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2022 Season of Creation: September 1 - October 4

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to listen and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to pray and protect our common home.

The Season “Celebration” begins on 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, and ends on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology beloved by many Christian denominations.

This year we will unite around the theme, “Listen to the Voice of Creation.”

The Psalmist declares, “The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge...their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the Earth, and their words to the end of the world.” (19: 1-4)

During the Season of Creation, our common prayer and action can help us listen for the voices of those who are silenced. In prayer we lament the individuals, communities, species, and ecosystems who are lost, and those whose livelihoods are threatened by habitat loss and climate change. In prayer we centre the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor.

May this 2022 Season of Creation renew our ecumenical unity, renewing and uniting us by our bond of Peace in one Spirit, in our call to care for our common home. And may this season of prayer and action be a time to Listen to the Voice of Creation, so that our lives in words and deeds proclaim good news for all the Earth.

In God’s grace,

Members of the Season of Creation Advisory Committee


Resources

This list of resources was compiled by Parker Williams, Missioner for Creation Care and Stewardship in the Diocese of Missouri.

  • 2022 Season of Creation Guide
    This guide contains prayers, event ideas, lectionary and sermon notes, advocacy ideas, ways to encourage sustainable living, and ways you and your parish or family can celebrate the Season of Creation.
  • Season of Creation bulletin insert / flyer
  • Season of Creation primer, lectionary, collects and liturgical resources.
    Created by the Rev. John Elliott Lein (a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts) and Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, this hefty new ecumenical collection of prayers, readings, hymns, and sermon notes has been authorized for public use by the two Episcopal dioceses in Massachusetts, the Diocese of Vermont, and the Diocese of Maine. The beautiful image on the booklet’s front cover, “Earth Icon,” was created by Edith Adams Allison and inspired by Andrei Rublev’s icon, “The Trinity.”
  • Good News to All Creation
    Our friends in the Diocese of Southern Ohio have just rolled out “Good News to All Creation,” a set of devotionals designed to help vestries begin their meetings with a brief time of reflection and prayer. It is now available for download. Developed by the Diocese of Southern Ohio’s Creation Care and Environmental Task Force in partnership with the Center for Deep Green Faith (in Sewanee, TN), the devotionals begin in September with the Season of Creation and follow the liturgical seasons from Advent through Easter.

Whether you are an individual seeking to deepen your understanding of eco-theology, a vestry member hoping to connect your vestry’s work with protecting life on Earth, or a worship leader eager to plan services that reflect God’s care for the whole of Creation, I hope you’ll enjoy digging into both of these new resources. For other worship resources, check out SeasonOfCreation.org.

  • Liturgical Materials for Honoring God in Creation (Standing Commission on Lit and Music)
  • Anglican Communion Environmental Network
  • Climate Vigil album and music resources from The Porters Gate Worship Project



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The Rev. Kevin McGrane, Sr.
Priest-in-Charge, Trinity Episcopal Church, St. James and Diocesan Creation Care Missioner
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