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Earth
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Humanity
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Sky
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Mountains
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Animals/Assisi

HUMANITY SUNDAY INTRO

These Season of Creation resources have been prepared as part of the Mid North Coast Uniting ecoministry, as has this retro website.

Most of them are also available on DVD through ProjectReconnect.

Serving the reconciliation and renewal of all creation (Uniting Church Basis of Union chapter 3)

Seasons of the Spirit is also following the Season of Creation again.
The original liturgies, lectionary readings, and other links are at the original Season of Creation website.

Humanity  



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Adult reflection
What does it mean to be a human being? This reflection offers four possibilities, based on Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Jesus' thoughts on being a neighbour, and the evolutionary story which imagines us as family: perhaps the prodigal son.


An expansion on the adult reflection: what it means to be human according to Genesis 1 (all equal in God's sight, but Lord's of the creation which was given to us), and then Genesis 2 (here as servants and protectors of God's garden).

An expansion the adult reflection: what it means to be human according to the story of our origins found in the theory of biological evolution. For example, Genesis says that humans caused pain and death (literally or metaphorically), evolution says that pain and death have always existed, and are part of the processes that created humanity.
"readings"  
  Does religion have a place in saving the planet? Edited excerpts from the BBC DVD "Planet Earth". I had to remove the youtube video, but if you can find the DVD and play that part it would be an excellent introduction to worship.

My hope for the Uniting Church: to become a Biocentric faith community: Acknowledging that that the central story of the universe is between God and Life, not God and Homo Sapiens ...
 

"Man's" (sic) place in the Universe: 1 minute

An abridged version of the excellent reflection by John Muir on our place in the universe (earth) Full transcript from here


Footage obtained second hand from work compiled by David Bayliss,
from a freely distributable domain resource of TS Production LLC..
 

"Man's" (sic) place in the Universe: 4 minutes

The full reading of the above clip.

 
   
extra resources  
Reconciliation People.
A statement by the National Young Adult leaders conference in the UCA. It's their response to an invitation to write an updated Statement to the Nation.


Gardening People.
Dr Miriam Pepper brings us a story about the Gymea Miranda Uniting Church community garden.
 

The Bellingen Community takes on the RTA, insisting that they should participate in the decisions made about putting the road through the local camerons corner wetland (dominion) and stating emphatically that the wetland should be completely avoided (serving and protecting). Though they don't use those words.

An example of the MNC Uniting Church ecoministry collaboration with "others of good will."
printed liturgy  
word or pdf format Written specifically to accompany and introduce the video resources above. You can also use the Seasons of the Spirit material, if you don't want to create your own.