CREATION CARE
“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world,
and those who live in it” Psalm 24:1
Join us in restoring God’s earth..
The greatest healing work and moral assignment of our time!
“Now is the time for religious leaders to come forward and to do what it takes to inspire those in our congregations to make responsible environmental choices.
Join the Massachusetts Council of Churches Creation Care Network email us at council@masscouncilofchurches.org and add you name and email address to our network.
The Council has created an environmental task force "Creation Care" to address issues and spread the word throughout the Commonwealth on current issues and programs.
The Council's newsletter "Intersect" for the fall of 2009 has several articles of interest on environmental issues on pages 1, 2 and 3.
The Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, Conference Minister and President of the United Church of Christ has outlined 9 opportunities you and your congregations can join in to care for God's creation
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RESOURCES
Healthy Kids, Healthy Churches, Healthy Communities… A curriculum published by the MCC intended as an eight week adult Christian education course on protecting health and community well being in Massachusetts. The eight study sessions are divided in two parts: Four sessions include a framework for understanding environmental health and environmental justice from a faith perspective. Four sessions address the question: What can we do?
Download the curriculum here and view other resources.
“Renewal” a documentary film/DVD (2008) How Religious Communities are Responding to the Climate/Energy Crisis.
The combined energy of these diverse religious activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary entitled RENEWAL. The RENEWAL project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to your church to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment. Learn how you can get involved today! http://renewalproject.net/
For updated and additional information… Contact the Eco-justice program office of the National Council of Churches info@nccecojustice.org 202-544-2350 or visit www.neccecojustice.org. Also the Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light www.MipandL.org
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