05/09/2023
Sustainable September In September this year our church here in South Lake has decided to highlight environmental concerns through the four Sundays in September which are sometimes called ‘Sustainable September’. In short God invites us to step up to Care for Creation of which we are a part. We each make choices. Our living can become more sustainable. God rejoices in the Creation. It is all very good, including us! Multiple species co-exist in biodiverse abundance. Everything works together and supports complex life. God shares the beauty and joy with us, entrusts, and invites us to care for the creation of which we are part. The overall theme for Sustainable September is “We are responsible for looking after God’s earth.” To help us do this we will be focussing on one specific aspect of caring for the environment. Each of these themes will be used by the kid’s church to create repurposed items, to be conscious of not wasting things and of what we throw away. As well, replanting of seedlings and planting of seeds will show in a practical way that God’s creation is continually being renewed.
The four themes are: RENEW, REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE
To guide us we have two verses from Genesis where we are told about God’s Creation.
Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ Genesis 1:26
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. Genesis 2:15
Fr Clive