The United Church has worked on ecological issues for more than 40 years. Our faith calls us to live with respect in creation. We are concerned that climate change, ocean change, lack of access to clean water, and resource extraction have a greater impact on the most impoverished and vulnerable living beings.
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.
- 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).
- 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
- Earth Day 2019: For the Love of All Creation Video: An urgent plea for climate action: The #ForTheLoveOfCreation video collaboration was coordinated by the Canadian Council of Churches, KAIROS, and Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ). This video highlights the need for urgent action by—the Canadian government—on climate change.
- 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.
- God among the Wild Things (Mandate, May 2016) (498.09 KB) (PDF): A Bible study on the climate crisis
- Leaders of Today (Mandate, May 2016) (287.19 KB) (PDF): A workshop to empower youth for climate change activism
- Overcoming Barriers (Mandate, May 2016) (669.63 KB) (PDF): Workshop: What blocks us from taking action on climate justice?
- 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.
- Walking with the Book of Nature (Mandate Fall 2018) (405.22 KB) (PDF): A workshop that helps us “read” the sacred text of nature.