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Earth Ministry's
St. Francis Sermon Smack-Down*
(* or Sermon Contest)
The sermon contest is open to anyone and everyone! All you have to do is submit a sermon, homily, or message of faith in action related to care for God’s creation! Three finalists each will be selected in lay and clergy categories to give their sermons at Earth Ministry’s Celebration of St. Francis in October. You can even nominate an eco-sermon given by someone else!
The
Earth Ministry Blog
On Ash Wednesday of 2008,
Earth Ministry started a
blog to document the
staff's efforts to give up one or more environmentally destructive behaviors
for Lent. In April, we covered Earth Month related topics. But
we are not done yet! The Earth Ministry
blog will continue on with
reflections, event recaps, actions items, and sundry musings about faith and
the environment. We invite you to join us in the journey as we explore
topics close to our hearts!
www.earthministry.blogspot.com
Featured Events
Please see our calendar page for other upcoming events!
Earth
Ministry Eco-Tour of the Holy Land and Jordan
January 17-28, 2009
(Group status to be reviewed
September 1, 2008 - register now!)
Rev.
Carla Pryne, Earth Ministry Co-Founder, and LeeAnne Beres, Earth Ministry
Executive Director, invite you to join Earth Ministry's Eco-Tour
to the Holy Land.
We will visit amazing biblical and archeological sites and gain first-hand
knowledge of the region's most pressing environmental and social issues. We
will meet people who call Israel, Palestine, and Jordan home, and discover
how these communities are working together to foster peace and ecological
sustainability. Our trip will include guest lectures from representatives
of faith and environmental groups and moments of prayer and reflection.
Please join us and experience for yourself the wonder of this amazing land.
More information is available in the
Earth Ministry Eco-Tour brochure (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Earth Ministry's
St. Francis Sermon Smack-Down*
(* or Sermon Contest)
Saturday,
October 4th, 2008,
7:00pm
Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd
Ave NW, Seattle
Please join us for a night of inspiring, creation-honoring sermons at the “St. Francis Sermon Smack-Down” (or Sermon Contest). In addition there will be earth-honoring choral music performed by the choirs of Trinity United Methodist Church choir and Plymouth United Church of Christ.
All those in attendance will decide the winning sermons in both lay and clergy categories. The lay category will be determined by paper ballot and the clergy category will be determined by a “dollar ballot”, a donation that will support the work and mission of Earth Ministry – come prepared!
In keeping with the Celebration of St. Francis tradition, banners will be presented to the newest Greening Congregations Partners:
- Woodland Park Presbyterian, Seattle, WA
- Grace Episcopal, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Wesley United Methodist, Yakima, WA
Admission is free, but come prepared to vote with your dollars.
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local events and actions that can be taken to engage in faith-based
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digest of events is sent out weekly. If you have an event to share with the
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Explore our new program:
"Caring for All Creation On the Road, At the Table, In the Home, By the Waters"
A four-part series of positive, priority actions for creation care with your congregation.