A Closing Blessing

Go forth now to care for God’s world.
Use resources wisely. Share your knowledge.
Sacrifice where necessary.
Live in harmony with all creation.
Go out into all the world as prophets of a new way of living
and preach the good news to all.
And the blessing of the Creator God, the Risen Son,
and the Promised Holy Spirit bless you that you might be a blessing to others
today and always. Amen.

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Extracted from Season of Creation: A Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes 2023, p43.

Original source: Prayer from “Prayers for the Planet” at a service at Hinde Street Methodist Church, London, before the Climate March, December 2005, as published in Season of Creation 2 (Green Anglicans, the Anglican Church of Southern African Environmental Network, 2012), 36.