Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Ecumenical Resources for prayer, worship, and activism centered on creation

Please feel free to contribute any other online resource of which you are familiar in the comments section.

UCC:
The UCC's Environmental Ministries page: http://www.ucc.org/environmental-ministries/
Faith Engaging Science and Religion: http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/unitedchurchofchrist/legacy_url/1489/pastoral-letter.pdf?1418424941http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/unitedchurchofchrist/legacy_url/1489/pastoral-letter.pdf?1418424941

United Methodist:
God's Gift of the Earth: a Photo Prayer: http://www.umc.org/resources/gods-gift-of-the-earth-a-photo-prayer
Earth Day Prayer of Confession: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/prayer-of-confession-for-earth-day-and-the-festival-of-gods-creation
Resources for Creation Care: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/resources-for-creation-care

Presbyterian Church USA:
Materials on Earth Day Sunday: http://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/environment/earth-day-sunday/


ELCA:
Lutherans Restoring Creation: http://www.lutheransrestoringcreation.org
Care for Creation Commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary from Lutherans Restoring Creation: http://www.lutheransrestoringcreation.org/Home/care-of-creation-sermon-reflections
Let All Creation Praise: http://www.letallcreationpraise.org/home
David Rhoads, "reflections on a Lutheran Theology of Creation Foundations for a New Reformation": http://www.letallcreationpraise.org/reflections-on-a-lutheran-theology-of-creation-foundations-for-a-new-reformation


General:
Resources from the World Council of Churches: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/what-we-do/climate-change/time-for-creation
Web of Creation: http://www.webofcreation.org
"Care for God's Creatures"--Resources for animal blessing's/St. Francis's feast day: http://www.creationjustice.org/creatures.html
Creation Justice.org list of resources: http://www.creationjustice.org/world-day-of-prayer-for-the-care-of-creation.html
Reformed Worship.org article- "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God: Resources on the Theme of Creation": http://www.reformedworship.org/article/march-2004/heavens-declare-glory-god-resources-theme-creation
Worship resources on the environment from the United Church of Canada: http://www.united-church.ca/worship-theme/environment
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Offertory Prayers for Stewardship: http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/node/2621/view
Earth Ministry from Washington State's chapter of Interfaith Power and Light: http://earthministry.org/worship/prayers/
Green Faith Interfaith Partnership for the Environment's Green Worship resources list: http://www.greenfaith.org/resource-center/spirit/greenworship-resource/christian-resource-1/christian-web-based-resources/web-resource-full-listing
Creation-Centered Hymns from Interfaith Power and Light: http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Creation-Centered-Hymns.pdf

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