Earth Day is celebrated in communities around the world on April 22 each year. This year, the United Church and fellow members of the For the Love of Creation climate justice initiative are holding a “Together for the Love of Creation” Earth Week. Add your Earth Sunday service to the national map and consider holding or attending additional events during Earth Week!
Worship Ideas
- For the Love of Creation Earth Sunday (April 16) Service (47.23 KB) (Word): For Earth Sunday, the Sunday after Easter, act, learn, and pray for climate justice as part of Earth Week.
- In Truth and Action (26.33 KB) (Word): A service for Earth Day that calls us to love, not only in word or speech, but in truth and action (1 John 3:18).
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.
- For the Love of Creation: Resources and Worship Ideas (46.85 KB) (Word): For the Love of Creation offers faith-based resources, ideas, and opportunities to advocate for climate justice.
- Together for the Love of Creation Earth Week 2023: Moderator Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne encourages communities of faith to celebrate Together for the Love of Creation Earth Week from April 16-23, 2023.
Worship Blog
Cherishing Creation
Rev. Melody Duncanson Hales writes about Creation Time as a time of heightened awareness, stewardship, and action for the gifts God has given us.
Acting for Climate Justice
Conor Russell shares his recent experience attending Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Hunger on the Hill, in Ottawa.
Travelling Lighter on the Planet
In celebration of Together for the Love of Creation Earth Week 2023, The United Church of Canada is sharing stories of how people are Praying, Learning and Acting for Climate Justice.
The End of the World as We Know It
For Earth Week, Moderator Carmen Lansdowne writes about actions and choices for climate justice that may preserve our future.
Earth Day: A Call to Care for the Planet
My father was not much of a churchgoer. I still vividly recall him putting dollops of pancake batter onto a sizzling griddle, or devouring the weekend newspaper, on Sunday afternoons when I came home from singing in the local church youth choir. But my father is a deeply spiritual… Read more
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