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he sermon is given below the season of creationtide is upon us as you can probably tell from your surroundings this is not a season that has been celebrated for centuries such as lent and holy week it is very much a new initiative in church terms which has come from 1989 recognition of the day of prayer for creation by the ecumenical patriarchate it is now celebrated by many churches worldwide every year a theme is chosen by the ecumenical committee from around the world this year the theme is jubilee for the earth jubilee is currently used with the meaning of an anniversary celebration particularly for a monarch everyday use doesn t come anywhere near the meaning of the word in the bible the israelites were commanded to let the land rest every seventh year the jubilee year was a rest after seven lots of seven years you shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants it shall be a jubilee for you leviticus 25 10 the land was allowed to rest anyone enslaved because of debt was freed in this year and lands that had been sold because of debt were returned to their previous owners this helped to alleviate poverty and remove inequality it was this idea which was behind the jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel unpayable debt this was not just an anniversary party it brought about significant change for people and the environment every year christians around the world are called to consider how we can live in a way that is best for the earth and its inhabitants share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email tweet more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading pages 1 2 categories sermon tags creationtide ecology environment jubilee st francis permalink september 28 2020 by fionn leave a comment farewell well not really finn sunday 27th sunday noon service photograph courtesy of pie runner a celebration was held to mark finn stepping down as chair of the leadership team at the the end of this month jude steps up to the post from october 1st we also said farewell to soulllman who is moving on to pastures new but there is no need to be too sad finn will be staying on as a member of the group and will continue to take sunday noon services along with helene until the end of october share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email tweet more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading categories uncategorized permalink september 28 2020 by fionn leave a comment creationtide 3 sermon sunday 20th september 2020 by helene milena today is the third sunday of the season of creationtide the theme over the whole season is jubilee for the earth the theme for today is there is enough for our need not our greed in the old testament reading we find the people of israel facing the reality of their change of circumstances they were harshly treated as slaves in egypt freedom seemed to offer so much however as they observe their new surroundings they can t help but remember that they had enough to eat in egypt whereas they have no idea where their food will come from in the wilderness it s not too difficult to understand the fear of the people they are in the midst of a huge transition and they don t know how life works in this new world they are entering slavery might have been hard but at least they understood what was expected of them a natural reaction is to grumble and grumble they do poor moses and aaron having to deal with all this fortunately god is listening and has the best interests of his people at heart in the evening they are showered with quails and in the morning they gather manna to act as bread reading a little further than the passage for today it says those who gathered much had nothing over and those who gathered little had no shortage exodus 16 18 everyone was provided with what they needed and no more no one went hungry no one was left out of the generous provision of god in the gospel reading we meet another set of grumblers workers had gathered at the break of day in the hope of being hired over the course of the day one landowner had taken on five cohorts of labourers to work in his vineyard when it came to the evening all got paid the daily rate however many hours they had worked those who had worked longest complained because they received no more than those who had worked only an hour the landowner representing god chose to be generous and give everyone what they needed to live on for the day to those who grumbled he rightly pointed out that they got what they expected and should take it and go the economy of our world seems to work on a fear of lack so that those who are able grab as much as they can of the world s provisions these actions by the powerful minority in the world leave the weak unable to compete therefore they sink into poverty and despair there is also the fiction that we must have more to be happy that economies must grow no matter what this leads to addiction to possessions which are cast aside when the next new thing is on offer there is no room in such a story for contentment for being happy with enough in the process of taking what we want we pollute the world with our waste damaging the lives of everyone not just those of us who benefit from the items that create the waste in contrast god s economy embraces everyone equally ensuring all have what they need god does not look on some idea of worthiness to receive he doesn t rank people in order meaning those who are last in line get barely anything that would be like in my father s family when the dad and any working sons ate first then the children then mother got whatever scraps were left over jesus turned this upside down the first shall be last and the last shall be first in god s economy no matter how many of his creatures he needs to provide for there is always enough there was enough manna for everyone every day there would have been enough denarii to give everyone their day s wages no matter how many men were brought from the marketplace to the vineyard just think of the feeding of the five thousand where all ate their fill and there was even food left over that s god s economy at work an economy of abundance generosity and love for all now we find ourselves at a critical point as a planet we have barely any time to change our way of living like the people of israel we may look over our shoulders and long for how things were in the past but that wasn t good really being slaves in egypt or slaves to those commercial enterprises that hold us in thrall to the idea of owning more and more is not good like the israelites we may grumble as we face transition from one way of living to another they were travelling to the promised land flowing with milk and honey our journey is to the hoped for land where the air is clean we can live less stressfully we can continue to enjoy abundant variety in the natural world where no one suffers because of climate change later we will pray the lord s prayer where we ask god for our daily bread for what we need for the day as christians we should lead the world in living this way wanting only enough not more there are 2 4 billion christians in the world 29 of the population if every christian lived by the economics of god s kingdom it would change the world let s each follow gandhi s advice live simply that others may simply live share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email tweet more share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading