Worship Ideas
- Awe before Creation (25.13 KB) (Word): A theme-based service of worship for Creation Time in the Season of Pentecost.
- Creation and Creativity (41.31 KB) (Word): A theme-based service of worship for Creation Time in the Season of Pentecost with a short skit.
- Gathering Lectionary for Pentecost 2, September 11-November 20, 2022 (189.36 KB) (Word): Includes suggested readings, hymns, worship sparks, children's time ideas, sermon starters, etc.
- The Seasons: Eros and a Right Relation with Earth (26.97 KB) (Word): A theme-based service of worship for Creation Time in the Season of Pentecost which uses eros as a lens to gain insight into right relation with earth and all creation.
Music
- Universal Light (music) (161.67 KB) (PDF): Musical score for "Universal Light," a communion prayer by Bruce Harding, Marie Lewin, and Rod Sykes.
Related Material
- Acknowledging the Territory in Worship (170.12 KB) (PDF): A brief guide to help congregations and bodies of the church incorporate an Acknowledgement of Territory into their gatherings.
- Season of Creation (English/Spanish) (1007.1 KB) (PDF): Bilingual prayers by Richard Bott/Eva Quintana Crelis drawn from Gathering, Pentecost 2, 2016, for Creation Time, Year C.
- The Liturgical Colour Orange and Ember Days (75.25 KB) (PDF): A history of the colour orange and ember days for use in Creation Time in the Season of Pentecost.
- With Respect in Creation (126.13 KB) (Word): A five-session Sunday school series that invites children to learn more about what is happening to God’s creation and how to take action as people of faith.
Worship Blog
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