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Creation Season 2009
October 4 – October 25, 2009
(Proper 22 through Proper 25, Year B)

Proper 25, Year B
(October 25, 2009)

Humans interacting with
'this fragile Earth, our island home'

Welcome! We're glad you're planning on observing a Liturgical Season of Creation during the Season of Pentecost 2009. The focus for this series is on Humans Interacting with "this fragile Earth, our island home". Each of our topics looks at a different aspect of our relationship with our environment. We have prepared some materials for you to use in worship and in religious education.

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 2009 (Propers 22 through 25), click here.

RCL Readings for this Sunday:

 Gospel Theme Track
Old Testament (Hebrew Scripture) Reading: Jeremiah 31: 7-9
Psalm Psalm 126
New Testament Lesson
Hebrews 7: 23-28
Gospel
Mark 10: 46-52
Creation Theme for this Sunday: Salvation comes when as humans we live most fully when we live sustainably in concert with the earth and are satisfied with its riches.
We hear the pain we have caused the world, and seek to reconcile our mutual life rhythms.

Resources

For this Sunday we have two resource options. One follows the "Semi-Continuous Track" (based on the readings from Job), and the other follows the "Gospel Theme Track" (based on the reading from Jeremiah). Some of the resources cover both options. The information below pertains to the Gospel Theme Track. If you are looking for the Semi-Continuous Track readings, please click here.

Homilist
Notes:

Bulletin
Inserts:
Collects:
Hymns:
Other
Materials
Half-Page PDF
(includes Collect)
Full Page PDF
(includes Collect)
  

References:

To other Materials for Sundays in this series
Proper 25
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
This Page

 

Note: The materials for this Sunday were prepared by the Rev Margaret W. Thomas and John G. Gibbs, PhD.

 

John G. Gibbs, PhD, was a retired theologian who resided in Park Rapids, MN, and
the Rev Margaret W. Thomas, was a retired priest who resided in Duluth, MN,
when they originally prepared these materials in 2009. Margaret, John and we welcome your comments. Please address your comments or additional reflections to John G. Gibbs, Margaret Thomas, or any MEESC member, or mail them to:


MEESC
c/o C. Morello
4451 Lakeside Drive
Eveleth, MN 55743-4400 USA

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