Creationtide

There are liturgies approved for experimental use in the SEC, including: eucharistic material, daily prayer, and intercessory resources.

The Season of Creation Celebration Guide has an ecumenical prayer service detailed from page 16. Eco-Congregation Scotland offers an ecumenical communion service.

As well as all the ‘usual’ preaching resource sites, the website Preaching for God’s World offers sermon notes and themes for the RCL readings. Lutherans Restoring Creation offer something similar, although you need to hunt around a little to find what you are after!

There are, of course, many resources, including videos, available from Eco-Congregation Scotland. The American multi-faith creation campaign alliance, One Home One Future, has links to preaching resources.

Do also look at links in ‘Ideas for the whole service below’ as many of those resources have sermon notes as part of what they offer for the whole service.

Revd David Coleman, of Eco-Congregation Scotland has written a number hymns in the style of ‘new words to old tunes‘. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette does something similar and her Creationtide hymns are here. For more modern songs, try Resound Worship, particularly their Doxecology album.

There is also a curated list of Creation-themed hymns available from Trinity College’s Songs for Sunday.

Nerys Brown, Ruth Burgess, and Rachael Wright from St Mary’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Dunblane, have produced a detailed document entitled Some Ideas and Resources for Whole Church Services during the Season of Creation. They have included the Season of Creation in their liturgical year 6 years, moving during the Season from a time of lament and contrition for the destruction of our planet and our part in it, through the exploration of a theme or a series of topics in the light of Scripture, of scientific information or the experience of others, to an opportunity to make a commitment for the future. They frame the season with services for the whole church together, starting with a eucharist for the Day of Prayer for Creation at the beginning of September and ending with a Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration at the beginning of October. You can access this document here.

• Eco-Congregation Scotland
• United Reform Church
• Liturgical Materials for Honoring God in Creation from The Episcopal Church
• Season of Creation: A Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes
• Worship Words
• Lutherans Restoring Creation
• United Church of Canada
• Worship and Creation from A Rocha USA
• Various links from Church of England
• Within the A Rocha Resource Hub
• Within the One Home One Future Resource Hub

The Diocesan Environmental Group has produced a range of beautiful and thought-provoking resources in recent years.

• Creationtide 2024 – five cards for reflection, discussion, prayer, and action.
• Lent 2024 – seven cards, based on Genesis 1, for reflection, discussion, prayer, and action.
• Creationtide 2023 – ten cards, based on the Provincial Environmental Group’s work, for reflection, discussion, prayer, and action.

The following events can be booked via this link. They will also be available on YouTube shortly after each event.

• Thursday 4th September: Climate Change and Just Peace, with Martha Inés Romero.
• Thursday 11th September: The Reality of Climate Change, with Blessings Kachale.
• Thursday 18th September: Laudato Si’ Schools – Seeds of Hope, with Anne-Marie Clements.
• Thursday 25th September: Eco-Congregations ~ Communities of Hope with David Coleman, Margret MacPhail and Eileen McQuade.

The Queensland Churches Environmental Network (QCEN) has produced a visually stunning daily devotional, which can be accessed via PDF or as an app on a smartphone.

The Church of England has produced a detailed discussion guide for each of the 5 weeks of Creationtide, which could also be used as a personal daily devotional resource.

Two Archbishop books cover the theme of Creation: Ruth Valerio: Saying Yes to Life (Lent book for 2020) and Nicholas Holtam: Sleepers Wake (Advent book for 2022).

• 2025 Bible Studies by Pacific Conference of Churches – resources for all ages and stages of faith to explore relevant Scripture.
• Faithful Climate Conversations – a 4-part series of guides to facilitate small group conversations on climate change developed by For the Love of Creation.
• Creationtide Discussion Materials – something for every day of the 5 weeks of Creationtide from the Church of England. This is very word-heavy, with questions for reflection and suggestions for further reading.
• Rich Living series – 5 booklets from A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand, each of which has a range of sessions to encourage faithful conversations and action towards sustainable living.
• God Saw That It Was Good – 4 part reflection based on visually beautiful videos with a companion guide, which can be printed.
• A Christian Look at the Environment – this is a 5 part bible study, which is downloadable and printable. It has a really lovely balance of readings, reflections and discussion. 
• A Christian Guide to Environmental Issues – this is a book that has been turned into a 10-part group discussion, with engaging questions for discussion and associated bible readings.
• Christianity and Climate Change – a 9-part video series by Tearfund, with a booklet that can be printed, with discussion questions and links for further resources.
• Talking Climate Justice – Christian Aid 6-part Lent series for 2023 takes the ‘creation’ theme is a slightly more justice-centric direction. It follows the format of prayer, discussion and reflection, and action.
• Missional Discipleship and Sustainability – a series of video-recordings from a conference of the same name, held in Singapore in 2024. These talks are by respected academics and practitioners from around the world.
• Creation Care course (Lausanne Global Classroom) – a series of 13 videos with accompanying study guides.