An Adventure of Beauty and Grace
14th October 2021

The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration of prayer and action for our common home. Churches and communities across Australia and across the world celebrated the Season of Creation from 1 September, World Day of Prayer, until the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October through liturgy, special events, video, forums, climate action, and sharing resources.
The Season of Creation unites the ecumenical family around the world to pray, protect, and advocate for God’s creation. In 2021 hundreds of thousands of Christians united around the theme, “A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God.” One such action took place at Glenbrook Uniting Church in the Blue Mountains near Sydney.
Their minister, Rev Ellie Elia invited people to share “Where have you experienced oneness with creation?” The result was a beautiful 30 minute video titled, An Adventure of Beauty and Grace, which is a montage of personal stories, powerful memories, stunning images and landscapes, and inspiring reflections on the here and now experience of people encountering creation.
We wanted to share this video on the Eremos website but it’s too large for our system to upload. Since it’s available on the Glenbrook UCA Facebook Page, we share their link for you to enjoy: https://www.facebook.com/glenbrookunitingchurch/videos/555350472399189
Please note that the Facebook link is for the entire service on 12 September as it was filmed during lockdown when there were no ‘in person’ worship services. You may wish to forward to 10.49 minutes for Ellie introducing the video. She invites us into the experience with a reading from John O’Donohue, excerpt below. The video begins at 15 minutes for the responses to the question “Where have you experienced oneness with creation?”
There is a multitude of information about the Season of Creation available online and here’s a just a few.
https://www.ncca.org.au/ncca-newsletter/september-2021-1/item/2564-season-of-creation-2021091
https://uniting.church/season-of-creation-2021/
Images used come from
https://anglicanalliance.org/a-jubilee-for-the-earth-season-of-creation-2020/
https://www.anglican.ca/publicwitness/season-of-creation/
Glenbrook Uniting Church Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=555350472399189