Observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time, 1 September – 4 October 2024, with these resources.
Creation Time
Background
In 1989 the Ecumenical Patriarch suggested that 1 September, the first day of the Orthodox Church's year, should be observed as a day "of protection of the natural environment". Ten years later the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) widened this proposal, urging churches to adopt a Time for Creation stretching from 1 September to the feast of St Francis on 4 October and this was endorsed by the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly in Sibiu, Romania in 2007, which recommended that the period "be dedicated to prayer for the protection of Creation and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles that reverse our contribution to climate change".
Resources
Current (and recent) material and resources for Creation Time are produced by ecumenical groups and are available to download via this website:
- 2024: Creation Time 2024
- 2023: Creation Time 2023
- 2022: Creation Time 2022
- 2021: Creation Time 2021
- 2020: Creation Time 2020
- 2019: Creation Time 2019
- 2018: Creation Time 2018
Between 2008 and 2013, CTBI published resources for Creation Time and these are still available on our archive website at www.ctbiarchive.org/295.
Season of Creation 2023
1 September – 4 October 2023. Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2023. Here we provide links to materials produced by the churches and other groups. Season of Creation Season of Creation resources are supported by an ecumenical steering committee and a coalition of partners from around the world, […]
Season of Creation 2022
1 September – 4 October 2022. Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2022.
Leaders issue joint statement on climate change
For the first time, the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion have jointly warned of the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on poverty, and the importance of global cooperation. Issued at the start of Creation Time, the statement from Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop […]
Season of Creation / Creation Time 2021
Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2021 from 1 September – 4 October.
Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation
For celebrating Creationtide, this book from the Iona Community’s Common Concern Network (Environment) covers the 12 weeks from September, through the United Nations COP26 conference and beyond. It features reflections, essays, liturgical resources, and hymns/songs from more than 20 writers around the world. It is edited by Kathy Galloway and Katharine Preston. Further information and […]
Resource for Creation Time and COP26
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. It contains a complete liturgy with preparatory notes and most of the songs included in the appendix can be sung to tunes commonly known in British churches. There are Leaders’ and […]
Season of Creation / Creation Time 2020
1 September – 4 October 2020. Resources are available to observe the Season of Creation / Creation Time 2020. Here we provide links to materials produced by the churches and other groups. Eco Congregation Scotland Eco Congregation Scotland has produced a set of four weekly resources, produced by a group of writers drawn from a […]
Season of Creation / Creation Time 2019
1 September – 4 October 2019. Download resources to observe the Season of Creation or Creation Time 2019. 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 […]
Creation Time 2018
1 September – 4 October 2018. Download resources to observe Creation Time or the Season of Creation 2018. Here we provide links to materials produced by the churches and other groups. A Rocha UK. A Rocha UK is encouraging churches to celebrate Creation Time 2018 by holding a Green Communion – a communion service that […]
