Benediction – Leaves

After shining bright, leaves fall and continue their good work by providing bedding for little creatures over winter; by giving fertilizer to the soil to feed earthworms, and mushrooms, and to help bring forththe spring's new leaves. May we leave from here as leaves - carrying the shining light of Christ, scattering where the Holy …

Offertory – Miigwetch

Great Giver, God of the Harvest, Creator of All - miigwetch for this day. Miigwetch for the harvest. Miigwetch for each other. Thank you very much, chi miigwetch, for your love. Let our commitments be blessed by you, and let all we give and receive be in love. Amen.

Christ Candle – Miigwetchiwendan

Red like maple leaves; yellow like birch leaves; orange like oak leaves; the colors of fall are the colors of fire. We light this Christ candle in gratitude,  miigwetchiwendan, for the love of Christ; in gratitude miigwetchiwendan, for the changing season; in gratitude,  miigwetchiwendan, for this day. light the candle