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God, other people, and the whole created order. At the conclusion of the flood narrative, part of the creation story, humanity is blessed by God in the company of all living things that come out of the ark. A single human being is only blessed through others and especially through harmonious relationship with all living things. 5.
The utter lifelessness of other planets in our solar system illustrates the fact that earth is unique and specially created for life. This article is aimed to analyze whether life on earth is created by God or formed from dead-chemical particles by chance.
- Setting
- Special Focus
- Themes
- Songs
- PLANET EARTH SUNDAY
- Gathering
- People
- Procession and Song
- Remembering
- Confession
- Absolution
- Christ Have Mercy
- Glory to God
- Prayer for the Day
- Children’s Address: How Does God Find You?
- Together
- Passing of the Peace
- Offering Prayer
- Prayers of the People
- Creation Prayer
- The Great Thanksgiving
- Invitation
- Lamb of God
- Dismissal Blessing
- Candles for our Kin
- Thanksgiving
- Sending Out
- Blessing
To capture the sense of Earth as our planet home, a model of Earth or the solar system maybe constructed in the sanctuary. It is helpful to emphasise the special character of Earth as a living planet in comparison with other planets, comets or even stars. Children may be, or carry, symbols of the various planets reflecting the contrast between ot...
A special focus for this service is the unique nature of our planet, the amazing mystery of life on our planet and the bond we have with Earth as our precious home.
In our call to worship we invite all the domains of Earth to worship with us. In our confession to recall how we have become alienated from Earth and treated it as an endless resource to be exploited. In the readings we discover the story of Earth being born in Genesis One, how the Word continues to be the impulse that creates in Earth and the amaz...
A special song/hymn written for Earth Sunday is located in Habel Hymns Volume One. The melody is the well-known Easter hymn Jesus Christ is Risen Today. The words follow.
Welcome! We worship this Sunday with planet Earth. We join the Psalmists and rejoice with Earth. We sing with Earth, our planet home spinning through space. We celebrate Earth as a sacred place, a sanctuary filled with God’s presence.
Leader In the name of God, who creates planets, the name of Jesus Christ, born on planet Earth, and the name of the Spirit who envelopes our planet. Amen.
Holy! Holy! Holy! Earth is filled with God’s presence. Christ, we come to into your presence, today, to worship in this sanctuary called Earth, Holy! Holy! Holy! Earth is filled with your presence.
We join in song with the children, perhaps dressed as astronauts, as they enter the church holding symbols of our solar system—sun, Earth, moon and the planets. They may place these symbols in a circle near the altar or in front of the sanctuary. We rejoice as children spin around in space before putting their symbols in a set place. They may hold...
We use rosemary, eucalyptus leaves or some other fragrant symbol to assist us to stir our memories and connect with creation. Take the fragrant symbol you received at the door, rub it between your fingers and share with the person next to you a special memory of Earth as a planet that stirred your spirit or sense of wonder. We remember plan...
As I hold this fragrant symbol aloft, we remember and confess that we have become alienated from Earth and viewed this planet as disposable, source of endless resources, mere stopping place en route to heaven. Representatives walk through the church with (harmless) spray cans that represent just one of the ways we have polluted the atmosphere, prod...
Christ hears your confession and forgives your sins against Earth. Christ, teach us to love Earth as our home and the planet as a precious sanctuary. L. I speak for Christ: I invite you to celebrate Earth as your home and to revere this planet as God’s sanctuary. P Shalom! Shalom! Earth is our home!
As we come home to Earth. Christ, have mercy. As we seek to love our home. Christ, have mercy. As we seek to care for our kin. Christ, have mercy.
Glory to God in the highest! And on Earth peace with our kin in creation!
P God, our Creator, as we reflect on the mystery of our fragile planet, we celebrate the wonders of Earth as our home. Help us to discern how we have polluted our planet and to empathise with the groaning of creation beneath us. Teach us to sense the presence of God pulsing through Earth as a living green blue sanctuary. Teach us to love Earth as...
