QCB 27th October 2024,
A child shall lead them, Isaiah 11:6-7
We are called to follow Jesus
To respect Gods creation
To love and serve others
And to seek justice and resist evil
Psalm 96:11-13
Let the heavens be glad,
and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest
sing for joy before the Lord;
for he is coming,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Prayer of Lament
The sea roars with the grief
of all the plastic that fills it
of the destruction of coral reef.
The fields exclaim despair
for delayed rains and prolonged drought for species extinction on a daily basis. No song of joy rings out from the trees of the forest decimated by forest fires. How long O God, Amen
Katalina Tahaafe-Williams, a theologian writing from Australia and the Pacific Islands:
‘Only the willingly ignorant continue to deny the link between our consumerist lifestyles, climate change, and suffering in the developing world. Promoting economic growth as the answer to all our problems, and in particular global poverty, is irresponsible. We need to recognise that our current growth-oriented system is driven by powerful economic interests set on making profits, however short term. And it is just plain wrong to ignore the suffering of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in the world especially when they are the least contributors to climate change.’
What can we do? Think of five actions you can make to stop climate change destroying the earth, our habitat.
Drought drives people to the brink. Storms tear families apart. Raging waters show no mercy. Our world is in crisis. We have the power to stop it. People living in poverty are on the frontline of the climate chaos. They are losing food, water, homes and family. Every day, they walk further, dig deeper and build stronger to survive. Unrelenting. Determined. They battle the worst of a climate crisis they did not create. This is unjust. But a better way is possible. A way that restores justice to our broken world today. A way that protects the future for all of us, our children and grandchildren.
Song “For the beauty of the earth” https://youtu.be/PTOfSKXkRa0?feature=shared
Our Prayers
Song “You shall go out with joy” https://youtu.be/unWnWSgoSt0?feature=shared
We will love kindly
We will walk with God. Amen
With thanks to ©Christian Aid
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