October 1, 2023
Gifted and Guided: Celebrating All Creatures
Join us for our annual blessing of animals. Both 9:30 AM and 11 AM services are multi-generational (children and youth remain in the service the entire hour.)
At the 9:30 AM service, you are welcome to bring photos or other mementos, or beloved stuffed toys but no actual animals, please.
At the 11 AM service, you are invited to please bring your pet to our service to be blessed!
Unfortunately, our the new intern minister at Beacon, Pablo Vazquez will not be able join us in our services as planned.
Lucy Davies will be a vocal soloist.
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome to Beacon: Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner, Lead Ministry Team
Opening Song: “All God’s Critters” led by Jamaine Cripe and Cathy Menendez, Beacon member
Chalice Lighting
Story: “The Day the Animals Left” ~ A Lenape Story led by Jamaine Cripe, Lifespan Ministry Team
Mindfulness Gong
Meditation & Ritual: Weaving Bracelets of Earth, Water, Air led by Dr. Tuli Patel, Lead Ministry Team & Lifespan Ministry Lead
Hymn: From You I Receive, To You I Give
Testimonial: 9:30 AM Kit Stinson for Laura Kramer 11 AM Laura Kramer
Offering
Learn more about Beacon’s Building Campaign and the Stanton Match.
There are two ways to give to Beacon’s mission of radical inclusion, feeding the human spirit and healing the world.
Online giving through Vanco: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZAE0/home
Make a check payable to Beacon with “Murray Grove” on the Memo Line. Mail to 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
Offertory: “I See Stars by Jeff Richmond” performed by Lucy Davies
9:30 AM Reflection from Callum Catts; 11 AM Reading from John Donohue “To Learn From Animal Being”
Ritual of Blessing
Hymn 1018 Come and Go With Me To That Land
Benediction
Postlude
Other Beacon Staff & Volunteers who made this service possible:
Live Stream Technician: Will Cisco
Audio Technician: Callum Catts
Board Greeter: Alejandro Polo
Welcome Team: 9:30 AM Hilary Polk and Dick Muldoon; 11 AM Lyndsey and Jeff Garibaldi