An ecumentical creationtide service at St George´s Church, organised by Lux Mundi, to pray together for our climate, our planet, our world. Friday 20th September, 7pm.
With so much devastating news about climate chaos, biodiversity loss and pollution, it is easy to fall into despair. But as people of faith, we have hope: in the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.”
And Christian hope can be very active. To hope in a biblical context does not mean to stand still and be quiet, but rather groaning, crying, and actively striving for new life amidst the struggles.
So the theme chosen for this year is: “Wait and commit ourselves to Creation.” We not only cling to faith and hope, but we commit ourselves to address the needs of our climate, for the renewal of life.
As every year, our prayer for the care of creation has an ecumenical flavour, as we pray and act for our common home.
Triune God, Creator of all, we confess,
that we have not known how to relate to the Earth as a mothering gift from you, your maternal gift;
that we have not heard the groans of all your creatures,
numbed by our selfishness, greed and lack of commitment.
We ask you, God of goodness, that, through your Son Jesus Christ,
who taught us to be compassionate and merciful,
to recreate us in the Holy Spirit
and inspire in us the commitment to serve you faithfully
so that we listen to and heal the Creation,
making flourish on this earth the first fruits of eternal hope.
To you Father, we ask this through your Son Jesus Christ, Redeemer,
in the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Click here to see Look at the World, a Harvest Anthem by John Rutter, comissioned in 1996 by the Council for the Protection of Rural England, as “a widely-usable choral song or anthem on the theme of the environment and our responsibility towards it”