Creation Care
This Creation Care all of us at St. Margaret’s to participate and provide continual inspiration to one another as we seek to reflect the Gospel more fully in our attitudes and behaviors toward our earthly home. Our committee will report on the issues we are addressing collectively, highlight areas that need our attention–and let’s also have congregational input on resources and examples both large and small of the changes we are making in our daily lives. This will be a joyful and empowering adventure.
Creation Care On-Going Projects
May 2023 Creation Care newsletter
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- Creation Care art exhibit in the corridor
ST. MARGARET’S SEASON OF CREATION
Corridor Art Gallery: “Art: The Language of Creation Care,” curated by Betsy Feeley; was a month-long exhibit of art created or owned by parishioners that celebrates the beauty of the natural world.
Blessing the Animals on October 4, Feastday of St. Francis of Assisi.
The Season of Creation – a world-wide ecumenical celebration of God’s gift of our earthly home and an acknowledgement of our responsibility to care for it. The beginning and the end dates of the Season of Creation are linked with the concern for creation in the Eastern and the Western traditions of Christianity, respectively. September 1st was proclaimed as a day of prayer for the environment by the late Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Dimitrios I, in 1989. The Orthodox church year starts that day with a commemoration of how God created the world. On October 4th many churches from Western traditions commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Ecology.
The proposal to celebrate a “Time for Creation” for five weeks, was made by the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly of the World Council of Churches in 2007. The following year, the WCC Central Committee invited churches to observe “Time for Creation” through prayers and actions. In 2015, Pope Francis designated September 1st as a World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation for the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. The Episcopal Church has created the Covenant for the Care of Creation as a commitment to practice loving formation, liberating advocacy and life- giving conversation as individuals, congregations, ministries, and dioceses.
Read more about the Episcopal Churches commitment to Creation Care @ https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/creation-care.