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Season of Creation resources for September 2011

[edit- no waycould it be September already! i didnt get to update the 2011 resources, but we are back pretty much to the 2008 themes, so hopefully the following is still helpful.]

The Season of Creation is over for 2010, but I've started reposting the 2011 resources (same themes as 2008).

These resources will, I hope, encourage churches to fulfill God's mandate to us, to serve the reconciliation and renewal of all creation (Uniting Church Basis of Union ch3)

These liturgies and songs aim to be a little less formal, and draw more on Uniting Church resources than the original resources, featured at www.seasonofcreation.com, The original site remains well worth a visit to get a handle on what the whole project is about, and some visual resources.

They also provide some progressive/evolution affirming options, and a generic communion service which can be used on any week.

There are online as well as powerpoint versions of the liturgies, feel free to pick and choose anything which is helpful.

If they are useful, feel free to use them, and please let me know what you think. "Generic" liturgies are really hard to prepare, I've found, but hopefully they are at least useful springboards!

Forests Service outline
  powerpoint with background images (3.5mb)
powerpoint without backgrounds (300k)
song (thousand trees)
Soil/Land We went with a soil theme for this one.
  powerpoint with pictures (ppt 2007, maybe 2003 compatible)
  single pre-worship animated slide.
  song (God wants reconciliation: soil)
Land (outback) Service outline. Lacking outback in the Mid North Coast, we went with a land theme, specifically learning from indigenous Australians and their relationship with the land.
  song: God wants reconciliation (land)
 
Social Justice see National Council of Churches faces of poverty
   
Assisi
Animal Day
here's some ideas you may be able to incorporate
 
Rivers The Service Outline is lost, though the generic powerpoint is here as is a compilation of readings from the bible.
  song God wants reconciliation (rivers)
Extras
  Ashes to Ashes mp3 (Andrew Dutney)
  Leave the Tree alone mp3 (Dutney)
   
  SoC Communion component
  Additional Readings
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rivers Sunday