Next meeting: Nov. 2, 2020, 11 am eastern / 10 am central
Mark your calendar for every first Monday.
Zoom link here
phone: 669 900 6833 (ID: 825 451 052)
Facebook Group: Creation Care Network
Network description:
This is a conversation for anyone working on care for creation - in their dioceses, in their parishes, or in their personal lives. We will share information about ministries, best practices and challenges that we might be having.
phone: 669 900 6833 (ID: 825 451 052)
Facebook Group: Creation Care Network
Network description:
This is a conversation for anyone working on care for creation - in their dioceses, in their parishes, or in their personal lives. We will share information about ministries, best practices and challenges that we might be having.
Season of Creation - Sept. 1 - Oct. 4, 2020
Episcopalians are invited to join churches around the world in celebrating the Season of Creation; a time for people of faith to renew their relationship with God and all creation through celebration, prayer, and action. The Season’s roots rise from the Orthodox Christian tradition; the World Council of Churches was instrumental in making the special time a season, extending the celebration from September 1 until St. Francis Day, October 4. The Episcopal Church Office of Creation Care offers Season of Creation and St. Francis Day Resources to help plan.
"The Season of Creation invites us to think deeply about our ecological, economic, and political ways of living, and to work towards justice and right relationship with God's Creation,” says the Rev. Melanie Mullen, director of Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care, “We are thrilled to participate in this global effort."
See full press release and resources here
"The Season of Creation invites us to think deeply about our ecological, economic, and political ways of living, and to work towards justice and right relationship with God's Creation,” says the Rev. Melanie Mullen, director of Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care, “We are thrilled to participate in this global effort."
See full press release and resources here
June 15, 2020
Dear Friends in Christ,
We find ourselves in unsettling and tumultuous times where the normal rhythm of our lives has been upended and is being replaced by something new-- ideally something more just, connected, and reflective of God's Kingdom. We are devastated by the global pandemic and the loss of familiarity and comfort that we had enjoyed before. Also, we continue to see brothers and sisters of color harmed by oppressive systems. We join as one voice to demand equality for all in this country, just as we are all equally loved in the eyes of our Most High God.
At the heart of Creation Care is love-- love for every person, plant, animal, and landscape that God made. God exists in all of them. Environmental degradation and climate change disproportionately affect poor people and people of color in the United States and around the world. The lack of access to clean drinking water, clear air, and healthy food (among other things) deny good health to too many.
Environmental work is justice work. We talked at our June meeting about access to local food, and you will find some resources and news related to that topic below. Also, there are events, articles and information specifically related to eco-justice and the racial implications of climate change. We must continue to broaden our understanding of how our work fits into the larger patchwork of racial healing, which is God's vision for humanity.
In peace,
Catherine Duffy
Convener, Province V Creation Care Network
Dear Friends in Christ,
We find ourselves in unsettling and tumultuous times where the normal rhythm of our lives has been upended and is being replaced by something new-- ideally something more just, connected, and reflective of God's Kingdom. We are devastated by the global pandemic and the loss of familiarity and comfort that we had enjoyed before. Also, we continue to see brothers and sisters of color harmed by oppressive systems. We join as one voice to demand equality for all in this country, just as we are all equally loved in the eyes of our Most High God.
At the heart of Creation Care is love-- love for every person, plant, animal, and landscape that God made. God exists in all of them. Environmental degradation and climate change disproportionately affect poor people and people of color in the United States and around the world. The lack of access to clean drinking water, clear air, and healthy food (among other things) deny good health to too many.
Environmental work is justice work. We talked at our June meeting about access to local food, and you will find some resources and news related to that topic below. Also, there are events, articles and information specifically related to eco-justice and the racial implications of climate change. We must continue to broaden our understanding of how our work fits into the larger patchwork of racial healing, which is God's vision for humanity.
In peace,
Catherine Duffy
Convener, Province V Creation Care Network
Good News Gardens
Join the Movement - Plant, Pray, & Proclaim! An invitation of The Episcopal Church Creation Care and Evangelism Departments
As the realities and repercussions of COVID-19 continue to unfold, one area we know will continue to be affected is our food supply. The issues surrounding food justice are broad and often complex. From the use of land, to the treatment of field workers, to the shipping of goods, to the refilling of our food pantry’s, right down to how we choose the food that goes on our own tables, these are all systems in need of just and proactive responses in the best of times.
So how can we help now? What action can we take, separated as many of us are by stay-home orders?
We believe that one thing that love could do right now is call a community of people with the ability to plant gardens of all sizes and kinds together – from small pots of herbs, to hundreds of acres of corn – in order to share the love of Christ through word and action, food and labor. Gardens give us an opportunity to be in relationship with our neighbors outside our walls, in the great outdoors, working together for the common good, sharing faith and growing in love.
