{"id":6246,"date":"2024-06-20T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2024-06-29T14:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T21:13:11","slug":"62324-season-of-creation-week-three-celestial-spheres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/?p=6246","title":{"rendered":"6\/23\/24 Season of Creation Week Three: Celestial Spheres"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">WELCOME TO PEACE and to our three week celebration of the SEASON OF CREATION!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/book-image.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6224\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/book-image.jpg\" alt=\"book image\" width=\"157\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>Our themes and liturgy during this year\u2019s Season of Creation are inspired by Barbara Mahany\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u>The Book of Nature: The Astonishing Beauty of God\u2019s First Sacred Text<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>She writes: \u201cAncient peoples read the Book of Nature as the first sacred text, the text of all of creation, inscribed and unfurled by a God present always and everywhere.\u201d God has \u201cinfused the natural world with symbol and meaning, and if only we read what\u2019s there in the trees and the storms and the stars and the hives, we might more fully comprehend the Creator.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Over these three weeks we\u2019ll explore three themes inspired by Barbara\u2019s book:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Water\u2019s Edge\/Salish Sea\u2014Wind &amp; Weather\u2014Celestial Spheres\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0tune into the Live Stream broadcast of this service at 9:30am each week, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZ_kC390-EvxqHEpTQR-cxg\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our theme for this Sunday, <u>Week Three<\/u>, is<u> <em>Celestial Spheres<\/em><\/u><\/strong>.\u00a0 Sun, moon, and stars interact with Earth and shape the daily lives and rhythms of all of Earth\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/week-3-cover.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6226\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/week-3-cover.jpg\" alt=\"week 3 cover\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> inhabitants in ways both profound and mundane.\u00a0 These <em>\u201cspheres of influence\u201d <\/em>are part of the origin story of all Earthlings. 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