= EARTH PRAYER 1

Leader:	We have forgotten who we are.

	1.  We have forgotten who we are
	2  We have alienated ourselves from the unfolding of the cosmos
	1.  We have become estranged from the movements of the earth
	2.  We have turned our backs on the cycles of life.
All:	We have forgotten who we are.
					1.  We have sought only our own security
					2.  We have exploited simply for our own ends
					1.  We have distorted our knowledge
					2.  We have abused our power.
				All:	We have forgotten who we are.
	1.  Now the land is barren
	2.  And the waters are poisoned
	1.  And the air is polluted.
All:	We have forgotten who we are.
					1.  Now the forests are dying
					2.  And the creatures are disappearing
					1.  And humans are despairing.
				All.	We have forgotten who we are.
	1.  We ask forgiveness
	2.  We ask for the gift of remembering
	1.  We ask for the strength to change.
All:	We have  forgotten who we are.

Leader:	We join with the earth and with each other.
	1  To bring new life to the land
	2.  To restore the waters
	1.  To refresh the air

All:  We join with the earth and with each other
	1.  To renew the forests
	2.  To care for the plant
	1.  To protect the creatures

All:	We join with the earth and with each other
	1.  To celebrate the seas
	2.  To rejoice in the sunlight
	1.  To sing the song of the stars

All:	We join with the earth and with each other
	1.  To recreate the human community
	2.  To promote justice and peace
	1.  To remember our children

All:	We join with the earth and with each other.

All:	We join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery:  for the healing of the earth and the renewal of all life.

UN. ENVIRONMENTAL SABBATH PROGRAM
= EARTH PRAYER 2

The Drama of Creation

Leader:	In the beginning, God made the world:

Women	Made it and mothered it,

Men		Shaped it and fathered it;

Women	Filled it with seed and with signs of fertility,

Men		Filled it with love and its people with ability.

Leader	All that is green, blue, deep and growing,

All		God’s is the hand that created you.

Leader	All that crawls, flies, swims, walks or is motionless,

All		God’s is the hand that created you.

Leader	All that speaks, sings, cries, laughs or keeps silence,

All		God’s is the hand that created you.

Leader	All that suffers, lacks, limps or longs for an end,

All		God’s is the hand that created you.

Leader	The world belongs to God,

All		The earth and its people are Gods.