Sunday, April 22, 2018

Taken for Granted – v3


We forget our place, our calling,
to tend and to nurture
the garden of the earth
God has given into our hands.

We take for granted
the world and all within it,
as if there will always be
more for us to consume.

We use up our resources
pumping out pollutants,
changing the environment
for our own selfish desires.

We need to bow, humbly,
to fall to our knees praying,
to ask the Creator
how we should change our ways.

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edited April 22, 2018
Taken for Granted – v3

Earth Day 2018
edited April 22, 2018
Caretakers – v3
Earth Day 2018
edited April 23, 2015
Caretakers – v2
edited April 23, 2015
Taken for Granted – v2
edited April 23, 2015
Formed from the Dust – v2
edited April 22, 2015
The Garden Finite – v2
edited April 23, 2015
Placed in the Garden – v2
April 25, 2010
Caretakers
April 25, 2010
Taken for Granted
April 25, 2010
Formed from the Dust
April 25, 2010
The Garden Finite
April 25, 2010
Placed in the Garden
Genesis 2:4b-9, 15
Psalm 104:1-2, 5, 31, 35b (Call to Worship)
1 Timothy 4:4-5
Hymn, “Shepherd Me, O God”, TFWS #2058 (Psalm 23)
Prayer of Dedication,
(From the National Council of Churches [NCC]
Earth Day Sunday 2002 resource packet,
"Caring for Creation: Making the World Safe for Children.")
Worship Theme: “What is our calling within Creation?”
and sermon, “Staff Members All Are We”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog                             
the third in a series of sermons, based in part on the pastoral letter from the Council of Bishops, “God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action,”
and the study guide, etc., based on this letter:  
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
April 25, 2010
Third Sunday After Easter

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