Tag: Stewardship
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Sustainable lifestyle
Perhaps you already do plenty to reduce waste and your environmental footprint – if so: thank you! Give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. All of us can continue to improve, whether we are dyed-in-the-wool frugalistas, or just starting our journey. Take a moment to browse through this list. Congratulate yourself for any that…
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Forest Sunday
Forest Sunday is the first Sunday in September of Year A ‘Trees and Cities: the ancient and modern challenge’ SERMON for St Pauls Beaconsfield, September 3rd, 2023 I see the bad moon a-risin’I see trouble on the wayI see earthquakes and lightnin’I see bad times today Don’t go around tonightWell it’s bound to take your…
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Salinity
Many areas of Australia are devastated by rising water tables bringing long-buried salt with them. In the past, water tables were kept low by tree and scrub cover. After land clearance for cropping or livestock, the water table rises. Salt poisons the land not only for agriculture but also for most native vegetation. Salinity in…
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Stewardship of Creation
Much environmental theology explores the dynamics of human beings’ relationship with the world around us through the two creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. The first includes the commandment to human beings to “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion…”(Gen 1.28). The second has God place the…
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Dismissal: Stewardship of Creation theme
This Dismissal could be used at the end of a eucharist or service of the Word with a special focus on care for creation. It uses both of the possible responses used in the APBA Second Order Holy Communion service. The sequence of “faith, hope and love” leads into the familiar “go in peace.” The…
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Confession: Stewardship of creation
Holy God, Creator and Lover of all that is,we confess to you that we have sinned.We have failed in our care for the land and its creatures, we have been greedy, destructive, and wastefulof the resources you entrusted to us.Polluted air and water,eroded soil and salty earth,birds and animals deprived of habitat,and neighbours left hungry…