ebook To Garden With God you may like to use to dedicate your garden.
God bless this gardenThrough which your glory shines
May we see in its beauty the wonder of your love
God bless the soil
Rich and teeming with life
May we see in its fertility the promise of new creation
God bless our toil
As we dig deep to turn the soil
May we see in our labour your call to be good stewards
God bless each seed
That takes root and grows
May we see in their flourishing the hope of transformation
God bless the rains
That water our efforts to bring forth life
May we see in their constancy God’s faithful care
God bless the harvest
Abundant and bountiful in season
May we see in God’s generosity our need to share
God bless this garden
As you bless all creation with your love
May we see in its glory your awesome majesty
Amen
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Tucson Botanical Gardens – Michelle Conklin, Juliet Niehaus, and other folks – helped us make the connection last week between community gardens and horticultural therapy – may be there is some thing there for us as a congregation – a ministry involving plants and people who can no longer get easily to church, or other community activities… hmmm…
http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/
Meanwhile Christine Sine has got us all thinking about community gardens in Edmonds – she’s advising the Church of the Beloved on starting a garden at Rosewood Manor – where they meet…
http://belovedschurch.org
And together with the Beloved, St Alban’s people are planning a springtime celebration next weekend, the Little Feast
http://littlefeast.eventbrite.com
Wondering how other folks have made connections between community gardens and other services to the community…
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