1 September – 4 October 2021.
Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2021. Here we provide links to materials produced by the churches and other groups.
Season of Creation
The Season of Creation website details activities and resources to celebrate the Season of Creation around the globe and is supported by an ecumenical steering committee and a coalition of partners, including the Act Alliance, Anglican Communion Environmental Network, A Rocha International, Christian Aid, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Dicasterium Pro Communicatione, European Christian Environmental Network, the Global Catholic Climate Movement, Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).
You can download the Season of Creation celebration Guide below (from the Season of Creation website).
Season of Creation celebration guide (PDF)
Other resources include:
- a short celebration guide.
- prayer
- ecumenical prayer service
- Earth Examen
- Event checklist
- Lectionary
- Advocacy
They can be downloaded from the Season of Creation website.
Eco-Congregation Scotland / Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT)
These two groups have gathered together writers, theologians, ministers and worship leaders to prepare resources you can integrate into a Season of Creation in-person, online or hybrid meeting. The resources are designed to allow for worship and challenge, discussion and exploration, and meditation and action.
Eco-Congegration materials are available via the group’s website.
JPIT also has all-age activities, discussion questions, poems, prayers, reflections and sermons, services and videos available via the JPIT website.
Church of England
The Church of England Environment Programme is holding a number of Season of Creation themed webinars:
- Forest Church, Mon 13th September, 4-5pm.
- Theology of Climate Change, Tues 21st September, 12-1pm.
- Let All Creation Sing: Worship, Prayer and the Environment, Mon 27th September, 4-5pm.
- Climate Action is Missing, Thur 30th September, 12-1pm.
Wild Goose Publications
Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation
This book covers the 12 weeks from September, through the United Nations COP26 conference and beyond, featuring reflections, essays, liturgical resources, and hymns/songs from more than 20 writers around the world. It is edited by Kathy Galloway and Katharine Preston. More
God’s Good Earth
Provides a service of worship in preparation for the COP26 Climate Change Conference and can also be used during Creation Time. More
