EARTHKEEPING NEWS
A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND
ECOLOGY
Volume Ten, Number Three
March/April 2001
Coming Up
| March 18-20 Jekyll Island GA |
PREACHING; THE STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION, sponsored by the Savannah Presbytery, will focus on ecology and environmental justice. Speakers include Dieter Hessel, Co-director of Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge (TEMEC), John A. Sibley III, President of Georgia Conservancy and Hans Neuhauser, Director of Georgia Land Trust Service Center. Contact Merri Bass, 912/ 264-1997; savpres@darientel.net. |
| March 23-24 Lexington KY |
THE COLUMBIA RIVER WATERSHED AND THE APPALACHIAN REGION --- SACRED PLACES; A Dialogue about the Interconnectedness of All Creation; The Call to Live Reverently in Sacred Places, sponsored by the Catholic Committee of Appalachia and the Appalachian Office of Justice and Peace. Keynote speakers: Bishop William S. Skylstad, Diocese of Spokane, WA and Bishop Walter F Sullivan, Diocese of Richmond VA. Other faith groups and Native Americans will be represented. Contact Kathy Helbert at 540/ 762-5050 or khelbert@naxs.net. |
| April 20-21 Harpers Ferry WV |
ECOLOGY RETREAT; We Shape Our Spaces; Our Spaces Shape Us, a weekend of discussion and reflection on the spaces we make in our work, home and extending hospitality, sponsored by the Rolling Ridge Retreat Study Center, Rte. 4, Box 314, Harpers Ferry WV 25425. Contact Vivian Headings, 304/ 725-4172. |
| May 11-13 Bangor PA |
CELTIC SPIRITUALITY AND THE IMAGE OF GOD, retreat led by Philip Newell. Contact Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, 2495 Fox Gap Rd., Bangor, PA 18013-6028; www.kirkridge.org; 610/ 588-1793. |
| June 15-17 Louisville, KY |
EARTHSPIRIT RISING: Ecology, Spirituality and the Great Work; sponsored by IMAGO of Cincinnati and Cultivating Connections of Louisville, honors Fr. Thomas Berry. Presenters include Brian Swimme, Miriam Therese MacGillis, Matthew Fox, Connie Barlow, Ruth Rosenhek, John Seed, with music by Paul Winter. Contact EarthSpirit Rising, Imago@one.net; 513/ 921-5124. |