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Church Garden Dedication - May 29, 2011

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Blessing of the Land or a Garden

adapted from Common Prayer by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan

Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Okoro

God of the Universe,

you made the heavens and the earth,

so we do not call our home merely "planet earth."

We call it your creation, a divine mystery,

a gift from your most blessed hand.

The world itself is your miracle.

Bread and vegetables from the earth are thus also from heaven.

Help us to see in our daily bread your presence.

Upon this garden

may your stars rain down their blessed dust.

May you send rain and sunshine upon our garden and us.

Grant us the humility to touch the dirt,

that we might become more human,

that we might truly experience life from your hand.

For you planted humanity in a garden

and began our resurrection in a garden.

So our memory and our hope lie in a garden.

Thank you, dear Creator,

who made the world teeming with variety,

of things on the earth, above the earth, and under the earth.

Thank you, dear God,

for the many kinds of plants and trees

that we celebrate.

For the centipedes, ants and worms,

for the cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers,

for the thunder and rain,

we rejoice that we find ourselves surrounded by the magnitude

of your generosity and mystery.

So we dedicate back to you this small part of your creation.

With thanksgiving and hope, we love you and we thank you.

In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.