Creation Matters extends congratulations to participating Anglican Churches of the Green Certification Project. Resolution 180A of General Synod continues to be implemented Randal Goodfellow, chair of the Creation Matters Task Group, formerly Greening Anglican Spaces, stated in a letter to participating churches. Creation Matters guides eco-justice concerns at the national level of the Anglican Church of Canada. More churches will be asked to participate next year.
Randal Goodfellow chair of Creation Matters Extends Congratulations
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Goderich Waterfront on Lake Huron and Maitland River
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Community Event
September 22, 2012
Starts @ 10:00am
Goderich Main Beach
Goderich Main Beach
Faith in the Season of Creation: An Opportunity to Choose Wisely
Earlier this month,
Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised an independent review of the
environmental review of the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
Several big issues are involved in the process
Risk to the environment
Free, Prior and Informed consent for Aboriginal Peoples
Pace of oil sands development
Climate change
Risk to the environment
Free, Prior and Informed consent for Aboriginal Peoples
Pace of oil sands development
Climate change
Here is a link to the final version of the KAIROS Ethical Reflections
Paper on the Northern Gateway Pipeline. -- http://www.kairoscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SUS-RE-NorthernGatewayEthicalFramework.pdf
As our Lutheran colleague Paul Gehrs wrote recently: “It’s a fine opportunity to consider, in the light of faith, the kind of world and community we are called to work for. Issues are not simple or easy, but they do offer the opportunity to choose wisely.”
As our Lutheran colleague Paul Gehrs wrote recently: “It’s a fine opportunity to consider, in the light of faith, the kind of world and community we are called to work for. Issues are not simple or easy, but they do offer the opportunity to choose wisely.”
Still on the subject of how faith illumines our care for the whole
creation, please note that we are fast approaching the Season of Creation
(September 1 to October 4).
Liturgical material and
sermons for the Season of Creation can be found at:
Summer Blessings,
Henriette
Henriette Thompson
Public Witness Coordinator for Social
Justice
Office of the Primate
Anglican Church of Canada
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