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New Opportunities
Biennial Conference: Mindful Living: Healthy Churches, Healthy People, Healthy Planet
The NCC will host its biennial conference Oct. 9-11, 2008, in Alexandria, MN, at the Lake Geneva Christian Center. This year our focus will be on one of the most dynamic and critical issues facing us today--environmental health. We have a fascinating cadre of speakers, interactive learning activities, opportunities for fellowship, creative worship sessions, and positive action steps. We will be gathering in a beautiful, bucolic setting at a conference center dedicated to sustainability as part of its Christian witness. For more information, contact Carl Magruder at carl@nccecojustice.org To find out about speakers, schedule, scholarships, etc., for the Mindful Living Conference, click here.
Standing in Solidarity - In September an African delegation will visit the US to help raise awareness about the impacts of climate on those living in poverty. Click here to sign a statement welcoming them and joining your voice with theirs, and here to encourage your friends to sign. Click here for more information!
Celebrate St. Francis Day! - Christians everywhere celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4 by blessing their pets in the spirit of this patron saint of animals and ecology. Click here to view an online resource to help plan the Blessing of the Animals service, and here to tell us what you are doing!
Take Action
Endorse the NCC's Christian Principles for a Healthy Body and Spirit The NCC, in consultation with member communions, partners in state councils of churches, and ecumenical organizations drafted these principles to address the growing concern that pollution and toxic chemicals are believed to harm Creation, children, and other vulnerable populations. We invite you to read, endorse, and share these principles. Read them here!
Churches Taking Action -. Click on the map to learn about churches in your area taking actions to protect God's Creation
Endorse the NCC's Faith Principles on Global Warming
The National Council of Churches, in
conjunction with our interfaith community, developed
global warming principles that outlines principles to protect God's planet and people in any national climate change legislation. Click
here to read these principles and to
endorse them.
Eco-Justice Spotlight
Climate Video from the Youth of St. John's Mar Thoma Church !
As part of their congregations Earth Day celebration for 2008, the youth of St. John's Mar Thoma Church made a powrful video about the impacts of climate change. Click here to check it out on our YouTube page!
News
"Climate and Church: How Global Climate Change Will Impact Core Church Ministires" - Click here to download the full report.
Newly Posted - Check out these Eco-Justice Hymns!
Great Green Congregations Contest Winners Announced! Click here to read their stories.
The Forum on Religion and Ecology August Newsletter has been released. Click here to read it. .
Upcoming Events
First Annual Re:Form Conference: A focusing forum on Christian social change: Sept. 24-26 at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Boise, Idaho, looking at human justice, world crisis, and environmental stewardship. Click here for more information.
American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting
November 1st-3rd in Chicago, IL, the meeting will include an environmental theology track, as well as an eco-justice tour of Chicago. Click here for more information!
