New Season of Creation Daily Devotions beginning Sept. 1
Most of us know very little about the great web of life that surrounds us. Beginning on September 1 and going through October 4, the Province One EcoRegion will be offering daily devotions throughout the “Season of Creation” designed to open our eyes to some of the “created ones” with whom we share common ground. These devotions will highlight a different keystone species in our Province One EcoRegion each day, including a photo, a brief description, and thoughts on how the species reflects our image of God followed by a closing prayer. The devotions will be prepared by Episcopalians from around Province One.
The devotions will also be available on on An Episcopal Path to Creation Justice website
Season of Creation Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes is a curated liturgical resource assembled by the Rev. John Elliott Lein (priest in Maine) and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (Creation activist and priest in Massachusetts) from prayers, readings, and liturgies created all over the global Anglican Communion and beyond. The guide has been authorized by forty two diocesan bishops, including ECCT – and additional bishops may authorize the materials all the way to Sept. 1, the Feast Day of Creation and the first day of Season of Creation.
Suggested Creation Care Petitions for the Prayers of the People in the Easter Season in Connecticut, 2026
Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, 2026
In this season of Resurrection glory, we give thanks for the return of egrets, purple martin swallows, and herring as their vast migrations bring them back to Connecticut. We pray for migrating species everywhere, that they will flourish in all seasons despite the risks of pesticides, herbicides and loss of their habitats.
Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026
As Christ leads us in this season to green pastures and spring water, we give thanks for the blooming of marsh marigolds and skunk cabbage in our wetlands and emerging bumblebees in our meadows. We celebrate our cleaner, clearer rivers, allowing the return of shad and herring in greater numbers.
Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2026
As the disciples saw the presence of Christ in the breaking of bread, so may we see and hear Christ’s glory in the more-than-human world around us. As many celebrated Earth Day, we give thanks for the return of ruby-throated hummingbirds and the choruses of spring peepers. We pray they have the space to flourish.
Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 3. 2026
We give thanks for World Migratory Bird Day this Saturday, and celebrate Red-eyed Vireos, American Redstarts, Eastern Kingbirds, Scarlet Tanagers and other winged neighbors returning from southern wintering grounds to their spring dwelling places with us. We pray they thrive despite the threat to their insect food sources due to climate change.
Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2026
As Paul proclaimed the God who made the world and everything in it, so in this Easter season we give thanks to the Creator who gives us the delicate fleeting beauty of the Spring Azure butterfly, delighting the eye through its brief days of fluttering life, laying eggs on dogwood and blueberry for next year’s glory.
Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2026
We give thanks to those around the world who recognized Endangered Species Day on Friday. In Connecticut today we pray for horseshoe crabs, ancient, strange and threatened. Lunar and tidal rhythms in spring and early summer pull them shoreward to spawn new generations which continue to be at risk due to their use for bait and medical research.
Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026
As the Holy Spirit-driven disciples proclaimed the Resurrection in Jerusalem in diverse languages two thousand years ago, may we in this season hear the voice of Christ in the wondrous, varied and growing chorus of singing birds, rustling leaves and whistling breezes of the New England spring.
Compiled by The Rev. Norman MacLeod, Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island; edits made for Connecticut