Creation Care Resources for the Liturgical Year
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Advent
With thanks to Lois Baldwin who created this resource for the Eco Church project.
Waitangi Day: A Prayer for Creation Care on Waitangi Day
Written by Mo Morgan.
An Aotearoa Easter Prayer
Written by Mo Morgan for the Eco Church team.
Easter Resources: Daily reflections from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday
With thanks to Lois Baldwin who created this resource for the Eco Church project.
The Whole Easter Story: Why the cross is good news for all creation
Dive into this 40-day Lent devotional to explore how the cross transforms not only our own individual connection with Jesus, but also our relationships with each other and our world. Explore the profound meaning of Easter beyond personal spirituality. There is no doubt that each of us has a place in the Easter story, but what happened on the cross is not just a story of me and Jesus. It is far deeper and wider than that.
Written by Jo Swinney of A Rocha International, Jo explores the broader impact of the Easter story on God’s relationship with creation. Through Bible readings, reflections and stories from A Rocha’s global conservation efforts, discover how the cross transforms not just our own individual connection with Jesus, but also our relationships with each other and our world.
The Pentecost Art Project
50 days after celebrating the Good News of Easter, we arrive at Pentecost — the moment when God sends the Holy Spirit to empower and encourage the disciples, as told in Acts 2:1–21. Wind, flame, and breath marked that day, and ever since, these and other symbols from Creation have helped us understand the power and movement of the Holy Spirit.
The Pentecost Art Project brings together art from across Aotearoa, exploring these powerful symbols — breath, wind, fire, birds, flight, light — through a uniquely Aotearoa lens.
Our hope is that this project will enable people to see and better understand the presence of the Holy Spirit in their own lives and in the world around them.
Come, Holy Spirit. Haere mai, e Te Wairua Tapu!
Pentecost: God’s Spirit in Creation - A Pentecost worship resource
With thanks to Lois Baldwin who created this resource for the Eco Church project.
This resource endeavours to offer a collection of reflective prayers, poems, and other material to engage with Pentecost through a creation care lens. Pentecost celebrates the day that te Wairua Tapu, the Holy Spirit, came like fire on the believers. This resource invites us to explore the Spirit in light of our experience of the created world.
The resource is organised in the classic order of worship flow, starting with a call to worship and finishing with a benediction. Yet its use is not limited to this format. We suggest prayerfully exploring the overview document. Choose any of the prayers, poems, scripture, or songs that are appropriate to your people and context and integrate them into your gatherings on Pentecost Sunday.
There are accompanying slides for some sections below to make it easy to incorporate into your gathering.
Pentecost Reflections
With thanks to Lois Baldwin who created this resource for the Eco Church project.
Season of Creation: Contemplations of the Elements
With thanks to Lois Baldwin who created this resource for the Eco Church project.
