Creationtide

The Season of Creation in the Christian calendar is observed from 1 September to 4 October. This season is dedicated to prayer, reflection and action for the care of God’s creation. Rooted and guided by the bible, it offers churches and individuals across denominations a shared opportunity to renew their relationship with the natural world. As environmental crises deepen, this season invites a faithful response, grounded in worship, repentance and hope, for us to live more gently and justly on the Earth.

The theme for the Season of Creation 2026 is living water, based on Ezekiel 47:1-12. God’s life-giving water flows from the temple of God, growing deeper, restoring barren land, reviving waters, and sustaining flourishing ecosystems.

The vision invites human responsibility: recognising ecological damage, embracing interconnectedness, we are called to immerse ourselves in the water, and actively safeguard and work for the renewal of creation so that we can protect and restore the environment in ways that also support individuals and communities' health, happiness, and quality of life.

Available Resources:

A Rocha UK resource page

Operation Noah

Operation Noah is a Christian charity working with the Church to inspire action on the climate crisis. They've provided resources for churches.

Link: www.operationnoah.org/church-resources/

Preaching for God's word

Preaching for God’s World provides weekly thoughts and reflections on each Sunday’s set lectionary readings from the perspective of creation care and environmental justice.

Link: www.preachingforgodsworld.org/

USPG

The USPG Harvest Appeal this year includes children’s resources on an environmental theme.

Link: harvest.uspg.org.uk/

Church of England

The Church of England has produced a second edition of ‘A Time for Creation’: Liturgical resources for Creation and the Environment, including provision for the Festival of Creation in Christ.

Link: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/time-creation

Climate Justice: the role of the Church in protecting and restoring God’s creation

A four-part video Bible study resource from Anglican Overseas Aid (Australia), featuring Jo Knight of Anglican Overseas Aid (Australia) and Rachel Mash, Environment Coordinator for the Anglican Church of South Africa.

Link: https://anglicanoverseasaid.org.au/2024/09/02/climate-study-series/

A new festival and webinars

A New Annual Church Festival for the First Sunday of September: The Festival of Creation in Christ

Alongside the publication of Hope for All Creation, General Synod in July approved the new Festival of Creation in Christ, to fall on the first Sunday of September, at the start of the Season of Creation.

The Church of England has also published practical information about how to celebrate the Festival of Creation in Christ.

Hope for All Creation: A theological response to the environmental crises draws upon the Church’s long tradition of reflection on the relationship between God, humanity and the wider created world.

The document can help us explore the theology underlying our environmental action and consider how creation care can become more fully integrated into the life and mission of every worshipping community.

Creationtide webinars for Hope for All Creation

A series of national webinars will take place on Tuesday evenings during the Season of Creation. These free online sessions are open to everyone.

Each webinar will run from 17:30-18:30 and will include presentations followed by questions and discussion.

To tend and to till: humanity’s role in creation
8 September 2026
Dr Hilary Marlow of the University of Cambridge and the Revd Dr Dave Bookless of A Rocha International will explore the interconnectedness of God’s creation and humanity’s distinctive place and responsibility within it.

Missio Dei: the Five Marks of Mission in the local church
Tuesday 15 September 2026
The Revd Margot Hodson of the John Ray Initiative will consider how environmental action belongs within the mission of the local church and how the fifth Mark of Mission supports and strengthens the other four.

A new heaven and a new earth
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Dr Ben Fulford, Deputy Head of Humanities, Cultures and Environment at the University of Chester, will explore how Christian environmental action relates to the coming of God’s kingdom and the biblical hope of renewed creation.