Opening Song: All Your Works are Good (https://open.spotify.com/track/4ruszcUTkL45zpEACGBToj?si=e57b36673c86421c) by Jill Gullahorn, Julie Lee, and Sandra McCracken Lyrics: The moon it marks the seasons The sun knows when to go down The ocean holds its creatures The river knows its bounds The birds the trees the cattle And all things great and small We find our place in creation Your hand sustains us all All Your works are good All Your works are good From everlasting to everlasting All Your works are good He makes the clouds His chariot He wraps Himself in light He stretches out the heavens Like a tent across the sky He knows our every burden When darkness veils our eyes He comes with spring returning Bringing death to life As we labor until evening There’s a message on the wind Be still and know your maker Be satisfied in Him Passage: 24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26 There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. 27 These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. 28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, 32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! 33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD! (Psalm 104:24–35 ESV) Musical Reflection: Bless the Lord, My Soul by Jacques Berthier Reflection Notes: A contribution to the Taizé tradition, this tune by Berthier provides a reverent foundation for the text: “Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life.” Prayer: O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.