Creation Centred Liturgy

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="040006e0egcecm.png"> <div> <B>Creation-Centred Liturgy</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>  |    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Oxfords Christian Environmental Gr"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Creation-Centred Liturgy</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>workshop at the "</B></I><I><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond" </B></I><I><B>conference</B></I></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFF80" TEXT="#080000" background="041bec00eoydwl.png"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3179ec60.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="198" ALT="Dave Bookless" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Back to the main page for </B><A HREF="climatechange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climate Change: How Christians Respond"><U><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>The </B></I><I><B>Creation-Centred Liturgy</B></I><I><B> workshop, led by Dave Bookless</B></I><I><B> </B></I><I><B>at the "</B></I><I><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond" conference</B></I></div> <div> The most memorable thing about this workshop was Dave's reminder to us that worship should be part of our everyday lives, spirituality flowing into action, and not just something done in church on a Sunday. As one lady commented, she had come looking for ideas for a special creation-focused service, but had realised that the best way to encourage her congregation to consider environmental issues was to make references to creation a normal part of all church life. </div> <div> This theme was well expressed by an acrostic, with Dave providing examples to illustrate each point: </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>W</B></FONT><B>onder</B> at God's creativity </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>O</B></FONT><B>penness</B> to God in creation </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>R</B></FONT><B>ootedness</B> in the place God has put us </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>S</B></FONT><B>implicity</B> of life and lifestyle or <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>S</B></FONT><B>ustainable</B> lifestyle </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>H</B></FONT><B>ands-on</B> involvement with the earth </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>I</B></FONT><B>ntegration</B> of work, rest, creativity, relationships </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>P</B></FONT><B>rayer</B> for God's kingdom on earth as in heaven </div> <div> We ended with a meditation of words and pictures showing what could be done within the setting of a church service.</div> <bR> <div> <I>(this report on Dave Bookless' workshop was sent in to us by Emily Wilkins)</I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>