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Creation Season 2008 (Year A)
October 5 – 26, 2008

Proper 24, Year A
(October 19, 2008)

Special Recognition of the Place of Food in our Lives:
Food as Basic Human Need

Welcome! We're glad you're planning on observing a Liturgical Season of Creation during the Season of Pentecost 2008. The focus for this series is on The Place of Food in Our Lives. Each of our topics looks at a different aspect of Food's relationship with our environment. We have prepared some materials for you to use in worship and in teaching.

The outline below and the individual links will point you to materials for preparing various parts of services for this Sunday. If you wish to see full list of materials for the Creation Season during the Season of Pentecost 2008 (Propers 22 through 25), click here.

RCL Readings for this Sunday:

Primary (Hebrew Scripture and Gospel)	Additional (Psalm and New Testament)
Exodus 33:12-23 or Isaiah 45:1-7 Matthew 22:15-22	Psalm 99 or Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13) 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Resources

Homilist Notes:	Bulletin Inserts:	Collects:	Hymns:	Other Readings
Web Version	Half-Page PDF (includes Collect)	Web Version	Specific to this Sunday	Specific to this Sunday
PDF Download	Full Page PDF (includes Collect)		General Hymns with Food focus	General Readings with Food Focus

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Specific References for this Sunday.
General References applicable to all Sundays of this celebration of creation.

To other Materials for Sundays in this series
Proper 22	Proper 23	Proper 24	Proper 25
October 5	October 12	October 19	October 26
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Note: The materials for this Sunday were prepared by the Rev Tom Harries.

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The Rev Tom Harries was Priest-in-Charge, Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, St. Peter, MN, and Total Ministry Mentor in Central Minnesota when he originally prepared these materials. Tomt and we welcome your comments. Please address your comments or additional reflections to Tom Harries or any MEESC member, or mail them to:

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