Season of Creation | St. Paul's Episcopal Church

The Season of Creation, typically September 1st (Creation Sunday) through October 4th (Feast of St. Francis), is celebrated by Christians around the world as a time for renewing, repairing and restoring our relationship to God, one another, and all of creation.

This year at St. Paul's we will focus on the Season of Creation from September 8th through October 13th

The Episcopal Church joins this international effort for prayer and action for climate justice and an end to environmental racism and ecological destruction.

St. Paul's will use worship and formation resources to celebrate the Season of Creation. You'll notice in our liturgy that through October 13th that we are using some prayers that are special for this season.

Season of Creation Worship Guide at St. Paul's (download pdf)

For more information check out:

The Episcopal Church | Creation Care
Season of Creation Website
Season of Creation Prayer Card
The Prophetic Voices Podcast (recent series focused on the Season of Creation)

Stay tuned and keep checking back as we will continue to update this page with resources throughout the season!

The theme for Season of Creation this year is To hope and act with Creation, and the symbol is The firstfruits of Hope, inspired by Romans 8:19-25

The biblical image pictures the Earth as a Mother, groaning as in childbirth (Rom 8:22). Saint Francis of Assisi understood this when he referred to the Earth as our sister and our mother in his Canticle of Creatures. The times we live in show that we are not relating to the Earth as a gift from our Creator, but rather as a resource to be used. “Creation is groaning” (Rom 8:22) because of our selfishness and our unsustainable actions that harm her. Along with our Sister, Mother Earth, creatures of all kinds, including humans, cry out because of our destructive actions causing climate crisis, loss of biodiversity, and human suffering as well as Creations suffering.

And yet Creation teaches us that hope is present in the waiting, in the expectation for a better future (cf. Rom 8:20-21). To hope in biblical context does not mean standing still and quiet, but rather groaning, crying, and actively striving for new life amidst the struggles. Creation and all of us are called to worship the Creator, working together for a future of active hope and action. Only when we work together with Creation can the firstfruits of hope be born. Just as in childbirth, we go through a period of intense pain, but new life is coming forth.

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