The United Church of Canada Creation Time
Creation Time in 2010: Liturgies, sermon notes, and creative suggestions for five Sundays.
Contributions from congregations and denominations: liturgies, sermons, worship resources, and educational materials for the Season of Creation. How did it start?
In 2009, the United Church of Canada passed a resolution urging churches to celebrate Creation Time during five Sundays in the Pentecost season. The Sundays are organized around the theme: "What is Creation Saying to us?" The weekly celebrations focus on such messages as: "Share my Abundance," "Delight in me," and "Walk Lightly on me." The United Church provides liturgical resources for congregations and have chosen the color orange and designed a stole for the celebration of Creation Time.
When is it celebrated?
For five Sundays (September-October) in the Pentecost season.
What resources are available?
 The United Church of Canada website provides liturgical resources for congregation for each Sunday in Creation Time. In addition, they also post several creation themed services that can take place at various points throughout the year. To view resources, click here!
Also available for purchase is a Creation Time Stole! Using a designated liturgical orange, the stole is embroidered with a creation symbol on one side and the crest of the United Church of Canada on the other. The orange of the fabric, amongst many other things, represents the conquering of sin, a time of harvest and fruitfulness, and the strength of autumn.
The stole is available for purchase at United Church Resources Distribution. To order now, click here!
 In the foreground is an Elm Tree, recalling the two trees of Genesis and Revelation. It is a symbol of faithfulness. One of the larger trees in North America, and living up to 300 years, the elm is marked by prominent root flares which are essential for the tree's very life. A few large upright limbs support many outwardly fanning branches and leaves. Elms appear strong and healthy but are under tremendous stress when surrounded by sidewalks, houses, power lines or polluted air. There is much we can do to help.
Flowing within and outside the Elm tree is a blue Circle, a symbol of God's everlastingness and eternity. It is blue, the color of the sky and heaven and symbolic of wisdom and clarity.
A gold (worth, splendor, wealth and Jesus' 'royalty') Cross fills the Circle, both within and outside the Tree. It is an alisee patee cross, recalling the consecration cross of the very ancient church and thus the holiness of life. It also reminds us of a Celtic cross whose spirituality maintains the intricate link between humanity and nature. The square at the intersection of the cross recalls God as Mystery.
The four colors also represent the four elements of creation: earth (brown), air (white), fire (orange) and water (blue).
Canadian Hymns of Creation
The United Church of Canada
Voices United
006 A candle is burning 530 A l l beautiful 217 A l l creatures 822 AU people that on earth 297 A l l praise to you, O God 291 A l l things-bright 036 Angels from the realms 518 As those of old 301 Before the earth 268 Bring many names 345 Come, children, join 367 Come down, O love divine 208 Come, Holy Spirit, from heaven 516 Come, you thankful people 265 Creating God, your fingers trace 341 Fairest Lord Jesus 226 For the beauty of the earth 227 For the fruit 678 For the healing 535 For the music of creation 251 God created heaven and earth 229 God of the sparrow 260 God who gives 310 God who touches earth 300 God whose farm 048 Hark, the herald angels 352 I danced in the morning 264 Immortal, invisible 278 In the quiet curve 102 Jesus on the mountain 284 Joyful is the dark 232 Joyful, joyful 242 Let all things now living 234 Let us with a gladsome mind 282 Long before night 333 Love divine 308 Many and great 409 Morning has broken 394 Moved by the gospel 326 O for a thousand 276 O God who shaped creation 322 O God, whose first creative word 238 O Lord, my God 061 Of the Father's love begotten 453 Out of deep, unordered 441Praise and thanksgiving be to our creator 220 Praise to the Lord, the almighty 312 Praise with joy the world's creator 254 Songs of praise the angels sang 296 This is God's wondrous world 307 Touch the earth lightly 448 We know that Christ 293 We praise you, Creator 225 We praise you for the sun 533 When in our music More Voices
135 Called by earth and sky 10 Come and seek the ways 27 Creator God, you gave us life 123 Day after day 158 Dream a dream 37 Each blade of grass 172 God says. 53 God who spread the boundless 217 Hey ney yana 35 Holy One, O Holy One 15 Holy sacred Spirit 30 It's a song of praise 103 Ka mana'o T 'O 190 Laughter lit the stars 144 Like a healing stream 98 Like a river of tears 92 Like a rock 181 Lord, your hands have formed 39 Mother Earth, our mother 41 O beautiful Gaia 42 Praise God for this holy ground 173 Put peace into each other's 163 River running in you and me 180 Sing, sing out! Sing a new song 174 Soil of God, you and I 43 The play of the Godhead 55 Watch once more the wind swept 87 Water flowing 141 We are all one people 143 We cannot own the sunlit sky 125 When a grain of wheat 198 When we gather at the table 131 You, Creator God, have searched 152 You who watch the highest The Presbyterian Church in Canada
The Book of Praise
All things bright and beautiful 435 All things I see 70 At the dawning of creation 512 Can a little child like me 441 Come, ye thankful people, come 803 Creating God, your fingers trace 288 Creator of the stars of night Ill Fairest Lord Jesus 375 First of the week and finest day 437 For the beauty of the earth 434 For the fruits of all creation 802 From all that dwell below the skies 77 God in great love for us lent us this planet 719 God moves in a mysterious way - 55 God of many names 309 God, who made the earth 705 God, you touch the earth with beauty 667 I bind unto myself today 576 Joy to the world 153 Joyful, joyful we adore you 410 Let all creation bless the Lord 106 Like a mighty river flowing 741 Lord, our Lord, your glorious name 5 My song forever shall record 54 New songs of celebration render 67 Oh that I had a thousand voices 464 Out of deep, unordered water 515 People, look east 125 Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him 323 Pray for the wilderness 716 She comes sailing on the wind 403 Spirit, Spirit of gentleness 399 The heavens declare your glory, Lord 495 To bless the earth 806 We cannot own the sunlit sky 717 We plough the fields and scatter 807 When long before time 295 Wordless, ancient earth's foundations 714 Your word, O God, awoke the uncreated 508 |
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