Welcome to "Let All Creation Praise"
Worshiping God with creation Care for creation worship resources throughout the year Plus Season of Creation lectionary to celebrate the Trinitarian God as creator Download freely and adapt for your worshiping context Share what you have -- sermons, prayers, liturgies, litanies,
photos, ideas Send resources for the website to Nick Utphall at nick@ststlc.net  Need some background on "why" this emphasis in worship? Read A Theology of Liturgy in a New Key: Worshiping with Creation by Norman Habel, David Rhoads, and Paul Santmire, an excerpt from The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary (Fortress Press, 2011) Planning for Worship 2013-2014 Every Service, Any Service: Making every service into care for creation worship, eco-friendly worship practices December to February: Advent Season, Green Christmas, Epiphany Season March to May: Lent, Easter, Greening of the Cross, Earth Day, Rogation Day, Mother (Earth) Day, Arbor Day June to August: Get in touch with nature, have worship outdoors, bring nature into your sanctuary September to November: Season of Creation, Blessing of the Animals, (Eco-)Reformation Day, Harvest,Thanksgiving Advent Calendar The PC-USA Creation Justice Ministries has a daily Advent calendar for 2013 with a focus on caring for God's creation, using the hymn "All Earth is Waiting to See the Promised One." Click here to find and download it. NEW EACH WEEK Weekly Care for Creation Commentary on the Lectionary The Third Sunday in Advent in Year A (by Rob Saler) Expanding the Imagination with Vision. The Second Sunday in Advent in Year A (by Rob Saler). Granting Time, Rupturing Time. NEW Sermon Contributions from Visitors: [Send your contribution to nick@ststlc.net] Lord, Help our Unbelief by Gil Waldkoenig Sermon to Creation: You were there when they crucified my Lord. by Leah Schade "Sin Boldly" or "God's love makes us do crazy things" by Alex Kaegler Oceans: Protect, Prevent, Restore God's Creation by Marcy Wieties For sermon archive, click here. BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: See our Annotated list of books related to ecology and worship SUBMISSIONS FROM FRIENDS OF LET ALL CREATION PRAISE Video Sermon: View this powerful and poignant sermon by the Rev. Leah Schade, Lutheran pastor in West Milton, PA, giving voice to Earth: http://ecopreacher.blogspot.com/2012_10_01_archive.html Hymn: Here is a song celebrating earth, a contribution by The Rev. Elinor (Ellie) Stock, Presbyterian pastor in St. Louis, MO. Read the lyrics (Let the Earth Breathe), see the music sheet (See the pdf at the bottom of this page), and hear the song at www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLOrz3FIOs0 May be downloaded and used with attribution. Contributions: We invite your worship contributions to care-for-creation worship. Send to our administrator at nick@ststlc.net.  Facebook For a great forum to share your ideas on incorporating creation-care into the worship life of your congregation and to learn from others visit, our Facebook page. (You can access the page even without a Facebook account.) 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. Contact us: If you wish to offer suggestions and ideas or submit material for inclusion on the site, see our contact information in the "About us" section.
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