All Saints Church, Denmead: Harvest 2018

Symbols of the Harvest 

Let us bring forward symbols of the harvest, gifts that God has created and his sun and rain have nurtured. 

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the harvest of vegetables, Peas, potatoes, beans and hops. 

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the harvest of fruits, Pears, apples and berries. 

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the harvest of flowers, The finest blooms from our gardens and our fields.

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the harvest of fleece from the flock, of fuel and building materials from within the earth. 

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the grain and the grape, for our Saviour took bread and wine to feed us with his body and his Blood, given and shed for the life of the world. 

Thanks be to God

Bring forward the Bible and candle, representing the harvest of God's people that gathers together and worships here in this place. 

Thanks be to God

Lord God, we thank you for your wonderful harvest with these symbols, we remember all of your good gifts to us. 

Amen.