Greetings!
Today’s resources focus on the story of creation from the book of Genesis (Genesis 1:1-2:4a), June 5th was World Environment Day, so perhaps you might want to go outside and so something this weekend in God’s Creation. If you’re wanting some ideas re what you could get up to I’ve listed a few here.
Let us know how you spend today with your household.
Pray together
This prayer is one that you might like to use every day this week, perhaps it’d be a great prayer to start every day.
All-Age Prayer
Ready, steady, stop!
Help us all to:
stop bullying and brutality,
stop hunger and hurt,
stop fear and famine.
Help us all to be ready, and steady, and to stop!
Ready, steady, wait!
Help us all to:
Wait for the slower ones amongst us,
wait for the things we can’t yet have,
wait on your teaching to help us grow.
Help us all to be ready, and steady, and to wait!
Ready, steady, go!
Help us all to:
go and offer kindness,
go and speak the truth,
go and be your light,
help us all to be ready, and steady, and to go
in the name of Jesus our teacher.
Amen.
Hear the story
Read the story together: Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Listen to the story from Seeds of Faith and learn the song that flows throughout the reading.
Listen to the story from The Growing in God’s Love Storybible
Listen to the story told using Godly Play
If you’d like to make your own creation cards at home you can download my set here to cut out and colour in, or perhaps you’d like to make your own and send me a photo of your creation!
Sing a song…
Learn it, because when we can sing again we’ll sing it together.
Cathy Pino
Copyright: 2000 Pino, Catherine
CCLI Streaming License: 89238
Learn it, because when we can sing again we’ll sing it together.
Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan
www.psalmimmersion.com
CCLI Streaming License: 89238
Do Something…
Today is World Environment Day, it really is the best time in the world to hear the story of Creation and to find ways to look after it.
Idea 01: Turn it off.
Turn off the powerpoint you’re not using, intact turn it all off (except your fridges and freezers of course, that would be bad…). Electricity is used even when the appliance isn’t being used. Save electricity by turning the things you’re not using off. (TV, Computers, Printers, Phones, Kettles…)
Turn off your lights, don’t keep them on when you’re not using them, save electricity and do something for the world by turning them off.
Idea 02: Don’t drive
How much do you rely on your car? Can you walk or ride places this week? What about going for a walk around your neighbourhood today instead of travelling far?
Walk to the local park, lake or pond, or go for a bit ride and enjoy the fresh air together and thank God for the gift of creation.
Idea 03 – Clean Up
Go out for a few hours today with your family and pick up as much litter as you can find. Use gloves and protect yourselves. It’s amazing how much you’ll find.
You may want to do this in your neighbourhood, around Yerribi Pond, at a school or in one of the local grasslands.
Idea 04 – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Use this week to pay attention to how much your household throws out, how much food do you waste, how much single use plastic do you use, how many things do you throw out?
Make a decision as a family to decrease the amount that you throw out and waste. Share you plan with us and invite others to do the same. Together we can look after the world.
Idea 05: Create
It’s possibly going to be a cold weekend, so you may wish to stay indoors. Perhaps you might be able to be creative in your homes and explore the days of creation in paint, crayon, collage or sculpture…
If you’re looking for more ideas for engaging young people with the creation you may find this resource, Kids & Creation by Ruth Wivell and Jessica Morthope is really useful