Undergraduates
Undergraduates
Undergraduates
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
Psalm 24: 1-2
It is our hope to learn to see the ground under our feet as God’s gift, our responsibility, and a place to begin to heal the rifts between humans and the rest of creation.
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Just as renewal begins where you already are, care for creation begins in the place we already love.
God's Grandeur
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs —
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Wednesday, September 11
7:00 pm - Community Veggie Garden—prepare the DaySpring garden for fall.
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Saturday, September 14
9:00 am - 11: 00 a.m. - Take 2
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Sunday, September 15
9:45 am - Adult Formation with Jenny Howell :
“The Whole Wide World in His Hands: All Creation Matters in our Life With God”
Genesis 1 and Colossians 1:16
This week, we will explore creation theologically and biblically, asking questions like:
How are we, as Christians, supposed to think about the created world?
What does creation have to teach us about the God we worship?
What does creation teach us about what it means to be human beings
made in the image of this God?
11:00 am - Worship in the Season of Creation
Wednesday, September 18
7:00 pm - Community Veggie Garden—plant fall garden
Sunday, September 22
9:45 am - Adult Formation with Sam Davidson:
“We’ve Got a Whole World in Our Bodies: How Microbes Make Us Human"
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17
This week, we will learn about the many ways that our lives are made possible by the trillions of microbial organisms living inside of us. We will consider together how our microbes bear witness to the same reality as the creation account in Genesis 2: that we are dependent ecological creatures woven into God’s interconnected creation.
Further reading: “Symbiotic Stewardship"
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11:00 am - Worship in the Season of Creation​
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Sunday, September 29
9:45 am - Adult Formation with Amy Toney​
“He’s Got You and Me Brother and Sister In His Hands: The Cry of the Earth is the Cry of the Poor.”
Amos 5:24
This week, we will contemplate connections between racial and ecological justice. We learn from scripture and contemporary Christian leaders and congregations how righteous care of earth and neighbor require both. We find examples of courage that give hope at the convergence of current environmental crises and the crisis of belonging in the modern world.
Further reading: “Laudato Si’”, Pope Francis
“Whose Earth Is It, Anyway?”, James Cone
Shalom and the Community of Creation
11:00 am - Worship in the Season of Creation
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Saturday, October 4
4:00 pm - Celebrating Our Kinship with Creation at the Baylor Community Garden, 1721 South 9th Street
Sunday, October 6, Covenant Day and All-Church Retreat
9:45 am - Adult Formation with Cori Hunt
"Feasting in the Kingdom: When God's World is in Our Hands”
Further reading: "The Cosmology of the Eucharist" by George Theokritoff
11:00 am - Worship on Covenant Day
4:00 pm - All-Church Retreat at Western Belle Farm
Here's the schedule:
Arrive Early to Play!
Enjoy pumpkin cannons, corn pit, animals
At the gate, say you're with DaySpring to get a wrist band that will be your ticket to all the fun.
Gather in the pavilion to Eat!
Dinner will begin at 5:15 pm. DaySpring will provide sandwiches and lemonade. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be available for purchase from Western Belle Farm.
Sign up here to bring chips, fruit, or cookies--sides that do not need utensils or refrigeration. You can drop off those items at the food table in the barn at 4:00 pm.
6:00 Celebrate!
DaySpring's 31st Covenant Year
A program with shared conversation and worship. We'll wrap up at 7:00 pm.
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Ongoing events:
Community Composting Project
Fall Veggie Gardens
Trails open for walk​​
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Find more information and resources about the Ecumenical Season of Creation here
and about Baylor’s Events Celebrating Season of Creation here.
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