EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Eight, Number Five July/August 1999 AN ECO-CHURCH CIRCLE BEHIND WALLS by Rev. Finley Schaef 87 Stoll Rd., Saugerties NY 12477 914/ 246-0181. In May, I conducted the first Eco-Church Circle meeting at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility near Albany. Ten inmates, who had completed 5 different courses of the Certificate in Ministry program of the New York Theological Seminary, participated. The young men, both Moslem and Christian, were from Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti, New York and North Carolina. Part of the original group has continued to meet, with lively discussion of biblical passages as well as life in the prison. For more on the seminary-behind-walls program of the New York Theological Seminary, write Dr. George W. Webber, President Emeritus, NY Theological Seminary, 5 W 29 St., NY, NY 10001; 212/532-4012. Home     Table of Contents