We decided to name our Watershed Community 2023 Fall retreat Creation is Groaning/Consider the Lilies. We felt this was a way to capture both the sobering facts and the awe-inspiring beauty of nature in these times. Staying at Falcon Trails Resort, a beautiful eco-friendly resort in the middle of Manitoba's boreal forest, was a full-sense reminder of our inter-connectedness with Creation. For us, like so many people, climate change is painfully real. The challenge for this community of Jesus followers was to start to find a framework to articulate our thoughts to God and to find the theological and liturgical language that could ground us in our future steps. We had already begun the conversation a few weeks earlier with a homily that explored climate change through Romans 8. Our hope for this retreat was to continue that conversation and to explore more deeply how to relate to all of God's creation in an intentional way. To share our laments and joys.