Church Seasons and Special Sundays

Creation Time in the Season of Pentecost begins on the second Sunday of September and ends on the second Sunday of October (per ROP 2009, GC40). It is not a church season but a period in which congregations celebrate the fact that creation is an integral part of the whole Christian year. A number of denominations worldwide are including similar "creation times" in their calendars. Orange is the recommended liturgical colour. Download this background document [PDF: 3 pp/78 KB] for more information about the liturgical colour orange and Ember Days.

What Is Creation Saying to Us?

A new series of worship services for Creation Time, using a thematic approach and non-lectionary readings. If you would like to write a service for this project, please contact the Worship Desk.

Year C

• First Sunday: Enjoy My Songs! [RTF: 5 pp/78 KB]
• Second Sunday: Seek My Intelligence (to come)
• Third Sunday: Walk Lightly Upon Me! [RTF: 8 pp/99 KB]
• Fourth Sunday: Stand Up For Me! [RTF: 6 pp /77 KB]
• Fifth Sunday (World Communion Sunday): Sustain Me! (to come)
• Thanksgiving Sunday: Cherish Me! [RTF: 5 pp /72 KB]

Year B

• First Sunday: Speak for Me! [RTF: 5 pp/72 KB]
• First Sunday (Lectionary readings): Love Me! [RTF: 6 pp/94 KB]
• Second Sunday: Learn My Stories! [RTF: 4 pp/70 KB]
• Third Sunday: Nuture Me! [RTF: 6 pp/92 KB]
• Fourth Sunday: Lend Me Your Voice! [RTF: 9 pp/115 KB]
• Thanksgiving Sunday: Depend on Me! [RTF: 5 pp /74 KB]

Year A

• First Sunday: Delight in Me! [RTF: 6 pp/80 KB]
• Second Sunday: Listen to my Wisdom! [RTF: 5 pp/74 KB]
• Third Sunday: Work with Me! [RTF: 5 pp/76 KB]
• Fourth Sunday: Love Me! [RTF: 9 pp/88 KB]
• Thanksgiving Sunday: Share My Abundance! [RTF: 6 pp/97 KB]

Additional Resources

• Creation Time Stole Art
  Use these images in your bulletins or other materials focused around Creation Time.
  • Colour [JPG: 853 KB]
  • Greyscale [JPG: 178 KB]
• Living with Respect in Creation (for Children) [RTF: 3 pp/59 KB]
  The creation story is tied to a key message from A New Creed and shared using the storytelling style of Godly Play.
• Time for Creation
  Worship resources from the World Council of Churches, with a special emphasis on forests.
• Awe before Creation [RTF: 4 pp/47 KB]
  A theme-based service of worship for the Season of Creation.
• The Seasons: Eros and a Right Relation with Earth [RTF: 5 pp/60 KB]
  A theme-based service of worship by Ralph Carl Wushke.
• Creation and Creativity [RTF: 12 pp/171 KB]
  A theme-based service of worship by Rod Sykes.
  • Universal Light [PDF: 4 pp/162 KB]
    Musical score for "Universal Light," a hymn by Bruce Harding, Marie Lewin, and Rod Sykes.