Let A Worshiping God with creation Care for creation worship throughout the year Season of Creation resources Download freely and adapt for your worshiping context. Share your sermons, prayers, liturgies, ideas, and pictures. Send resources or comments to Nick Utphall: nick@theMCC.net or post them on our
![]() Weekly Creation-Justice Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary NEW Ninth Sunday after Pentecost July 25 (by Amy Carr) The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (2015) August 1 (by Tom Mundahl) The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost in Year B August 8 (2018) (by Amy Carr) Seasonal Planning Visit our seasonal planning page for thoughts and tips for this season after Pentecost, including worship outdoors or bringing outdoors into your worship space. Preparing for the Season of Creation Now is a great time to begin your planning for celebrating the Season of Creation, with the Word series that includes Planet Earth, Humanity, Sky, and Mountain Sundays. You can also find other resources for a different version of the Season of Creation from Green Churches Network of Canada. Why Do This? Bridget Jones shares an essay on "Liturgy to Reconcile People and the Planet" and looks at our worship practices, reminding us that greening the congregation absolutely doesn't stop at the doors of the sanctuary, but can fill our whole worship practice. A Song of Inspiration If you're looking for some of the feeling of this website and what we mean by praising the triune God with creation, the song "Holy Now" by Minnesota singer-songwriter Peter Mayer may give you a feeling for it. Click here for a beautiful video version. Book Recommendations With a Foreword by our own Dave Rhoads, The Nature of Things is a volume with a collection of essays on rediscovering spirituality in creation. Visit our Books page for more description and a link to purchase. Norman Habel shared his 3rd volume of "Habel Hymns" especially written for celebrating as "Songs for the Eco-Reformation and Ongoing Earth-Care." Would you like background on "why" this emphasis in worship?
Four Stages to Comprehensive Care for Creation in All Worship Follow these comprehensive suggestions to make every worship service a opportunity to worship with creation and on behalf of creation. |