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Network of Earthkeeping Christian Communities in South Africa
NECCSA Update: May 2007
A monthly newsletter on Church and Environment in South Africa
1. ENVIRONMENT SUNDAY 3 JUNE: IN SEARCH OF ECOLOGICAL WISDOM
The Sunday closest to World Environment Day (5 June) is widely celebrated in Christian communities as Environment Sunday. It falls this year on the 3rd of June which is also Trinity Sunday. The focus text for this Sunday, according to the Revised Common Lectionary, is Proverbs 8:22-31, a song in praise of wisdom. Here are some suggestions as to how the text may be used for preaching on Environment Sunday (and how it should not be used!).
24 May 2007
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Update: Earth Day: 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep
Northern Michigan Religious Leaders Commend Faithful Who Turn In Tens of Thousands of Pharmaceuticals Weighing Over One Ton
Narcotics Have Estimated Street Value of $500,000 - Third Annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep Targeted All Medicines
(Marquette, Michigan) - Northern Michigan Religious leaders are pleased their environmental message reached a large segment of the public who honored Earth Day by turning in tens of thousands of pills plus narcotics with an estimated street value of half a million dollars during the third annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep.
24 May 2007
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Bishop tips rubbish in Cathedral
The congregation at St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town, were taken aback when the visiting preacher upended a black plastic bag from the lofty pulpit to send a cascade of plastic bottles and other rubbish to the floor.
“This is how we treat God’s world everyday” Bishop Geoff Davies, Director of the recently formed Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute, told the congregation.
24 May 2007
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St. George’s Cathedral 6th May 2007 Sermon by Bishop Geoff Davies
In the Acts reading today we heard further news of Paul’s missionary work and his proclamation that “you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.”
Paul’s proclamation continues as relevant today as in his times – if not more so.
24 May 2007
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Some useful links for liturgical information and responses of faith communities to creation care
24 May 2007
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