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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 visited the US to help raise awareness about the impacts of climate on those living in poverty. Click here for more information and to read about our partnership!
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! Click here to download our new Biodiversity resource, Tending the Garden, and here for opportunities to take action to protect Endangered Species.
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
Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2009! Join at the 7th annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days, as we explore ways to bring about a world with Enough for All Creation. Learn about the connections between climate change, migration and poverty in the U.S. and around the world. Come together with faith-based advocates and activists from across the United States in the nation’s capitol March 13-16 to discuss the abundance of our world and how it can be allocated in a way that is fair and just for all creation. Click here for more.
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!