categories uncategorized permalink september 28 2020 by fionn leave a comment sermon for climate sunday september 6th 2020 by helene milena the season of creationtide is upon us as you can probably tell from your surroundings this is not a season that has been celebrated for centuries such as lent and holy week it is very much a new initiative in church terms which has come from the 1989 recognition of the day of prayer for creation by the ecumenical patriarchate it is now celebrated by many churches worldwide every year a theme is chosen by the ecumenical committee from around the world this year the theme is jubilee for the earth jubilee is currently used with the meaning of an anniversary celebration particularly for a monarch everyday use doesn t come anywhere near the meaning of the word in the bible the israelites were commanded to let the land rest every seventh year the jubilee year was a rest after seven lots of seven years you shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants it shall be a jubilee for you leviticus 25 10 the land was allowed to rest anyone enslaved because of debt was freed in this year and lands that had been sold because of debt were returned to their previous owners this helped to alleviate poverty and remove inequality it was this idea which was behind the jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel unpayable debt this was not just an anniversary party it brought about significant change for people and the environment every year christians around the world are called to consider how we can live in a way that is best for the earth and its inhabitants perhaps this year of the covid 19 virus has shown us most clearly how interconnected we all are a disease that started in one city has affected near enough every country in the world millions have been infected hundreds of thousands have died we have been made aware of how difficult it is for poor people who live in crowded slums or refugee camps to find soap and water to wash their hands and the space to distance themselves from others the provision of hospitals doctors and lifesaving equipment is far less for them than for richer nations our political systems and our demand for more and more possessions make the levelling of equalities intended by a jubilee impossible to achieve paul in romans 13 reminds his readers of four of the ten commandments you shall not commit adultery you shall not murder you shall not steal you shall not covet and like jesus sums up this part of the law love your neighbour as yourself love is the fulfilling of the law the way we live does not constitute loving our neighbour as ourselves our focus is nearly entirely on ourselves we consume vast quantities of food wrapped in plastic we make toys and many of our household goods from plastic too when that plastic is once in the environment it enters the food chain to poison people as well as clogging up the oceans rivers and lakes we burn fossil fuels and pollute the atmosphere water and land with the by products of our industrial processes the injustice is that it doesn t just affect those who used the plastic or create the pollution but those all across the globe including many who are struggling to survive in fact it is the poor and marginalised who are always affected disproportionately they are the ones who suffer most from a change in climate which makes a precarious living into an impossibility in a globally connected society these people are our neighbours just as much as the person across the street or in the apartment above us future generations are also our neighbours in time we are leaving them a terrible legacy of extremes of climate and impoverishment of biodiversity you could also argue that our neighbours are the creatures with which we share the planet 50 of which face extinction because of human behaviour so what can we do we cannot point the finger of blame at the world s people in general if we as members of the church are not doing something to change how we live and how we look at the problem the patriarch of the orthodox church says this we have traditionally regarded sin as being merely what people do to other people yet for human beings to destroy the biological diversity in god s creation for human beings to degrade the integrity of the earth by contributing to climate change by stripping the earth of its natural forests or destroying its wetlands for human beings to contaminate the earth s waters land and air all of these are sins sin is an unpopular word some would say an old fashioned word that is not helpful to people our modern way of looking at human motivations and the trauma in some lives which causes bad choices leaves no room to talk of something like sin however god gave us a mandate to look after the earth and we have failed badly we have grabbed what we want without a thought for the outcome jesus made it plain that if we see another church member sinning we are to try to correct them we cannot just turn a blind eye to wrong behaviour we have no right to challenge a brother or sister in christ about their choices if our own behaviour is not in line with god s commandments we each have a responsibility to look at our own lifestyle and choices and consider how we can change as archbishop desmond tutu has said resolving the ecological crisis of our planet however is no longer a problem we can leave to the scientists just as we are all part of the problem so we are all also part of the solution we all need to come to terms with the forces that have created this crisis and the resources within our traditions that can motivate us to resolve the crisis one of those traditions is our biblical heritage it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the problem what can we do about five huge islands of waste plastic floating in the oceans how can we protect people in bangladesh from the effects of floods or people in california from raging fires in terms of action that would make a quick difference there is probably nothing we can do about such things that doesn t mean we should do nothing every day offers us the chance to live more in line with god s call to jubilee currently 40 of food is wasted meanwhile two and a half billion people go hungry everyone can examine ways to avoid food waste in their own household it s amazing what you can do with left overs there are websites and facebook pages dedicated to avoiding food waste we can also work on reducing the rubbish we produce we can avoid single use plastics by having reusable cups and refillable containers for products we can reduce the pollution from driving our cars and heating our homes by choosing clean energy we can walk and cycle more we know that when lockdowns began to happen atmospheric pollution dropped by a huge amount we have seen that our behaviour can make a difference in this wonderful world we share jubilee means the ram s horn that was blown to mark the start of a time of universal redemption then you shall have the trumpet sounded loud on the tenth day of the seventh month on the day of atonement you shall have the trumpet sounded throughout all your land leviticus 25 9 the jubilee was a time of hope for the people it s up to us brothers and sisters of christ to be that voice of hope in the current critical time for the earth and all who live upon it share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email tweet more 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