NE MN Synod Retreat on Creation Care Worship
Season of Creation Retreat: February 22 and
23 at Camp Hiawatha
Northeast Minnesota Synod
Friday,
Feb 22, 2013
4pm registration
5pm welcome/introductions
5:30pm supper
Evening
opening worship - TBA
Season of Creation
overview – Krehl
Team building - Joel
First Sunday in the Season
of Creation: Lakes Sunday – Dave &
Rosie
Saturday,
Feb 23, 2013
8:00am
Breakfast
Morning Sundays in the Season of Creation – Dennis (as general resource person)?
Second Sunday: Fauna
Sunday – Tom, Vicki (& Anders?)
Third Sunday: Storm
Sunday – Kristin, Mark
Fourth Sunday: Cosmos
Sunday – Krehl (& Steve?)
Lunch
Afternoon Relationships and resources
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Lutherans Restoring Creation – Mark
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Additional Resources – All
Congregational Planning
– Kristin
Sending worship - TBA
3:00pm Depart
Proposal
Walk
through each of the four or five Sundays of the Season of Creation for the year
of Luke.
Consider
approaching each Sunday in multiple ways, starting with mini-presentations from
the team and then providing one or two small group/team reflection times for
each session. It might look like this
Do
the Season of Creation overview on Friday evening before or after team
building.
Do 3
or possibly 4 seasons on Saturday morning, 45 minutes each.
Season
of Creation Overview: The Wisdom series from Luke
1. The
three year season of creation cycle
2. Year
of Luke perspectives: the Wisdom tradition
3. Preview/intro
on science, art, music
Ocean/Lakes
Sunday
1. Sing
a related hymn and one piece of the Dakota road earthkeeping liturgy
2. Assign
people/volunteers to read the lectionary readings to the whole group
3. Small
group discussion #1 – diving into the lectionary
4. Share
insights, mini-presenter draw from those and highlight anything else
5. Science
and/or other contemporary perspective on the topic
6. Small
group discussion #2 – Worship
possibilities, including art and music
7. Large
group sharing
8. Youth,
education, and outreach possibilities – seed with some ideas, then back to
small groups/teams
Mini-presentations
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The lectionary
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Science
·
Music
This
way the “congregational planning” piece would be an ongoing process, and then
provide some wrap-up planning time toward the end of the retreat.
Series C: The Wisdom Series
Wisdom is a deep impulse within all
parts of creation, designing their mysteries, guiding their purposes, and
mentoring their functions. The Wisdom series correlates with the Luke series of
the church year.
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First
Sunday in Creation
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Theme: Ocean Sunday
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Old Testament
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Job 38:1-18
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Psalm
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Psalm 104:1-9, 24-26
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Epistle
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Ephesians 1:3-10
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Gospel
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Luke 5:1-11
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Second
Sunday in Creation
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Theme: Fauna Sunday
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Old Testament
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Job 39:1-8, 26-30
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Psalm
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Psalm 104:14-23
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Epistle
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1 Corinthians 1:10-23
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Gospel
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Luke 12:22-31
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Third
Sunday in Creation
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Theme: Storm Sunday
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Old Testament
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Job 28:20-27
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Psalm
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Psalm 29
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Epistle
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1 Corinthians 1:21-31
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Gospel
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Luke 8:22-25
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Fourth
Sunday in Creation
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Theme: Cosmos Sunday
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Old Testament
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Proverbs 8:22-31
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Psalm
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Psalm 148
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Epistle
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Colossians 1:15-20
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Gospel
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John 6:41-51
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Facilitators:
This
retreat is a model for grassroots
leadership in the congregations of our synod and will be led by the whole
creation care team, including:
+Joel Abenth
(Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry)
+Anders Meier
(Camp Onamia)
+Pr. Mark Peters
(Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy in MN)
+Pr. Krehl Stringer (Faith
United, Iron)
+Rosie Loeffler-Kemp (Good
Shepherd, Duluth)
+Pr. Kristin Foster
(Messiah, Mt. Iron)
+Tom Uecker
(Gloria Dei, Duluth)
+Pr. David Carlson
(Gloria Dei, Duluth)
+Pr. Vicki Taylor
(Northeastern MN Synod)
AND…
… we hope to include you!