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Anglican Communion Environmental Digest - 19th of September
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ
What a joy it is to see how the Season of Creation has truly taken off this year as a global movement embraced by so many denominations.
The Global Season of Creation started off on the 1st of September with an Ecumenical Prayer service led by young people - Young Anglicans from Kenya, SA, USA, South India, Peru and Palestine took part as well as Bishop Kito from Aotearoa for the final blessing
Youth service online : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=392&v=2Pbz0YZJVNI
St Johns Cathedral Brisbane, Australia is holding a Season of Creation Exhibition https://youtu.be/NmWBC-wyJp8
New worship resources for Season of Creation https://www.resoundworship.org/projects/doxecology
The Church of South India launched :”The Green God of the Bible” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y20Z4gIO3RE&fbclid=IwAR3yIcZBf1ncPKyuUplvH62sDDfCEFTYafy0U2bkgBnaDQ0jOyxaTz-0Fgg
Join the Diocese of Johannesburg (JAEI) for a service for the third Sunday of Creation , preacher Rev Rachel Mash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KckGvZZAjY&feature=youtu.be
UPCOMING EVENTS
Prophetic voices of young people. Online webinar for day of climate action 5th of Sep (4pm Geneva). A lutheran from Standing Rock, a Catholic on Divestment, an Anglican on protecting the Amazon, and an Anglican on fighting plastic ! translation into PT, SP and FR on zoom
https://lutheranworld-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vZCNg-VzRoaKFsIVQCvslw
Anglicans Ablaze International Conference. Session on Care for Creation with speakers from Kenya, South Africa and Eswatini 25th Sep at 1830 (SAST) https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BNLACKFwQUW_nV8v6dvPxg
Good trouble for a healthy planet 24th Sep register here: https://dfms-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/pchatfield_dfms_org/ERAZNGYHul9Klt9kawoGuOoBS5eHTfyoklsNNvlcqCOD9Q?rtime=pja9VRFb2Eg
The Archbishop Tutu Annual lecture will be given (online) by Vanessa Nakate (uganda) and Gretha Thunberg
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/10th-annual-desmond-tutu-peace-lecture-will-focus-on-climate-justice
Listening to prophetic indigenous voices - save the date for a webinar organised by the Anglican Indigenous Network and the Anglican Communion Environmental network on the 2nd of Nov. There will be repeat webinars in different time zones- hearing voices from the Arctic, Amazon, Aotearoa and Polynesia, and Africa
CLIMATE SUNDAY
The Church of England adopted Climate Sunday - let’s make this worldwide next year!
Climate Sunday https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13342/climate-sunday-celebrated-in-700-churches
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/11-september/news/uk/fifty-two-sundays-to-rescue-creation
THE GREAT LITTER PICK UP (19th Sep)
This is going national in the UK
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8729255/Clean-UK-Im-true-believer-Bishop-calls-communities-join-great-litter-pick.html
Archbishop Jackson is joining the Green Anglicans kenya for a massive clean up of Nairobi CBD
EXTINCTION REBELLION
The Christian Climate movement has been taking part in protests, with some arrests of priest
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/11-september/news/uk/priest-spends-time-in-prison-over-extinction-rebellion-protests
ST HILDEGARDE OF BINGEN (17th of Sep)
https://anglicanfocus.org.au/2020/09/07/hildegard-of-bingen/
FREE ONLINE COURSES AVAILABLE
https://www.fossilfreeuniversity.org/
PRAYERS
Prayers are requested for the ongoing fires in California and the Amazon. Bishop Marc Andrus “Climate change has extended the wildfire season by two month”
The World Council of Churches is compiling prayers that make the link between COVID and the environment
https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/covid-19/pray
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
How one island parish took on climate change and grew
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/stories-and-features/how-one-island-parish-took-climate-change-and-grew-making
More than 3000 churches receive carbon footprint certificate thanks to new tool
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/more-3000-churches-receive-carbon-footprint-certificate-thanks-new-tool
Making communities more resilient with women at the front in Burundi
http://www.anglicanburundi.org/news/
Century old trees around the cathedral to get protection
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/122722137/centuryold-trees-around-christchurchs-anglican-cathedral-get-more-protection
Anglican schools reducing food waste
https://www.portnews.com.au/story/6916045/lunchbox-leaders-aim-to-reduce-food-waste/
York minster bells ring for gerald the cathedral cat https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-54162351
Have a blessed Season of Creation!
Please share with us what you have done during Season of creation so we can share in our next digest (rmash@mweb.co.za)
Rev Rachel Mash
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