Let All Creation Praise  Care for creation worship throughout the year Season of Creation resources Celebrating the Trinitarian God as creator Download freely and adapt for your worshiping context. Share your sermons, prayers, liturgies, litanies, ideas, and pictures. Send resources or comments to Nick Utphall: nick@ststlc.net or post them on our  Facebook page, a great forum to share your ideason incorporating creation-care into the worship life of your congregation and to learn from others visit. (You can access the page even without a Facebook account.) NEW EACH WEEK Weekly Care for Creation Commentary on the Lectionary The Third Sunday in Lent in Year B (by Robert Saler). Projection, Humility, and the Call for Justice. The Second Sunday in Lent in Year B (by Rob Saler) Formed to "See" in the Way of the Cross. Seasonal Planning -- Feb-May Among your preparations in these days, for the spring months from February into May, we have ideas and reminders for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter, as well as Earth Day Sunday, Mother (Earth) Day, planting days, and more. Also with seasonal devotions are information about The Grace of Forests devotion the annual ecumenical Lenten carbon fast and a Lenten calendar on "Enough for Everyone." And remember the deadline for ordering sustainably harvested fair trade Eco-Palms is March 6!  John Bell Ecology and Liturgy workshop For those with access to the Chicago area, we are excited to announce a Worship Alive! workshop featuring John Bell, of the Iona Community. The event, called "God, Land & Love," will help you to see an expanded view of the church's work in liturgy, with doxology as one of the prime purposes of ecology. Sunday, March 8 at First United Church of Oak Park. Click here for a pdf flyer with more info. Earth Day Sunday To begin planning for ways to celebrate Earth Day and include it in your worship services on April 26, visit our Earth Day Sunday page. You'll find links to ideas from Creation Justice Ministries, a lecture by Larry Rasmussen, liturgies, and much more. Would you like background on "why" this emphasis in worship?
Celebrate any season of the year with this 30-Day devotional booklet: Stewardship of Creation: A Thirty Day Discipline. Download and copy this daily devotional booklet. Each day has a scripture verse, theological reflection, fact about the environment, action we can take to address it, and a prayer. Make this available to each member of your congregation as a discipline during any season of the year. Book Recommendations See our Annotated list of books related to ecology and worship |
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