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: mccnick@tds.net or post them on our  Facebook page Weekly Eco-Justice Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary lessons, Year A (2014 edition) Christ the King Sunday in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) All Saints Sunday in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) Reformation Sunday (by Dennis Ormseth) The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (by Kathryn Schifferdecker) The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (Dennis Ormseth) The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year A (by Paul Santmire) The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year A: Land Sunday While we don't have a land sermon on the texts for the Season of Creation, here are two sermons with the general theme: "The Right to Love the land" by Neddy Astudillo "The Glad Soil Rejoices" by John Paarlberg The Third Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year A: Wilderness Sunday (by Marcy Wieties) Handout of actions and resources for Wilderness Sunday (by Marcy Wieties) The Fourth Sunday of the Season of Creation in Year A: River Sunday (by Nick Utphall)  Season of Creation Resources How are your preparations for the 2017 Season of Creation? From September to early October, there are various ways and styles to engage the season. You might be preparing your congregation to observe the Year A Sundays of Forest, Land, Wilderness, and River with materials here on our website. What is the Season of Creation? Read more here! Amid resources to focus on "Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Revere," the Green Churches Network for the United Church of Canada is offering "Season of Creation in a Box." This free kit offers a calendar, poster, activities, prayers, and more. NEW To get your creative and creation spirit moving, here is a sermon shared by John Paarlberg for Forest Sunday (week 1 of this year's Season of Creation). Eco-Congregation Scotland's worship material for Creation Time 2017 comes from an ecumenical writing group,
with contributors from the Church of Scotland, the Roman Catholic Church, The
Salvation Army and Scottish Episcopal Church. It follows the theme “Journeying
with God”, linking to the UN international year of sustainable tourism for
development. It explores God’s invitation to join us in the journey of faith
leading us into care for all creation. http://www.ecocongregationscotland.org/creationtime
Seasonal Planning Moving into the season of summer in the northern hemisphere, you might plan outdoor worship services, blessings of gardens and seeds and harvests, camping trips to worship more closely with creation, or simply be remembering in Sunday services the delights your congregation is experiencing in a time of full sunshine. For more on planning in these days, check out our seasonal planning page.  NEW 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 new 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. Season of Creation Resources & Sharing Did your congregation participate in the Season of Creation? We'd love to hear how it has gone and post photos, sermons, or any other resources you used in celebrating the 2016/Year C themes of Ocean Sunday, Animal Sunday, Storm Sunday, and Universe Sunday. ¡Español! La Serie de la Creación -- ¡Domingo del universo y mas! |
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