Visit the new Good News Gardens Website and sign up here to participate in Good News Gardens and plant, pray, and proclaim! Good News Gardens Sign Up Form.
As the realities and repercussions of COVID-19 continue to unfold, one area we know will continue to be affected is our food supply. The issues surrounding food justice are broad and often complex. From the use of land, to the treatment of field workers, to the shipping of goods, to the refilling of our food pantry’s, right down to how we choose the food that goes on our own tables, these are all systems in need of just and proactive responses in the best of times.
So how can we help now? What action can we take, separated as many of us are by stay-home orders?
We believe that one thing that love could do right now is call a community of people with the ability to plant gardens of all sizes and kinds together – from small pots of herbs, to hundreds of acres of corn – in order to share the love of Christ through word and action, food and labor. Gardens give us an opportunity to be in relationship with our neighbors outside our walls, in the great outdoors, working together for the common good, sharing faith and growing in love.
Visit the new Good News Gardens Website and sign up here to participate in Good News Gardens and plant, pray, and proclaim! Good News Gardens Sign Up Form.
Network Archives
Oct 2020 notes and recording
Sept 2020 notes
Aug 2020 notes
Aug 2020 recording
July 2020 notes - thoughts on Becoming Beloved Community grants?
June 2020 notes - Good News Gardens announcement, reviewed March's information, shared resources
June 15, 2020 - Newsletter
May 2020 notes - focus: Rogation Days
May 2020 recording
April 2020 notes - Focus: Earth Day
March 2020 meeting's recording. This meeting includes Deep Green Faith by Jerry Cappel
Slides from March 2020
Feb 2020 notes
Jan 2020 notes
Dec 2019 notes
Nov 2019 notes
Sept 2020 notes
Aug 2020 notes
Aug 2020 recording
July 2020 notes - thoughts on Becoming Beloved Community grants?
June 2020 notes - Good News Gardens announcement, reviewed March's information, shared resources
June 15, 2020 - Newsletter
May 2020 notes - focus: Rogation Days
May 2020 recording
April 2020 notes - Focus: Earth Day
March 2020 meeting's recording. This meeting includes Deep Green Faith by Jerry Cappel
Slides from March 2020
Feb 2020 notes
Jan 2020 notes
Dec 2019 notes
Nov 2019 notes
Resources
Indiana Black Farmers
Facebook Group: Agrarian Ministry
Book: Harvesting Abundance
Book: Resurrection Matters by Nurya Love Parish
UP Wild Church
Facebook live every Friday, 6 pm eastern
Celtic Daily Prayer, Book Two: Farther UP and Farther In has a number of resources for Creation Care prayers
The Ramifications of the Overconsumption of Goods by Our Modern Society
An article by Jacklyn Lenten, Northern Michigan
Reverence and Gratitude as Important Links in the Circle of Love for God, Creation, and All Others
An article by Nancy A. Auer, Northern Michigan
Alan Wight & the Edible City Project (Cincinnati)
This video features Cincinnati, Alan Wight and Permaculture - a key movement supporting Care for Creation. Alan highlights five (5) local Permaculture rock stars in the last half of the interview.
A Quick Quiz
Test your knowledge! A really interesting quiz about how we can make the biggest impact on the earth. (It may not be the things that you think of most!)
Coffee Hour Cookbook
Nourishing Renewable Sustainable Vivifying and living into our baptismal vows
booklet
Honest to God
A conversation with David Rice, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Traci Blackmon, and hosted by Stephanie Spellers.
Watch YouTube recording.
Creation-based Stations of the Cross
Facebook Group: Agrarian Ministry
Book: Harvesting Abundance
Book: Resurrection Matters by Nurya Love Parish
UP Wild Church
Facebook live every Friday, 6 pm eastern
Celtic Daily Prayer, Book Two: Farther UP and Farther In has a number of resources for Creation Care prayers
The Ramifications of the Overconsumption of Goods by Our Modern Society
An article by Jacklyn Lenten, Northern Michigan
Reverence and Gratitude as Important Links in the Circle of Love for God, Creation, and All Others
An article by Nancy A. Auer, Northern Michigan
Alan Wight & the Edible City Project (Cincinnati)
This video features Cincinnati, Alan Wight and Permaculture - a key movement supporting Care for Creation. Alan highlights five (5) local Permaculture rock stars in the last half of the interview.
A Quick Quiz
Test your knowledge! A really interesting quiz about how we can make the biggest impact on the earth. (It may not be the things that you think of most!)
