Worship and Teaching 

Jesus said that the entire teaching of the Old Testament rests on two guiding principles: love God and love your neighbour.
When it comes to the care of creation, we find the same twin foundations.
To care about the plight of our planet is to love our fellow humans, both those alive now and future generations, and to love our fellow creatures in every diverse ecosystem and habitat. 

But it is also to love our creator. If we love God, then we will love what God has made. We express our worship by humbly tracing and echoing the divine glory exhibited in the created order and, where it is our part to do so, holding it with precious care in our hands. 
Environmentalism must, for all Christians, be a worship issue which affects both our lives and our gathered devotion. 

This autumn at St. Iltud’s we have:

• Celebrated Harvest together - giving thanks for the land and those who care for it and lamenting the effects of climate change on our farmers. The generous gifts of food collected were donated to the local Foodbank.

• Learned about Saint Francis and his care for creation as we marked his Feast Day, and thought about the characteristics in us that reflect the character of God.

• Watched the People’s emergency briefing together - noting how important it is that we make changes at home and as a community in order to save our precious natural resources from the ravages of climate change.