Alliance of Religions and Conservation
Alliance of Religions and Conservation has an interesting interfaith ecological website, in part, because it doesn’t ignore the animal creation, and even includes them in their prayers: http://www.arcworld.org Check it out.
Here are some blurbs I found on their Advent page:
Advent is the Coming of God in Christ to his world. And the coming of the world to God in Christ. For too long we have sought to keep Christ to ourselves. Yet the Lord is creator of all creation, not the property of humanity. He comes to bring light and life into the winter of all creation. His liberation frees not just us but all life. Listen now. Be still and hear. For creation takes up its Maker’s call. All creation draws near to God, seeks refuge from the tightening grip of winter, the winter our destruction has wrought; seeks light and warmth to revive that which we have darkened and chilled by our abuse of God’s creation. Listen to the Voices of Creation, the Advent of nature.
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Voices of the Creatures: From water, air and land we the creatures came forth at thy command. From dust you raised us and in us planted your life.Through the ways of Time you brought us to Be. Now we come called forth again. Yet many can no longer come. Gone, gone forever. And we, we who come. Can we know our children’s children will know this world? So much has gone. What remains is so frail. Free your people from their ignorance and selfishness.
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Reader: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.” The heart of the Christian Gospel is that the child born in Bethlehem, the man who died on Calvary, is the eternal creator spirit who brought life to be. The Creator has become created and brings creation to its fulfillment. The Advent of Jesus Christ is not just an event of human significance, but of cosmic significance. His salvation and liberation to life eternal is not just for human, but for all life - life which St John the Divine tells us Christ both created and will recreate.
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Reader: Almighty God, you led your people in the darkness of the desert by a pillar of fire. So Lord, lead us in the night of our darkness and through the deserts of our own making. Creator Spirit, you sent down tongues of fire on your disciples as they hid in their uncertainty. So Lord, enlighten us with your fire that we may serve all creation. Loving Father, you sent your Son to be a light to those who walk in darkness. May we who have brought your creation, the winds, waters, lands, creatures and our own kind to the edge of darkness, see the new path we must tread, through the power of your loving light.
All: Amen.
(Yeah, I know it isn’t close to Advent yet. But why not get a jump on the next season? Besides, Earth Day is coming up soon. This could be modified.)
Also, click here for “Ideas for Services Celebrating the Harvest”.