Season of creation

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A group of young people from different denominations in Cape Town started an ecumenical group during the Season of Creation (1st of Sep to 4th of October). The ecumenical group was started by youth and environmental sustainability champions from the Anglican, Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, and Methodist churches.  They called the group #together4creation to show that they would continue working together after the season of Creation. On the first of September they held a virtual opening prayer service to celebrate World Day Prayer for Creation and the launch of the 2020 Season of Creation.  One of the main highlights was a testimony from Ms. Katleho Lucas who sadly lost her father early this year, but through doing some gardening, she has come to heal and feel connected to her late father. The Guest speaker for the event was Fah Kululekani from the Lutheran Church. A competition was also started “reduce, reuse, repurpose” to come up with new ideas on how to reuse plastic items. The various youth chaplains also prepared a short environmental message for each Sunday during Season of Creation. The young people prepared a video for the Season of Creation as well. Poster by : John-Paul Roberts & Dominique Yon  

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World Animal Day

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The Diocese of the Libombos Anglican Church (Cathedral of St Augustine in Maciene) held a closing service for the Season of Creation, under the motto: WE VALUE THE ANIMAL IS YOUR HABITAT “, because on the 04/10th, it was World Animal Day and World Habitat Day was on 05/10.   This also corresponds to the day of Saint Francis, who is the patron saint of the ecology.   The service was presided over by the Dean of João Cruz Cathedral and the Green Anglican District Board   1 – Theme lecture: Importance of Animal and the Environment 2 – Planting of Shadow & Fruit Trees 3 – Ride to Nwaluti Lake.   The service was attended by 50 Believers.

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Ocean Service at St Elizabeth’s Church

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Ocean service at St Elizabeth’s Church We celebrated Ocean Sunday for the first Sunday of Season of Creation. Our suburb is in the sea port of Durban : many homes have distant views of the sea, some people have jobs relating to the harbour and we know the joy of visits to the beach and swimming in the sea. We celebrated the mystery and wonder of oceans in a number of ways in addition to the liturgy. We also considered the very real need to care for and protect our oceans and life in the oceans. At the start of our sermon from Job 38:1-18, we had a recording of seagulls and waves!. In our Prayers of the People, as well as prayers for the oceans and environment, we had prayers for seafarers, important as we live in a sea port. In addition to our worship, we had a beautiful floral arrangement which cleverly made us feel that we were under the water. Our secretary included a sea scene and sea creatures in our Pew Bulletin. A display at the entrance to the Church included sea pictures, posters from the Mission to Seafarers and a beach scene with shells, swimming gear and beach toys. A separate display focussed on the problems relating to litter and pollution. Stella Cottrell, Diocese of Natal

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