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Stewardship Stories
Stewardship Stories of Engagement in the Evangelical Community
Evangelical Environmental NetworkAustin, TX - Washington, D.C. In 2003, the Rev. Jim Ball, Executive Director of the Evangelical Environmental Network, and his wife, Kara, made an 11-city, eight-state, "What Would…
A Rocha In the Algarve, a beautiful Mediterranean landscape in this southernmost region of Portugal popular with European tourists, a British-based conservation group, A Rocha, has established a scientific research…
Abiding Peace Lutheran Church Kansas City, MO Eight years ago, Mary Gerken described the grounds of Abiding Peace Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Missouri as "the most desolate four acres."…
Fermi Project, Suwanee, GA Adapted from an article, “From Nightmare to Dream Come True” by Jeff Shinaberger, in the Summer 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. Like many Biblical inspirations,…
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA Church of the Nazarene In 2003, when Point Loma Nazarene University student Celeste Howe returned from a semester spent studying abroad in New…
Renewal: Students Caring for Creation, Christian Colleges Nationwide God's creation is groaning. We are answering God's call for renewal.
Floresta, International A version of this article By Scott Sabin originally appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. “Don’t Write Off Tree Planting” A lot of attention…
Mark Cerbone, Buffalo, NY A version of this article by Tricia O’Connor Elisara originally appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. Toxic fumes turned Mark Cerbone into…
Restoring Eden/Christian Colleges, West Virginia A version of this article By Peter Illyn originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. New Generation Bears Witness to Appalachian…
Lakeland Christian School, Lakeland, FL A version of this article originally appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. Since 1998, “Monarch Mania” has been an annual event…
Bethel Christian Church Sideling Hill Creek Watershed, PA For people concerned about protecting the environment, the old adage, “All rivers lead to the sea,” has a meaning beyond observing the…
Third World Mission Trips, International A version of this article By Anton Flores originally appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. The concept of “leave no trace”…
Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, MI A version of this article by Peter Illyn originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine.
Trinity Vineyard, Atlanta, GA A version of this article by Jason Chatraw originally appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. Eureka! Get[ting] Out - Inner City Youth…
Creation Care Conference Sandy Cove, MD Worship is the one of the essential lynchpins that keeps creation care connected to faith in the Creator. So, when a group of senior…
Marah International Attleboro, MA Imagine growing up as a child in the environmental disaster areas of Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union. From infancy, you are exposed to toxic…
Fellowship Church Knoxville, TN Evangelical Free Church of America Lyndsay Moseley wasn’t sure what lay in her future when she returned home to Knoxville, Tennessee, after graduating from college with…
Door Creek Church Madison, WI Evangelical Free Church in America When the leadership of Door Creek Church in Madison, Wisconsin, chose the site for their new church building, they may…
Mission Year, Atlanta, GA A version of this article by Leroy Barber originally appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. Leroy Barber lives in an unjust American…
Georgetown Gospel Chapel Seattle, WA Georgetown Gospel Chapel is a small Full Gospel congregation that sits in the heart of Seattle’s most industrial area, in the middle of one of…
Noah Alliance, National A version of this article by Dorothy Boorse originally appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. “Speaking Truth to Power” Noah Alliance helps keep…
Washington, D.C. In early April 2004, Joe Sheldon, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Messiah College, an evangelical college in Grantham, Pennsylvania, received an invitation to testify at a…
Baptist General Convention of Texas The "colonia," or neighborhood, of Anapera, Mexico, lies three miles south of El Paso, Texas. This community has 20,000 residents; they are the poorest of…
Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies Grand Rapids, MI A partnership in missions is flourishing on the Indian subcontinent. In Tiruchirapalli, South India, college students from the United States and…
World Vision (International) Since 1975 World Vision, a Christian relief and development organization, has worked in Lebanon to combat the forces of poverty and transform the lives of children and…
Minter Lane Church of Christ Abilene, TX It was a difficult time at Minter Lane Church of Christ in Abilene, Texas. Marge Wood describes it as a "very low ebb…
Tangier Watermen's Stewardship for the Chesapeake Tangier Island, Chesapeake Bay, VA The 650 watermen (an old English term referring to one who fishes, crabs and oysters) of Tangier Island, Virginia,…
National Association of Evangelicals, Christianity Today, and the Evangelical Environmental Network In March 1999, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), composed of 48 denominations and 42,500 churches, sponsored its first…
Brackenhurst Environmental Program Kenya Baptist Kenya is an African nation where indigenous trees and whole forests are rapidly disappearing. The Baptist Mission of Kenya has a conference facility, Brackenhurst, located…
Imago Dei Community, Portland, OR Adapted from an article, “Restoring the Scandal of Christmas” by Rick McKinley, in the Fall 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. Imago Dei Community began…
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[Intergenerational] Family Fun on the Farm
Taste of Adamah at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Falls Village, CT Dava Schub was looking for something to do with her 6-year old niece and 4-year old nephew that did not involve a lot of bells and whistles. These New York City kids were over-stimulated to begin with, so she wanted an activity that would be more grounded and centered, and perhaps more quiet, but also exciting for them. Having met Adam Berman, ...
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Over a Decade of Jewish Environmental Activism at Temple Emanuel: a Model for Greening Your Synagogue
Temple Emanuel, Kensington, Maryland Jewish, Reform Movement Temple Emanuel’s bimah, with its wooden sculpture...
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Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project
Bishops of the Pacific Northwest Visit the project site... The Columbia River rolls on for 1,200 miles from southeastern British Columbia, along the border ...
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St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church Yarmouth, ME “Becoming a beacon of environmental stewardship has truly been the sum of many small, enduring, ...
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Stable Monastery Rooted in Stewardship
Benedictine Women of Madison, Madison, WI The monastic community of the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison, WI have been hearing and practicing a lot concerning stability: Their new strategic plan focuses on growing their community in ways that will bring stability and strength to the work of the sisters; Ecumenical Board member Judith Rock claims stability is more countercultural today than celibacy; and a local environmental expert noted that the root system of prairies like...
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