Harvest Prayer Service
Song
: Harvest Song (All)
Priest: In Autumn
God brings the world to ripeness and fullness.
We praise and thank you God for all that
you have given to us.
We thank you especially at this time of
year, for the gifts of fruit, grain and food which the earth
produces - and for all the people who work and grow food for us.
Today we have brought apples and nuts,
flowers and barmbracks
Let us think for a moment about how good
God is to us.
Child 1 Pins the leaf of “Goodness”
on the Harvest Frieze
Poem
: Harvest Time
Priest
At this time we celebrate All Saints Day.
On this day we remember and honour all the men and women who have
led very good lives on earth using their talents in the service
of others and who are now with you in Heaven.
We
join with them and thank you for your kindness to us.
Child 2 Pins the leaf of
“Kindness” to the Harvest Frieze
Child 3 Jesus shows His Love
for us by showing concern for our well being. (She pins up the
leaf of Love)
Let us listen to the story about how Jesus
fed a huge crowd of people with just five loaves and three
fishes.
Gospel
Matthew 14:13-21
Child 4 The farmer who sows the
grain has to be very Patient while he waits for the seeds
to grow and ripen.
Thank you God for the gift of Patience.
(Child pins the leaf)
Hymn
: Ag Críost an Síol
During this hymn the children bring harvest gifts to the table.
Presentation
of Gifts
1.We bring wheat. Thank you God for corn
to make our bread.
2.We bring potatoes. Thank you God for our
dinners.
3.We bring apples. Thank you God for snap
apple and apple pies.
4.We bring our leaf prints. Thank you God
for the beautiful colours of autumn.
Child 5 Thank you God for
bringing such Joy into our lives. (Pins leaf of Joy on
frieze.)
Child 6 Lord at this time we
remember the people in other lands who cannot harvest because of
war and who are hungry while we are sometimes greedy and selfish.
Please bring your gift of Peace into their lives. (Leaf of
Peace is put in place.
Child
7 Prayer of Thanksgiving
O
God, when I have food, help me to remember the hungry;
When
I have work, help me to remember the jobless;
When
I have a home, help me to remember those who have no home at all;
When
I am without pain, help me to remember those who suffer;
And
remembering, help me to think about others and be concerned
enough to help,
By
word and deed, Those who cry out for what we take for granted.
Amen.
Child 8 Lord give me the gift
of Self-control that I may think not of myself but of
others.
Child 9 We ask you God to
help us to value and care for all the gifts you have given us.
You have trusted us to keep our earth safe and clean. Help us to
show our Trustfulness in all we say and do.
Principal’s Prayer
God our Father we thank you for all the
gifts you have given us –
the beautiful reds and yellows, golds and browns of autumn,
the apples, nuts and barmbrack for Hallowe’en,
the parents, priests, teachers farmers, artists, gardeners,
musicians and all who spread your fruits of love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness and self control.
Concluding Prayer : Priest
Lord as we celebrate Hallowe’en and
All Saints Day help us to appreciate all the gifts and talents we
have been given so that we may grow into the people you have
created us to become. Amen.
Song
: All the Leaves are falling down
