“Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.” Colossians 3:14 (NRSV)
Here is the link for Sunday, September 7, 2025 worship service: https://youtu.be/yMQ0BBTimPk
Sunday, September 14 2025 – Worship 10:45 a.m. with Second Chance, followed by Welcome Back Potluck Lunch
Scripture to Ponder & Prayer
Second Week of September 2025
Scriptures for this week:
Jeremiah 4:11‒12, 22‒28; Psalm 14; 1 Timothy 1:12‒17; Luke 15:1‒10
To Ponder: Jeremiah 4:11‒12, 22‒28; Psalm 14
A Brief Reflection
Friends, this Sunday we continue Creation Times—five weeks to remember God’s purpose for creation and our sacred call to be its caretakers.
From the beginning, the earth was entrusted to us as a place of abundance and blessing. Yet in our day, we cannot ignore the wounds caused by human negligence and greed. In our own prairies, summers bring record-breaking heat, wildfires, and smoke-filled skies that choke our breath. Across Canada, floods sweep through communities, while elsewhere in the world, drought starves fields, hurricanes destroy homes, and glaciers melt into rising seas.
The prophet Jeremiah lamented:
“I looked on the earth, and lo, it was waste and void, the fruitful land was a desert.” (Jeremiah 4:23)
His cry echoes in our own time. The beauty of creation bears the scars of our neglect. Around us, neighbors worry about failed harvests, children stay indoors because of smoke, and families in faraway lands flee disasters made worse by climate change.
And yet, scripture does not leave us without hope. The psalmist reminds us that renewal is possible:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10)
This is the invitation of Creation Times—to lament what is broken, to repent of careless living, and to open ourselves to God’s renewing Spirit. Only then can we again learn how to protect, heal, and cherish the earth—our common home.
Let this be our prayer as we begin these weeks of reflection.
Creator God, you entrusted the earth to our care, yet we have wounded its beauty. Forgive us for the smoke we breathe, the rivers we pollute, the soil we exhaust, and the storms we have stirred. Renew us, O God, and create in us clean hearts—hearts that treasure creation, minds that seek justice, and hands ready to heal what is broken. Guide us through these weeks of Creation Times, that we may live as faithful keepers of your world, in our neighborhoods and in the nations of the earth. Through Christ our Redeemer we pray. Amen.
Trinity United Church 