Blessing of the Animals

Description

The Blessing of the Animals is the church’s most joyfully chaotic service — and this is its quiet center. Before the barking and the blessing lines begin, 60 seconds of morning light gather the room: a songbird at a branch, a hand resting on a dog’s head, a horse in pasture light, a butterfly over wildflowers. The liturgy names what the animals already know — joy that needs no reason, love that keeps no score — and closes with a welcome: “Blessed be the Love that made us all kin.”

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Written in the spirit of St. Francis and the Canticle’s kinship tradition, the piece blesses all creatures — companions of fur and feather, fin and hoof, wild kin alongside the dog on the leash. It serves St. Francis Day (October 4), the nearest Sunday, or the closing Sunday of the Season of Creation, and pairs naturally with our Season of Creation opener and benediction.

Every PCM mini movie passes a six-point theological vetting standard before it publishes: occasion verified, expansive language throughout, no fabricated scripture, no inherited conservative framing, and honest representation in every frame.

What’s included

• Full HD1080p and 4K versions — MP4 (H.264), broadcast-safe levels
• Text and no-text variants of each, so the blessing can be ours or yours, word for word
• Ready to drop into ProPresenter, Proclaim, EasyWorship, Canva, PowerPoint, or a streaming deck

Planning the whole day?

Announce the event with our Blessing of the Pets collection — the playful invitation and slide set — and open the service with this. They’re made to work together.

Your License, in plain language

Every PCM video is made with fully owned audio and visuals — no third-party music, no stock licenses, nothing that requires anyone’s permission but ours. And you have ours.

When you purchase or access this video through your membership, your congregation may:

• Download it — full resolution, kept on your own drives, no download meters or monthly limits
• Project it in worship — services, small groups, classes, retreats, conferences
• Livestream it — as part of your service, on any platform
• Post the recording — upload your service recording, with this video in it, to YouTube, Facebook, your website, anywhere — no approval requests, ever

No per-view counting. No expiration when a membership lapses on videos you’ve downloaded during your term. No forms to fill out before you hit publish.

What the license doesn’t cover: reselling or redistributing the video files themselves, or uploading the standalone video (outside your service content) as your own work. That’s it.

Made for your theology. Licensed like it trusts you.

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