Coffee Hour Cookbook
Nourishing Renewable Sustainable Vivifying and living into our baptismal vows
booklet
Honest to God
A conversation with David Rice, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Traci Blackmon, and hosted by Stephanie Spellers.
Watch YouTube recording.
Creation-based Stations of the Cross
Websites
The Ice 10 year challenge
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters
History of Michigan's Forests
Benefit of Shopping Locally and More Sustainably (page 5)
Reflections on Social Justice for the Season of Advent (year A)
Climate Prayers and Sample Sermons from Interfaith Power and Light.
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters
History of Michigan's Forests
Benefit of Shopping Locally and More Sustainably (page 5)
Reflections on Social Justice for the Season of Advent (year A)
Climate Prayers and Sample Sermons from Interfaith Power and Light.
The Episcopal Church Resources
Summer Solstice (June 20, 2020)
Solstice Prayers (June 20, 2020)
Portions of: Daybreak liturgy for the Summer Solstice
* You are the Lord of this short night and the breaking dawn. Amen.
* You are our help from one solstice to another, and watch with us throughout the year,
Lord beyond time yet incarnate in time.
Seeing the Sunrise
King of the brightness and of the sun,
You alone know the reason for our being,
be with us every day,
be with us every night,
be with us each night and day,
with us every day and night.
Find the full liturgy in Celtic Daily Prayer, Book Two: Farther UP and Farther In
Portions of: Daybreak liturgy for the Summer Solstice
* You are the Lord of this short night and the breaking dawn. Amen.
* You are our help from one solstice to another, and watch with us throughout the year,
Lord beyond time yet incarnate in time.
Seeing the Sunrise
King of the brightness and of the sun,
You alone know the reason for our being,
be with us every day,
be with us every night,
be with us each night and day,
with us every day and night.
- from Saltair, translated by Desmond Forristal
Find the full liturgy in Celtic Daily Prayer, Book Two: Farther UP and Farther In
May the precious light of the Solstice Sun surround and enfold you,
May it fill your heart with the Oneness of Divine Love
that embraces all shadows and frees your Soul to once more
soar among the Heavens.
Author unknown
May it fill your heart with the Oneness of Divine Love
that embraces all shadows and frees your Soul to once more
soar among the Heavens.
Author unknown
Let Your Light Shine
As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Destroy the darkness about me, Scatter the darkness before me, Disperse the darkness behind me, Dispel the darkness within me. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. The warmth of your Presence, The brightness of your love, The radiance of your joy, The shining of your hope. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Your light to guide, Your light to lead, Your light to direct, Your light to brighten. Let your light shine on me.
- Found on: Power Lines: Celtic Prayers About Work by David Adam
As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Destroy the darkness about me, Scatter the darkness before me, Disperse the darkness behind me, Dispel the darkness within me. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. The warmth of your Presence, The brightness of your love, The radiance of your joy, The shining of your hope. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Your light to guide, Your light to lead, Your light to direct, Your light to brighten. Let your light shine on me.
- Found on: Power Lines: Celtic Prayers About Work by David Adam
"Behold my brothers, the spring has come'
the earth has received the embraces of the sun and
we shall soon see the results of that love!
Every seed has awakened and so has all animal life.
It is through this mysterious power that we too
have our being and we therefore yield to our neighbors,
even our animal neighbors, the same right as
ourselves, to inhabit this land."
- from the Book "Spiritual Ecology" edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. The Author is: Tatamka Yotanka, Sitting Bull.
the earth has received the embraces of the sun and
we shall soon see the results of that love!
Every seed has awakened and so has all animal life.
It is through this mysterious power that we too
have our being and we therefore yield to our neighbors,
even our animal neighbors, the same right as
ourselves, to inhabit this land."
- from the Book "Spiritual Ecology" edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee. The Author is: Tatamka Yotanka, Sitting Bull.
Rogation Prayers (May 18-20, 2020)
Rogation Days - celebrated on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before the Feast of the Ascension (May 18-20, 2020)
What are rogation days? (Glossary of the Episcopal Church)
Book of Occasional Services Rogation Procession
A sample Order of Service (The Rev. Nikki Seger)
A sample Prayers of the People (The Rev. Nikki Seger)
Rogation Days - Definitions and resources (Heather Barta)
Rogation Days - create your own celebration (Heather Barta)
Rogation Day Bingo Card
What are rogation days? (Glossary of the Episcopal Church)
Book of Occasional Services Rogation Procession
A sample Order of Service (The Rev. Nikki Seger)
A sample Prayers of the People (The Rev. Nikki Seger)
Rogation Days - Definitions and resources (Heather Barta)
Rogation Days - create your own celebration (Heather Barta)
Rogation Day Bingo Card
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