Today’s service will be held outdoors at the woods stage. A recording of the service will be available through our website, on Facebook and YouTube. Link when uploaded is
https://www.youtube.com/@NorthAndersonCCP
Please have all dogs on leashes and bring a chair. Join us!
************
Gathering Music Polly Dunford
Welcome and Announcements Karen Manley
Moment of Silence
Call to Worship*
One: Come, let us gather together.
Many: Let us join the gathering: we bring fins and feathers.
One: Come, all is ready for all of creation.
Many: Let us join the gathering: we bring scales and fur.
One: Come let us praise our Creator.
Many: We are loved: we bring skin.
One: Come, with fins, feathers, scales, fur and skin.
Opening Hymn* “A Place in the Choir” Handout
by Bill Staines
Refrain: All God’s creatures got a place in the choir, some sing low,
some sing higher, some sing out loud on the telephone wire,
and some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they got now.
1) Listen to the bass, it’s the one on the bottom where the bullfrog croaks
and the hippopotamus moans and groans with a big t’ do,
and the old cow just goes “Moo.”Refrain
2) The dogs and the cats they take up the middle while the honeybee hums
and the cricket fiddles, the donkey brays and the pony neighs
and the old coyote howls.Refrain
3) Listen to the top where the little birds sing on the melodies
with the high notes ringing. The hoot owl hollers over ev’rything
and the jaybird disagrees.Refrain
4) Singing in the night time, singing in the day the little duck quacks,
then he’s on his way. The possum ain’t got much to say,
and the porcupine talks to himself.Refrain
5) It’s a simple song of living sung ev’rywhere by the ox and the fox
and the grizzly bear, the grumpy alligator and the hawk above,
the sly raccoon and the turtle dove.Refrain
Scripture Reading Job 12: 5-10
Through these words, may we hear the word of God.
Brief Message “The Shadow of St. Francis” Rev. Laura Beth
Blessing of the Animals
Prayerful Circle of Care
Closing Hymn and Offertory* “O God, Your Creatures Fill the Earth” Handout
Words by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette; Music is an anonymous German composer.
2011. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
1) O God, your creatures fill the earth with wonder and delight,
And ev’ry living thing has worth and beauty in your sight.
So playful dolphins dance and swim; Your sheep bow down and graze.
Your songbirds share a morning hymn to offer you their praise.
2) You made the pets we welcome in: they’re wondrous blessings, too.
With paws and whiskers, wings, and fins, they offer praise to you.
O Lord, you call us to embrace these creatures in our care.
May we show kindness, love and grace to all pets ev’rywhere.
3) You made the creatures on each farm; You know the things they need.
May they grow healthy, safe from harm, and safe from human greed.
Just as a shepherd loves the sheep, you know their joy, their pain.
Lord, bless the animals we keep; May all farms be humane.
4) Your creatures live in ev’ry land; They fill the sky and sea.
O Lord, you give us your command to love them tenderly.
We’re called to have dominion here: to care for them always.
By loving creatures you hold dear, we offer you our praise.
Benediction*
Discussion
Shalom (“May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)
Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.
Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom.
Reprinted with permission under One License #A-625711. All rights reserved.
******************************
Calendar of Services -
October 4 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter, World Communion Sunday; Potluck Meal
October 11 - Dr. Keith Ray
October 18 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter;
October 25 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter; All Saints’ Sunday
Close to Home Events (specific to NACCP)
Bible Study on Monday nights will begin a new study on September 28. The topic is “Did Jesus Really Say That?” Study sessions will examine and evaluate written text throughout all five Gospels. Contact Cynthia at cynthiakwarner@mac.com if you’d like to be added to the Zoom invite list.
***************
Meet and Eat group will gather on Wednesday, October 7, at 5:30 pm at Social Tap on Pearman Dairy Road. Everyone is welcome!
***************
Seasonal choir practice begins Sunday, October 18, 9:25-10:00 in the choir room. All former choir members are encouraged to return as well as new folks who would like to sing during the Advent season.
***************
It’s early to plan for Thanksgiving, but mark your calendars for Andi’s Annual Potluck Meal on Thursday, November 26, at 1:00 pm at Andi Nelson’s farm, Rabbit Hill Farm. The address is 424 Sargent Drive, Pendleton. Bring a dish to share and a chair.
**************
If you are not “formally” a member of the church and would like to be, please reach out to Laura Beth (lb@laura-bethany.com). There are many ways to be part of community, this is simply one that we offer as an option!
****************
If you haven’t signed up for a Meet & Greet Dinner with Laura Beth, there is still time! Click here for the sign-up page.
****************
Community Events
Campus Edge Concerts (CEC) will begin their ninth season on Thursday, August 13th. These free concerts are hosted at St Andrew Catholic Church in Clemson.
ChoRuss 3 December 2026 at 7:30 (Three Singers and their pianist)
Carrera Stamile 4 March 2027 at 7:30 (Mandolin instrumentalist)
**************
AIM's Food Pantry is currently asking for plastic grocery bags! Thank you for your support! #AIMThanksYOU #FoodDistributionLine
Please remember to donate non-perishable food items to AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries). An extra item when you shop is a great help to others in our community.
***************
Shower Update: The shower still has some details to finish.
******************
Keep up with the latest news from Foothills Presbytery here.
*******************
Remember in prayer: Michael Crump and David Sanders; Nancy Fox; Peggy Casey; Steve and Brenda Swearingen; Jay Lyn Martin and Jerry Meehan; Mary Alice Mundy; Latha Semones; Immigrant families; Victims of all violence, oppression, and injustice; People of the World in ALL walks of life and strife.
NACCP is an inclusive Faith Community that values questions