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Worship Resources

WorshipWe welcome contributions to this library of resources.  Please send sermons, prayers, songs or other worship resources that you discover to us at info@ncipl.org so we can enrich our offerings to the wider community.

General Resources

  • Earth Care Hymns can be sung in any service.
  • A Commissioning Prayer can be used to close the service and send people forth.
  • Honoring the Four Directions can be used as an invocation.
  • Prayers on the Environment from several faith traditions.
  • To Our Common Cause can be used as an invocation.
  • Words of Welcome used by the Asheville Earth Sabbath Celebration leaders.
  • Community Building Exercises (to come)

Carbon Fast Resources for Lent

Interfaith Power & Light offers ecumenical Lenten prayers, guides and actions as well as ones tailored for specific traditions.

Library of Liturgies and Past Programs

  • Videos of Sermons from different faith traditions during PreachIn 2014
  • Celebration of Earth and our Home
  • Cosmic Walk (with separate Event Cards) is a wonderful way to experience the context of humans in the universe. A resource kit is available for loan from Nancy Hardy.
  • The Earth’s New Year’s Resolutions, Hopes & Dreams for 2013
  • Let’s Declare our Interdependence
  • Migrating Birds Know no Borders  with Non-Trivial Pursuit Cards
  • Show Love for Earth this Mother’s Day
  • Summer Solstice service and pictures of the Community Building activity
  • Touching the Earth
  • The Transition Game
  • The Universe is a Green Dragon
  • We Don’t Live on the Moon
  • Wounded Earth is based upon The Work that Reconnects. Pictures of the set up for the Cairn of Mourning may be helpful.
  • Many of the Earth Sabbath Celebrations have been based on the four classic elements. Here are some examples:
    • Earth
    • Air
    • Wind

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