Crown Church Conference, Saturday 29th March
The half-day conference took place as planned on Saturday 29th March. The theme of the conference was “Care for the Planet” and provided a really useful opportunity to discuss a wide range of environmental issues, both personal and relating to the work of the church. Members from both Crown church and Old High St Stephens participated.
The morning was opened by the minister who provided a very thoughtful insight into the biblical background which encourages us to “care for the planet”. If you would like to read the minister’s presentation, click here.
This was followed by 2 very informative and thought provoking short talks taking us round a range of issues. The first of these was provided by Elkie Kammer and the second by the Reverend Judith MacLeod.
Elkie has provided both her note and her PowerPoint. If you would like to have a look at these documents, click here and here.
The conference then broke up into small groups to discuss essentially 2 questions:
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Question 1. What can we do as individuals to care for the planet? and;
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Question 2. What can we do as a church to care for the planet?
We then had a plenary session where the thoughts of the groups were shared by the conference generally. If you would like to see a summary of the conclusions, click here.
This was followed by a short communion service led by the Reverend Morven Archer.
Many thanks to those who attended and made it such a valuable morning. Particular thanks are due to Brian Macgill who organised the conference and, of course, to the speakers.
Well done everyone!
Bob Forrest
(Posted 30th March)