CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 32

MUSIC
Curated by Curt Muller
Hillsong Worship - See The Light
Commons Worship - Faithfully
Bethel Music - Sing His Praise Again
Hillsong Worship - King Of Kings

LITURGY OF THE LAND
Written by Bobbi Salkeld
For National Indigenous History Month, June 2022

The month of June is National Indigenous History Month; June 21 is National Indigenous People’s Day. 

Our practice at Commons is to open our hearts to learning from Indigenous elders, neighbours, artists, and friends at this time of year. 

Richard Wagamese writes that there is an Indigenous way of seeing that begins with the land. The land – and all things that move upon it – is alive and therefore sacred. 

In our learning and openness, I invite you into a Liturgy of the Land. In all that has bothered you, troubled you, or upset you this week – including the horror of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas – will you hear this invitation to return to the land and reset your soul with the gifts of the land. 

Let us pray. 

We take a quiet moment to consider the land as gift — 
The land is owned by no one and therefore shared. 
The land is abundant with beauty, nourishment, and shelter 
As the land offers gifts like a mother, we receive and reciprocate each gift with care.

Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who walk softly and in a humble manner. 
The earth, land, and sky will welcome them 
and always be their home. (Mt 5:5 FNV) 

Now we take a moment to consider the land as relation — 
All our relations include the trees, butterflies, and crayfish. 
The security we long for in the land depends on the quality of our relationships.
Our relations deepen with love, and love comes from the Spirit place. 

Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who walk softly and in a humble manner. 
The earth, land, and sky will welcome them 
and always be their home. (Mt 5:5 FNV) 

We finish with a moment to consider the land as awe — 
The invitation for us is always to be a part of the sweep and grandeur of the planet.
In our troubles, we let the peacefulness of the land reset us. 
As we see the wonder and awe of the land, we turn to each other and see that same awe and wonder.

Creator’s blessing rests on the ones who walk softly and in a humble manner. 
The earth, land, and sky will welcome them 
and always be their home. (Mt 5:5 FNV) 

Amen. 

Resources 
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Emergence Magazine, “The Serviceberry”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Richard Wagamese, What Comes from Spirit
Between Sundays, Season III, Episode 5, “The Land” with Nicole Scott