Behind all the creation stories there is a basic assumption that God was
involved; the “how” of it was a secondary concern to the original
writers. If you’ve used Donald Schmidt’s “for Progressive Christians”
study guides with the adults in your congregation and have wanted to
include all ages within your church, now you can! Creation: Study and
Worship for Progressive Churches makes the vision of whole congregation
sharing not only possible, but easy. This all-in-one study and worship
resource includes everything a congregation needs to enable children,
youth, parents, and grandparents to share together in a five-week study
of the biblical stories of creation. In these pages you’ll find: a
complete, newly expanded edition of the original adult study guide
Creation for Progressive Christians, five weeks of learning resources
for children, with full lesson outlines and photocopiable resource
sheets, five weeks of learning resources for youth, with full lesson
outlines and photocopiable resource sheets, worship resources by Keri
Wehlander. Donald Schmidt asks, “What did our ancient ancestors want us
to understand about the creation of the universe, the divine presence in
that creation, and how we might live our lives in response to that?”
Now your whole congregation can engage these questions together with
this five-week study.
Whenever he can choose what to do, Donald Schmidt likes to spin wool,
knit, and weave. In his spare time, he also works in ministry in a
variety of settings. He has served parishes in Quebec, New York,
Vermont, Washington, and Hawai‘i. He has also worked as an Associate
Conference Minister with the United Church of Christ, and is a retired
United Methodist minister. Perhaps his favorite ministry has been as an
editor and writer of church resources, for worship, education, and
church revitalization. He has published 3 books, and has had a few
pieces of music appear in various collections around the world. He also
loves to travel, finding that visiting anywhere new and different can
open us up to learn new things about others and, in the process,
ourselves. More recently Donald has served with the United Church of
Canada, and was Minister for Worship and Leadership Development at First
United Church in Kelowna, British Columbia. He lives in the Okanagan
Valley of BC. He is a grandfather of 8, and father of 3.