09/05/2026
Creation Tide and What it Means to Be Human
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- The Growing Children's Ministry at Trinity
This Sunday we begin Creation Season, a growing liturgical observation around the world. It began when the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Eastern Orthodox) proposed in 1989 that September 1st (the first day of the Orthodox Church year) should be observed as a day “of protection of the natural environment”. In 2016, Pope Francis declared 1 September an annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This was expanded in Europe to be a season — Creation tide — going from September 1st until October 4th (the Feast of St Francis), and has been adopted in many churches around the world, including some in the Anglican Communion.
This year we will be asking what it means to be a human being: what does it mean both to be wired for eternity, with a deep spirit and soul, and at the same time, to be embodied and have our senses and our bodily functions communicate so much to us?
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