Season of Creation 2025 calls us to ‘peace with creation’

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Throughout the month of September, Christians across the world will celebrate the Season of Creation, an annual invitation to pray and reflect on our shared call to care for the earth – our common home and the blessed, beloved creation of God.

The Season of Creation takes place from 1 September (World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) to 4 October (Feast of St. Francis of Assisi) under the 2025 international theme, ‘Peace with creation’. The symbol, ‘Garden of Peace’, is inspired by Isaiah 32:14-18 and envisions a war-torn, overexploited land transformed into one that is fertile and thriving.

“There is hope for a peaceful Earth,” reads the introduction to the 2025 Season of Creation resource. “Biblically, hope is active – it involves prayer, action, and reconciling with Creation and the Creator through repentance (metanoia) and solidarity.”

“Creation is God’s sacred gift, entrusted to our care. Christians are called to protect and nurture Creation in peace, working in partnership with others and passing this responsibility on to future generations. Its deep interconnectedness makes peace both essential and fragile.”

“Only through reconciliation with and genuine justice for all living beings will creation find peace, fulfilling Isaiah’s vision (32:14-18). May the Spirit be poured upon us so we can work together for peace with creation.”

We would love to see photos from your service and to hear how your community marks the Season of Creation. Please email us your photos, or post to your socials with the hashtags #seasonofcreationUCA #peacewithcreation.

Season of Creation resources

The Assembly has updated two versions of a worship resource for the Season of Creation, originally released in 2023. One version is if you are worshipping indoors and one to help you take your worship outdoors.

Other resources

• Official 2025 Season of Creation website and official international resource
• Pacific Conference of Churches resource
• Intergenerational worship resources from Intergen, written in 2024 by the late Uniting Church minister Rev Dr Michelle Cook.
• Queensland Churches Environment Network: this beautiful daily devotional series with contributions from Christians across many denominations in Queensland was released in 2024, but would still work perfectly as a daily devotional through the Season of Creation. Download as a PDF or as an app:
  • Free download on Apple App Store (for iPhone and iPad):
  • Free download on Google Play Store (for Android devices).
• Season of Creation Resources from Common Grace
• Faith leaders invite all to celebrate the Season of Creation - World Council of Churches
• A great collection of prayers, songs and resources from this fantastic website run by Uniting Church minister Rev Deacon Sandy Boyce.
• Read and reflect on Laudato Si, Pope Francis' encyclical on creation care. The Uniting Church Assembly adopted Laudato Si as a 'continuing witness' in 2024.
• Eco-Congregation Scotland
  • Weekly worship resources based on the RCL
  • A Creation inclusive liturgy