Church leaders have called upon Christians throughout England to use the period from 1 September until 4 October as an opportunity to put the environment at the heart of their worship.
The call was made by the four co-presidents of the ecumenical body Churches Together in England, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Commissioner Elizabeth Matear, and Bishop Nathan Hovhanissian who met on Tuesday.
They affirmed their shared commitment to making the environment and collective responsibility for tackling climate change a fixed annual feature of the worship and shared witness of all the churches in England.
Commending the initiative, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams said: "Every Sunday in the creed, Christians confess their faith in God who created the world we inhabit.
"It's his gift. As stewards of that gift, each of us has a responsibility, both to God and to the generations to come, to ensure that this remains a sustainable world.
"Placing environmental concerns at the heart of our Christian worship for this fixed time each year, demonstrates our shared commitment to that end."
The 'Time For God's Creation' initiative, which would run annually, follows a resolution made at the Third European Ecumenical Assembly in 2007 that the period "be dedicated to prayer for the protection of Creation and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles that reverse our contribution to climate change".
