"Green Church"
Every , 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, from 04/20/2010 to 05/25/2010
Coordinator: David Neuen, 765-747-8500 ()
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A study on faith, church, and the Environment
“These days going green is all the rage. Everything from hibrid cars to organic foods, from energy-efficient appliances to recyclable printer cartridges is being touted as green. Multinational corporations such as General Electric, DuPont, and Wal-Mart are greening their day-to-day operations. You can now ski green, eat green, and even sleep green. But what does going green really mean, especially for the person of faith? Is being earth friendly just a secular movement or a political agenda, or does environmental stewardship have a place in our life with God” (Green Church pg. 1)
From the beginning to the end, the Bible is firmly grounded in the wonder and glory of creation. Jesus regularly used examples from nature to talk about God. The words of Psalm 104 resound with awe and wonder at God’s wisdom and guiding of nature. The Bible has some 490 references about heaven and 530 about love, but it contains over 1,000 references to the earth. The faithful Christian walk can not ignore God’s vision of hope and redemption for all the world, including creation.
“Green Church” is a new study from Cokesbury, the United Methodist Book Store, that leads us in a discussion of what environmental awareness has do to with everyday Christians. The
