Reflect
This week, we have explored our role in caring for creation. Take a few minutes to reflect on what you have learned this week about:
- Faith and the Environment: our responsibility as Christ-followers to care for creation
- The value of water: paying attention to water use and reducing water pollution
- Our dependence on the land: honoring the ground that sustains us and all of Earth’s creatures
- Reducing waste: becoming mindful about what we throw away and how that impacts our environment
- Environmental justice: protecting the climate for the benefit of all communities
Pray
Offer up this prayer from the World Council of Churches for the Season of Creation:
God created us for relationship with God, one another, and the earth. Let us honor those relationships today and every day. We seek to care for Sister-Mother Earth, to heal rather than wound, to treasure rather than discard. Let us honor those relationships today and every day.
May we commit to new ways of honoring the Father’s Creation as a means of sharing Jesus’ transforming Love, and let us seek God’s grace, justice and mercy for all.
Act
After spending this week reflecting on your role in caring for creation, it’s time to make a commitment – what are some new ways you can help care for creation? Read through a list of ideas here and let us know what you are planning to try!
Join us in prayer for Our Common Home
Let us gather together this evening in the parish garden to worship God and pray for our common home. We'd love to see you there to celebrate the end of our 5-Day Care for Creation Challenge!
