Issue 5, Volume 1 - Q&A, Farms, and a Conference
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Issue 5, Volume 1
June 7th, 2006
Expect user comments to be enabled on all CreationVoice articles within the next few days!
by Peter Illyn
The eZine of Restoring Eden will begin a regular series where we try to answer tough, complicated questions. Our goal is to foster community through shared conversation. Just because there are no easy answers to life’s tough questions, doesn't mean we get to avoid asking them. (read more)
by Dan Johnson and Adam Rust
One of the great tragedies of the 20th and early 21st centuries
is the decline of the family farm. Local, organic farmers
keep the land healthy, food fresh, local economies strong, and produce
less greenhouse gases than toxic industrial farming. But for all their
good, they are constantly threatened by industrial farming. On May
29th, though, Imago Dei Community church decided to do something about
it. Several members bicycled over 20 miles to a local struggling
farmer to lend a few hands. It was the start of a relationship the
church will have with the farm in which concerned attendees will
regularly get to bless a creation-honoring farmer. (read more)
Things keep going green in red states. This time, on August 1-2, Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Boise, ID, will be convening a national-level summit that will discuss why and how local congregations can go green. This is the place to be if you want to learn more about greening your faith community -- next to the CreationVoice, of course. ;)
First-rate speakers will be taking the soapbox to the pulpit by mobilizing God's people to serve God's creation. Restoring Eden founder Peter Illyn will join Cal DeWitt of the Evangelical Environmental Network, Bert Waggoner of the Association of Vineyard Churches, and Pastor Tri Robinson of Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Boise in giving the keynote speeches. And workshops will cover topics from "Selling the Vision in the Local Church" to "Environmental Evangelism."
Remember in Lord of the Rings when everybody meets up to figure out how to save the world? Yup, that's pretty much how big and cool this conference is going to be! And it all starts in the Gem State this August.
(main site) - (brochure PDF) - (register) - (documentary about the creation care ministry at VCF)
Cheers and blessings,
Restoring Eden Staff