Prayer: Thank you God for making Earth and finding me wherever I am on my planet home. Amen.
Let us affirm our faith together. We believe that God creates all things, renews all things and celebrates all things. We believe Earth is a sanctuary, sacred planet filled with God’s presence, home for us to share with our kin. We believe that God became flesh and blood, became a piece of Earth, a human being called Jesus Christ, who lived an...
Let us share the peace of the Lord with one another. The peace of the Lord be with you Song Sermon or Reflection Song
L God, our Creator, through your love you have given us these gifts to share. Accept our offerings as an expression of our deep thanks and our concern for those in need, including our fellow creatures on planet Earth. P. With all creation, we bless our Creator.
We thank God for a wondrous planet home. We celebrate with all our kin. We pray for all those in need. We name them now. We close with the following prayer.
Jesus Christ, teach us to empathise with Earth. Make our spirits sensitive to the cries of creation, cries for justice from the land, the seas and the skies. Jesus Christ, make our faith sensitive to the groans of the Spirit in creation, groans of longing for a new creation. Jesus Christ, make our hearts sensitive to the songs of our kin, songs of ...
The Creator be with you and all creation. And also with you. Open your hearts. We open them to our Creator. Let us give thanks to our Creator. It is right to join creation in thanking God. It is right to give you thanks, loving Creator. Your Word is the impulse for all things to be, for space, stars and stardust to appear, for Earth to emerge ...
C Come, for all things are now ready. Come to the table with all your kin and share with all in need: the gift of healing for those in pain, the gift of forgiveness for those in sin, the gift of assurance for those in doubt, and the gift of hope for those in tears. P May we who share these gifts, share Christ with one another and all our kin.
P Lamb of God, who takes away all sin against God, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away all sin against Earth, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away all sin from the world, receive our prayer. Distribution Distribution Songs
L Now may the power of Christ’s body and blood reach deep into your heart, your mind and your body to heal your wounds and through you to bring healing to Earth. In Jesus’ name. Amen
As we return from the Lord’s Table we light a candle and place it on the sand-filled candle-stand in memory of departed loved ones or one of our kin on this planet who has become extinct.
Let us give thanks for this meal. We thank you Christ, for the meal we have celebrated with you and we pray that through your body and blood we may be healed and become agents of healing for Earth. Amen.
L May the Spirit of God, who is above all and in all and through all, fill you with the knowledge of God’s presence in Earth and the pulsing of Christ within you. Go in peace! Serving Christ and loving Earth! P We go in peace, serving Christ and loving Earth.
L May the Spirit of God, who is above all and in all and through all, fill you with the knowledge of God’s presence in Earth and the pulsing of Christ within you. Go in peace! Serving Christ and loving Earth! P We go in peace, serving Christ and loving Earth.
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about where we can find God? The earth is reliable God created the earth with reliable laws in place. As we study earth science, we can see these laws at work. Of the many physical laws at work on Earth, there are two that are particularly important to understand God’s plan for the earth. The first, called the first law of thermodynamics ...
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After Earth appears, God calls on Earth to be a co-creator. He summons Earth to bring forth vegetation. God does not say, ‘Let there be plants and trees and flowers’. God works with Earth as a mediator from whom all plant life appears. Earth is the physical source of life.
THE BIG STORY OF GOD 1: GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH Service Aim: To teach that God was the Creator of everything and all that He made was good. This service can be used on its own or as part of a series of services covering major biblical themes from Genesis to Revelation. Biblical Reference(s): Genesis 1:1-2:3, Psalm 19:1
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The earth is the arena for God's grace - and the earth is also the arena for God's judgment. All of the Biblical visions of the end time speak of it in terms the earth: Isaiah says the day of the Lord will bring a shaking of the foundations of the earth. Paul speaks of the entire creation GROANING for God.
