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
 Facebook page Weekly Creation-Justice Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary texts, EASTER SEASON IN YEAR A Overall View of the Lessons for Easter in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) The Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) The Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year A (by Dennis Ormseth) The Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year A (by Leah Schade) The Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year A (by Leah Schade) Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Easter in 2020 -- 50th anniversary of Earth Day (by Nick Utphall) Seasonal Planning Visit our seasonal planning page for thoughts and tips on how to bring creation in as we continue through the season of Easter and spring in the Northern Hemisphere. In this year of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day but when we are adapting to different rhythms, you might continue to celebrate if not every day, at least Earth Day Many Days! Click for Earth Day resources. Festival of Homiletics -- May 18-22 -- Now ONLINE and FREE The theme for this year's festival is "Preaching a New Earth: Climate and Creation." The invitation says, "Our God needs our help to
speak the truth about where and how God’s Earth groans for renewal, even
resurrection, how our very climate changes are God’s cries for help. The 2020
Festival of Homiletics theme invites preachers to imagine their own role in
God’s creative work, to be courageous in preaching about God’s creative
activity, and to claim boldly our role in caring for God’s creation, when God’s
very creation is at stake" Find more at their website: www.festivalofhomiletics.com. Worship that Reorients us as Creation-Centered 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. Earthkeepers Preaching The
Minnesota Episcopal Earthkeepers Circle has been helping to work on a
website similar to TextWeek.com but focused on creation-related
resources for preaching! Visit earthkeeperspreaching.net/. Similar to this website, they would also be happy to receive and share your sermons.  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. |
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