EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Three, Number Six July/August 1994 RESOURCE PACKETS FOR GREENING CHURCHES Catholic Churches Receive Environmental Justice Manual The national office of the U.S. Catholic Conference has distributed a Resource Guide, Renewing the Face of the Earth, to all Catholic priests in the nation for use by parish justice committees interested in the environment. The manual provides further reading ideas and practical suggestions to make environmental advocacy a bigger part of every parish's justice effort. Additional copies may be ordered from USCC, Office of Publishing and Promotion, (800) 235-8722. Ask for publication #766-9. Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) Distributes Resource Kits to 20,00 Churches Congregational resource kits, Let the Earth Be Glad: Starter Kit for Evangelical Christians to Care for Creation, written and designed by World Vision, contain four booklets outlining the biblical and theological roots of environmental stewardship, providing suggestions for worship and liturgy, and examining the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation. For copies of the kits, contact Dwight Ozard, EEN, 10 East Lancaster Ave. Wynnewood PA 19096, (610) 645-9391; or Judith Jones at World Vision, (818) 357-1111 ext #2157. National Council of Churches Offers Training in the Use of its Eco-Justice Resource Packet Environmental Ministries of Southern California will hold a day-long workshop on October 1, 1994 to help congregations incorporate eco-justice activities in their churches. Participants will study the National Council of Churches' environmental and economic justice packet, God's Earth Our Home, consider ways of becoming "whole earth congregations", and prepare for Earth Day 1995. For more workshop information, write Rev. Peter Moore-Kochlacs, 7528 Garden Grove Ave., Reseda CA 91335, (818) 344-7870. For information on resource packets ($10) and other training opportunities, write Shantilal Bhagat, Church of the Brethren, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin IL 60120, (708) 742-5100, ext.227. Home     Table of Contents