The Season of Creation (SOC) is an annual, global, and ecumenical celebration when Christians pray and respond together to the cry of Creation. This season (between now and St. Francis Day) is a time for our ecumenical family to renew its relationship with our Creator and all Creation.
To learn more please visit seasonofcreation.org
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church is joining this celebration this year and the Creation Care committee is preparing various kinds of resources.
Our dates for marking the SOC are:
September 8 – Theme: Water with Guest Preacher: Buff Grace, Director of Faith Networks, MN Interfaith Power and Light
September 15 – Theme: The Healing of Nature
September 29 – Theme: Harvest
October 6 – Theme: God’s Creatures
“Future generations will never forgive us if we miss the opportunity to protect our common home. We have inherited a garden; we must not leave a desert for our children.”
– A joint statement from Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.