Attention! God calls out to the city!
If you know what’s good for you, you’ll listen.
So listen, all of you!
This is serious business. Micah 6:1-9
Song “From the beginning”
We say the Lords Prayer in our own language
Confession
For the beauty of the Earth desecrated by pollution extinguished by forest fires choked by plastic waste
O living God, to you we plead, forgive the governments, and companies for their systemic greed.
For the urgency of this hour ignored by apathy or procrastination
wasted by ineffective decisions denied by economic interests
Christ, our God and Saviour, forgive us for world leaders selfish short-term behaviour.
For those fractured by forced migration crushed by bereavement
lost to typhoons, drought, floods, starvation,
Christ, our God, bringer of justice forgive us for this climate crisis. Amen
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.
Our Prayers for our world
The sea roars with the grief because of all the plastic that fills it, the pain of
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, we plead to you, for leaders to act and move us to act with urgency. Amen
Song “Let all creation sing”
We will live justly
We will love kindly
We will walk with God. Amen
With thanks to © Christian Aid
