We will be exploring the Seasons of the Christian Calendar on this webpage.
PENTECOST
Pentecost comes from the Greek word pentekoste meaning "50th"(day). Pentecost is celebrated on a Sunday 50 days after Easter (counting Easter Sunday) - June 9, 2019
Pentecost comes from the Greek word pentekoste meaning "50th"(day). Pentecost is celebrated on a Sunday 50 days after Easter (counting Easter Sunday) - June 9, 2019
This is the Season of Pentecost - Creation Time - September 8 - October 13
Five Sundays in the Season of Pentecost beginning with the Sunday after Labour Day and continuing through Thanksgiving Sunday. Occasionally there are six Sundays in this time frame.
Purpose:
Why Creation Time? There is a growing concern in Christian communities about the ecological crisis and the way we have been treating Earth. One of the most effective ways to focus this concern, we believe, is through worship. By concentrating our worship on God's creation and worshipping with creation, we are more likely to find ways to heal rather than exploit our planet. Our aim in Creation Time is a joint celebration in which we not only give thanks for creation but also celebrate with creation. Our goal is a mutual ministry in which we are not only called to serve and sustain life, but recognize how creation serves and sustains life. Our vision is to celebrate Christ as personal redeemer and also as the cosmic power at work renewing and healing a suffering creation.
Liturgical Colour: Orange
Orange is a warm colour, associated with enthusiasm, creativity, fruitfulness, endurance and strength as well as with sunrise and sunset, fall and harvest and the changing seasons, nature's last burst of colour before winter. It is the red of passion tempered by the yellow of wisdom.
Why Creation Time? There is a growing concern in Christian communities about the ecological crisis and the way we have been treating Earth. One of the most effective ways to focus this concern, we believe, is through worship. By concentrating our worship on God's creation and worshipping with creation, we are more likely to find ways to heal rather than exploit our planet. Our aim in Creation Time is a joint celebration in which we not only give thanks for creation but also celebrate with creation. Our goal is a mutual ministry in which we are not only called to serve and sustain life, but recognize how creation serves and sustains life. Our vision is to celebrate Christ as personal redeemer and also as the cosmic power at work renewing and healing a suffering creation.
Liturgical Colour: Orange
Orange is a warm colour, associated with enthusiasm, creativity, fruitfulness, endurance and strength as well as with sunrise and sunset, fall and harvest and the changing seasons, nature's last burst of colour before winter. It is the red of passion tempered by the yellow of wisdom.