Season of Creation
September 1st to October 4th
In the church calendar, the Season of Creation – sometimes called Creationtide – is the five weeks before Harvest, starting on September 1st. It is a period dedicated to God as Creator and Sustainer of all life. During this season churches may hold special services and events giving thanks for creation and encouraging a renewed focus on caring for creation and living more sustainably.
Resources
We’ve gathered together a number of resources that you and your church might find useful for worship, prayer, action, and all-age activities during the Season of Creation.
Resources from A Rocha
A Rocha, who run the Eco Church award scheme, have collected together resources for churches that includes prayers, sermons, music for worship, inspirational quotes and poems, ideas for children’s activities, and a webinar (details below). Click here to view the resources.
Webinar: What does peace with creation look like?
Tuesday 2nd September, 2pm to 3pm, Online
Join A Rocha at the start of Season of Creation as they reflect on this year’s theme ‘Peace with Creation’, with stories, reflective prayer, ideas for individuals and church services to use throughout this season.
Tearfund
Tearfund has produced ‘local prayers for a global crisis’, a resources to help guide churches with praying for people in all nations, and particularly those living in poverty or who are being unjustly affected by climate damage. The resources also includes audio versions of the prayers. Click here to see the resources.
This is an ecumenical website filled with resources that includes videos, liturgy, printouts and activities for use during Creationtide. The Steering Committee behind the website includes A Rocha, The Anglican Commiunion, Christian Aid, and the Laudato Si’ movement.
Narional CofE Creationtide resources
Download liturgical resources from the national Church of England’s website.
Green Anglicans
Green Anglicans is a movement started by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa which is focused on empowering, encouraging and holding the church accountable in caring for the earth that God has graciously placed us in. They have resources available for worship and prayer.
A collection of prayers submitted by Indigenous authors
A collection of prayers for the Season of Creation authored by indigenous peoples from across the global, collated by Very Rev Ken Gray, Secretary of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network.
ChooseLife – Worship and Action for Creation
In this e-book Diane Craven and Johannes Nobel take a creation-focused journey through the whole liturgical year, inspiring churches to link prayer with action to care for creation. This website contains printer-friendly liturgies for you to adapt and use in your own context.
The Big Switch
What’s it all about?
The global climate emergency is a crisis for our world. That’s why the Church of England has an ambition to reduce our carbon emissions to net zero by 2030.
Together, we can act in faith, taking small but powerful steps to help restore God’s creation. By pledging to switch to a green tariff, we are contributing to a 78% decrease in the Church of England’s overall carbon emissions from churches – helping lead the way towards a cleaner, fairer future for all.
What can you do?
The green energy market can be tricky to navigate, so the CofE has done the research needed to help us confidently choose an ethical green supplier.
On the website, you can find helpful guidance on choosing green tariffs. Find out more at the link here.
Upcoming Events
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17 September, IN: Environment
Webinar: A ‘heat the people’ approach and Infra-Red heating
In some settings radiant heating may be the best solution to our heating needs. This ... read more
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18 October, IN: Environment
IoW NZC Conference: Towards an Eco Island
An inspiring and practical mini-conference to help you on your NZC and Eco Church journey. read more
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29 October, IN: Environment
Webinar: Photo-Voltaic (solar) panels
Solar panels are a common feature of the English landscape in 2025, but how much ... read more
Environment
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18 August 2025
Eco-friendly transformation of city centre church
Part of the transformation that has taken place at St Margaret’s Church, Southsea, has included ... read more
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31 March 2025
Environment colleagues gather in Cambridge
As Church of England environment and net zero carbon officers gathered at the British Antarctic ... read more
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3 March 2025
Environment focus for island visit
Environmentalist and campaigner Ruth Valerio came to the Isle of Wight to talk to schools ... read more