Breathe (Byron Smith)
Our breath connects us with the whole of God’s Creation
Byron Smith talks about how our breath – the very thing that keeps us alive – connects us deeply with the rest of God’s Creation.
Discussion Questions:
What did you think was the most significant idea in this message?
What ‘junk’ is your life breathing out?
What fresh breeze from God have noticed recently?
How might seeing the Holy Spirit as the Breath of Life shape our worship?
How might it affect our patterns of life together as a local/national/global community?
Click anywhere on this text to download a PDF or DOCX of the “worship in a box” resource, which will let you jump straight into an online worship gathering, using Byron’s video as the reflection.
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World Environment Day Resources
World Environment Day is a United Nations event that reminds us to take action to conserve and protect our natural environment.
World Environment Day celebrates its 20th anniversary on 5th of June 2020.
Churches often celebrate World Environment Day on one of the closest Sundays, for example, Sunday 7th of June 2020.
This year, Uniting Earth is encouraging churches to remember the devastating bushfires earlier this year, to pray for those impacted by the fires and to take action climate change, the impacts of which made these fires so unprecedented.
To help you celebrate in worship, here are some resources:
* Trigger warning: powerful bushfire images*
Additional Resources:
Text version of the World Environment Day 2020 Bushfire Prayer
PPT Slide on how you can help communities impacted by the bushfires
Text for your Pew Sheet or Newsletter
A Bushfire story from Batemans Bay
World Environment Day Guide (PDF)
Also, check out our awesome new resources on Connecting Kids with Nature
Video from Australian Parents for Climate Action
https://youtu.be/kKEHybQxBlI
Videos from Doctors for the Environment Australia
https://youtu.be/cM47LFBFjqI
https://youtu.be/LhM2Hq5Mk1o
More Bushfire Prayers and Info
https://www.unitingearthweb.org.au/bushfire-resources/
Learn more about our climate campaign and how to help
https://www.unitingearthweb.org.au/at-your-fingertips/
Simple Climate Change Worship
A simple liturgy on the theme of climate change to use anytime.