Prayers and liturgical resources

Prayer for the wellbeing of all creation:

Creator God, giver of life

You sustain the earth and direct the nations

In this time of climate crisis

Grant us clarity to hear the groaning of creation and the cries of the poor

Challenge us to change our lifestyles

Guide our leaders to take courageous action

Enable your church to be a beacon of hope

Foster within us a renewed vision of your purposes for your world

Through Jesus Christ our Lord

By and for whom all things were made. AMEN

Prayer offered by Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrel, prior to COP26.

This section gives you resources to study the theology of creation and other relevant theology.

Books

Cornford, Jonathan: Coming Back to Earth – Essays on the Church, Cities, Agriculture and Eating (2016) Morning Star Publishing
Cornford, Jonathan: Coming Home. Discipleship, Ecology and Everyday Economics (2019) Morning Star Publishing
Dawson, Claire & Pope, Dr Mick, A Climate of Hope: Church & Mission in a Warming World (2014) UNOH Publishing
Davis, Ellen F: Scripture, Culture and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (2008) Cambridge University Press
Delio, Ilia; Warner, Keith Douglass; Wood, Pamela: Care for Creation. A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth. (1999). St Anthony Messenger Press.
Pope, Mick: Climate Justice. Loving Your Neighbour in a Warming World. (2017) Morning Star Publishing