Season of Creation Year A: Land Sunday — Paarlberg
Care for Creation Sermon for the Season of Creation By John Paarlberg, First Church, Albany, NY The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Series A Land Sunday Genesis 3:14-19; 4:8-16 Psalm 139:7-10 Romans 5:12-17 Matthew 12:38-40 The Glad Soil Rejoices A sermon preached on Thanksgiving Sunday, 2003, at the First Church in Albany, […]
Season of Creation Year A: Land Sunday — Astudillo
Care for Creation Sermon for the Season of Creation By Neddy Astudillo, ordained minister, Presbyterian Church (USA), Northern Illinois The Second Sunday in the Season of Creation in Series A Land Sunday Genesis 3:14-19; 4:8-16 Psalm 139:7-10 Romans 5:12-17 Matthew 12:38-40 The Right to Love the Land This sermon was preached in the rural town […]
Season of Creation Year A: River Sunday
Readings for Year A: 2013-2014 Care for Creation Sermon for the Season of Creation by Nick Utphall, pastor at St. Stephen’s ELCA, Monona, WI The Fourth Sunday in the Season of Creation in Year A River Sunday Genesis 8:20-22; 9:12-17 Psalm 104:27-33 Revelation 22:1-5 Matthew 28:1-10 It’s been noted that trees frame or outline the […]
Season of Creation Year A: Wilderness Sunday
Care for Creation Sermon for the Season of Creation By Marcy Wieties, Emmaus Lutheran Church, Racine, WI The Third Sunday in the Season of Creation in Series A Wilderness Sunday Joel 1:8-10 Psalm 18:6-19 Romans 8:18-27 Matthew 3:13-4:2 or Mark 1:9-13 One of my all-time favorite movies is A River Runs Through It. It’s based […]
One Home One Future Worship Resources
Please explore the wide and varied range of resources gathered by our multi-faith partner, One Home, One Future.
Northern IL Synod’s Season of Creation Resources
The Creation Care Committee of the Northern Illinois Synod happily provides valuable resources to make celebrating Season of Creation within your congregation very easy. The main resource is a booklet for each year that includes liturgies including propers for each Sunday, preaching resources, hymn suggestions, and many other ideas to utilize during the annual four-week […]
Refusing to be Consoled: Climate Change and the Modern-day Slaughter of the Innocents
First Sunday of Christmas 2016 The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Author, Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2016) Text: Matthew 2:13-23 “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they […]
Christmas Sermon – Holy Interruption
“Holy Interruption” — Christmas 2016 The Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship, Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, KY Author, Creation-CrisisPreaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2016) Text: Luke 2:2-20 In a congregation I served several years ago, I sent out an informal email poll asking people the following question: […]
Earth Day Worship Service, 2021 — sermon video and bulletin
This service was first used for Earth Day in 2021. The sermon video and bulletin are free to use or adapt for your own congregation. The amazing Lutherans Restoring Creation Production Team, lay members, and rostered leaders (all volunteers) created a joyful online worship service to thank God for this good creation for Earth Day […]
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Finding Community in our Holy Waters During a Time of Isolation
While many are anxious and isolated during this time of response to a pandemic, we offer these reflections on this week’s readings. (If there are other recordings you wish to share as a balm to soothe and inspiration to act for the common good please submit them here.) March 15, 2020 – 3rd Sunday in […]
Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year C (Susan Henry)
Revelation’s Easter Message Readings for Series C (2016, 2019, 2022) Revelation 7:9-17 **Acts 9:36-43 **John 10:22-30 Sermon from Pastor Susan Henry at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham MA More than Just Weird Grace to you and peace from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. After Sunday worship last week, Kurt Lundin leaned in […]
God in Forests: Who is Jesus for Chipmunks?
A Service In and For the Forests – Feel free to share this worship service or get ideas – we appreciate acknowledgement! Click here to download bulletin. Pentecost Creation/Forest — July 15, 2018 Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church Who Is Jesus for Chipmunks? For maybe twenty-five years, I’ve mulled over […]
Microscopic – Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise
Micro-Creation Service Bulletin – Click here – free to share! (wonderful readings, music, etc.) Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church – Hingham MA Pentecost 13 B Creation – – August 19, 2018 Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and from our Lord Jesus Christ. Lost in Wonder, Love, […]
Creation of the Cosmos: “Of All that is Seen and Unseen”
Creation of Cosmos Service – Feel free to download and share this bulletin. Please don’t forget acknowledgements. Creation: The Universe – – June 17, 2018 Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham MA Of All That Is, Seen and Unseen In the summer, it would be hard not to notice the […]
Where are We? From the Microscopic to the Cosmos: Services and Sermons
Over the summer of 2018 Pastor Susan Henry at House of Prayer Lutheran Church in Hingham Massachusetts decided to try something a little different. After reading several books about the human relationship with creation over the years she wanted share some of these perspectives that may not come up in the typical lectionary cycle. The […]
Sermon on Public Witness
On the Way Pentecost 17 B / Proper 19 September 16, 2018 Isaiah 50:4-9a James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38 Pastor Susan Henry – House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham MA Grace to you and peace from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We’re right smack in the middle of Mark’s telling of the story of Jesus, but […]
The Stewardship of Creation: A Theological Reflection
by David Rhoads Steward is a biblical term that refers to a manager who is responsible for the goods and property of another. A steward is not therefore an owner, but one who has a responsibility to an owner to treat property with care and respect. Stewardship is a term that refers to the responsibility of a steward […]