It’s part of our faith as Christians to affirm that we aren’t separate from the earth - we’re part of the created order. We have an incarnational faith.
We come from the earth. Our baptism is of earth & water. Eucharist is of earth & bread and wine. In death we return to the earth from which we were formed.
As Christians we affirm that in Jesus, God became incarnate - became a part of creation.
When we take this seriously we are called to love and care for this world.
You can learn more about it here.
When you come into the sanctuary, you will notice that we have intentioanlly tried to make the aisle of our church look like a river. And we have hung two beautiful images of water on the wall behind the altar by St. Anne's member Cedric Tetzel.
We hope you will consider joining us for all or some of this season as we celebrate creation and find ways to live into our baptismal call to strive to safeguard the integrity of God's creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth.
As with last year, each week has a theme and we will be offering some ways that enable us to meaningfully participate in the season. If all goes according to plan, it will look like below.
We will have an interactive prayer response in our liturgy during worship.
We will be hosting a movie night with popcorn to watch the documentary 2040 in the side chapel on Tuesday, September 12 at 7 pm.
We will head out to the dyke at the end of Francis Rd on Saturday, September 23rd to participate in a shore line clean up. Meet at the parking lot at the end of Francis Rd before the dyke trail entrance at 10am.
We will offer some simple actions that each of us can take to advocate for the planet.
We will celebrate St. Francis and bless and give thanks for our animal companions to close out this season.
A submission by Ms. Platt & Jessica, Jocelyn, Adam, and Madalyn: "Guide to Going Green at Home"
Forest Focused
Refreshing our Rivers
Sky & Mountain minded
Nurturing Biodiversity
Below you can explore last year's Season of Creation.
"Consequences of Lifestyle"
Challenge: Join us for a cleanup along the dyke between Francis and Blundell Rd.
Our member Wan Li Zhang is serving as St. Anne's Artist in Residence during this Season of Creation.
She actively paints during each service as a form of prayerful response to the Season.
Join us for worship at 10 am to see her in action. It is a beautiful and soothing meditation!
"The Cry of the Earth the Cry of the Poor"
Challenge: Make a donation to PWRDF, listen to a podcast or watch a doc to learn more about how the cries of the earth
and the poor are connected (suggestions in the Sunday email).
"The Community of Creation"
We welcome leaders from Salal and Cedar at 10 am and invite you to come to a vegetarian potluck following worship.
Challenge: Take a photograph of creation in your neighbourhood, print it out or email it to Marnie so that we can display it.
"World Day of Prayer for Creation"
Challenge: Join us on Wednesday at 7 pm via zoom for an Ecological Examen or try doing it on your own (pg. 37 of the 2022 resource).
Feast of St. Francis