One: This Call to Worship is a reading to celebrate creation and its Creator, intermixed with selected verses from Psalm 104.
Two: Praise the Lord, my soul.
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty. (vs. 1)
One: We live on a planet where trees warn each other of danger through underground networks.
Two: The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
…and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. (vs. 2a, 3a)
One: We live on a planet where octopuses dream.
Two: God set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved. (vs. 5)
One: We live on a planet where ants build cities and the frequency of a cat’s purr can aid in healing bones.
Two: He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains. (vs. 10)
One: We live on a planet where bees communicate through dance, showing each other where to fly, which flowers to find.
Two: The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
There the birds make their nests… (vs. 16-17a)
One: We live on a planet where crows remember human faces, especially those who have been cruel to them, and pass that memory onto their young.
Two: How many are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures. (vs. 24)
One: We live on a planet where elephants return to the bones of their dead and stand over them in silence.
Two: May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works… (vs. 31)
One: Praise the Lord, my soul. (vs. 35b)
Two: Praise the Lord. (vs. 35c)
Scripture texts from Psalm 104: 1, 2a, 3a, 5, 10, 16-17a, 24, 31, 35b, 35c
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