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INTERFAITH WORSHIP SERVICE
ONLY ONE EARTH
A SERVICE HONOURING OUR HOLY MOTHER EARTH
SAINT BENEDICT CENTER, MADISON, WISCONSIN
APRIL 23, 1995,
ORDER OF WORSHIP
PROCESSIONAL
[Members of the Interfaith Dialogue Group bring symbols of their faiths into the chapel and place them on the altar. They then take seats reserved for them at the ends of nearby rows.]
RECORDING: Spring Morning Songs: Wisconsin woodland and meadow birds.
PHOTO BACKDROP: NASA, Apollo 7: The Earth from space.
HYMN
[CONGREGATION STANDING]
Morning Has Broken
BUNESSAN Robert LeBlanc, organ
Morning has broken Like the first morning; Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing Fresh from the Word!
Sweet the rain's new fall Sunlit from heaven Like the first dewfall On the first grass. Praise for the sweetness Of the wet garden Sprung in completeness Where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning Born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, Praise every morning, God's re-creation Of the new Day!
Eleanor Farjeon Reprinted with permission of David Higham Associates from The Childrens Bells, OUP.
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
Ken Smits Eunice Chagnon
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