Other prayers can be found on the ecocell Materials page
Also different worship materials here: sermons, hymns, plays and liturgies.
The following prayers are particularly appropriate as lamentations:
A Light Landing
Luke 12.22-34
Creator Spirit
out of nothingness
no thingness
a cosmos of intricate harmony
and elegant balance emerged.
How is it that we can walk past butterfly wings –
our minds filled with weightier matters –
and not drop to our knees
in reverie?
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Here are prayer resources which some GC members have found particularly helpful:
Creationtide resources – there is so much on the internet from many church traditions. Here is the one from the C of E – https://creationtide.com/
GC Way of Life Companions’ ‘Liturgy of Commitment’ which has been provided to all Companions and which can be said at any time,
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Prayers based on Psalms, with “the enemy” being climate change or “the powers that be” that are causing it – by Ruth Jarman
A prayer based on Psalm 4 by Ruth Jarman
“Answer me when I call to you,
O my righteous God.
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For over ten years, Christian Ecology Link has hosted a Climate Service in London to support the Climate March calling for success at the UN climate conference. There being no London march this year we decided to write a prayer for our members to read in their churches.
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Tanya from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland writes the following. She is a member of CEL prayer community
“I’ve been involved recently in raising awareness of the licence granted for shale gas extraction, using fracking, where I live in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
There are many aspects of fracking that I think Christians should be concerned about (see my blog post) not least its effect on the earth’s climate.
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Almighty God, who alone can govern the hearts of frail and sinful humans, send your Holy Spirit among the leaders of the world as they meet in Rio, that He may reveal the path that we must all now take if we are to fulfil your purposes on earth.
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A practical resource to help churches and Christians remember the environment in their prayers of intercession;
The second edition of Praying for the Earth has been produced by the Newcastle Diocesan Environment Task Group. What follows is a brief description of how the booklet came into being,
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