Blessing of the Animals: A CreatureKind Service

Please join us for a Blessing of the Animals celebration for all creatures on Wednesday, October 4th, at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/6 pm GMT, in honor of our non-human fellow worshippers of God. This will be a 30 minute service where we will lift up prayers for all animals farmed for food–in the land, sea, and sky–and for companion animals who are an integral part of our families. The biblical narrative reminds us that we can learn from animals, and be spiritually guided by them. Their lives are not defined by the industrial world or factory farms that cause them intense pain,loneliness, and rob them of their flourishing. In this service, let us celebrate the existence of animals as our kin, acknowledge their suffering on Earth, and bless them in our pursuit to peacefully exist with each other without destruction.