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creation time 2013
water justice resources
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Photo (below): Gates Foundation
1 September - 4 October 2013
‘Justice should flow down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream' Amos 5.24
The theme for Creation Time 2013 is 'water justice', corresponding with the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation 
Today many people live in an environment where water has stopped rolling and the ever flowing streams have dried up and become ‘never flowing'.
In this context of water injustice, our service for Creation Time 2013 (available for download below) invites us to worship the God of justice with the hope that water justice will flow like a river and eco-righteousness will permeate our hearts and minds like an overflowing stream. The service was prepared by the Student Christian Movement India (SCMI) and first published by the Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) .
We also provide Bible notes that use Amos 5.24 and John 4.15 (the woman at the well) as a starting point, as well as pointing to other biblical resources.
The Virtual water cube activity demonstrates how much water it takes to produce many of the foods we eat regularly. People could be invited to explore it during a Creation Time service, or it could be used for a separate occasion.
Resources to download
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Sermon notes
Water justice - sermon notes (Doc, 3.2MB)
Water justice - sermon notes (Welsh) (Doc, 3.4MB)
Water justice - sermon notes (PDF,240k)
Water justice - sermon notes (Welsh) (PDF, 215k)
(Please note these are large files - see download guide)
Service
Water justice - A5 service (Doc, 5.4MB)
Water justice - A5 service (Welsh) (Doc, 5.4MB)
Water justice - A5 service (Irish) (Doc, 5.4MB)
Water justice - A5 service (PDF, 240k)
Water justice - A5 service (Welsh) (PDF, 250k)
Water justice - A5 service (Irish) (PDF, 160k)
The Word doc is set up as an A5 booklet and can be printed in landscape mode onto A4 paper, using your printer's duplex printing option (or manually refeeding the paper) to print on both sides of the paper.
(Please note these are large files - see download guide)
Virtual water cube
Water justice - virtual water cube (Doc, 1.7MB)
Water justice - virtual water cube (PDF, 400k)
(Please note these are large files - see download guide)
Water fact sheet
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Water justice - fact sheet (PDF, 300K)
Additional prayers of intercession
Water justice - prayers of intercession (PDF, 260k)
Water justice - prayers of intercession (Doc, 1.5MB)
Additional resources
A substantial collection of prayers and other material for inclusion in worship services or liturgies during Creation Time, updated in 2012. Also includes links to a wide range of other liturgical and study material.
Creation Time - Additional resources (revised 2012)
(Doc, 1.7MB)
Please note this is a large file - see download guide)
Water justice A5 poster (Doc, 1MB)
Water justice A5 poster x1 (PDF, 220k)
Water justice A5 poster x2 (PDF, 350k)
(Please note these are large files - see download guide)
(Instructions for printing)
Other Creation Time resources
Anglican Communion Environmental Network
Links to a collection of liturgical resources from around the globe. More
Find out how much water it takes to produce many of the foods and items we buy regularly
Try this interactive pilgrimage exploring the relationship between God's mission and our own social responsibilities to others and the whole of creation.