PEC is participating in Bruce Reyes-Chow's "We are PCUSA" video project. Videos will stream all day on June 22. Vice Moderator Diane Waddell has submitted a video on our behalf. Check it out!
To see more information about the "We are PCUSAProject" go to http://www.patheos.com/community/breyeschow/we-are-pcusa/
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Shades of Green Energy discussed how the faith community is addressing issues associated with green energy and the environment.
It is great to see Presbyterians taking a lead in their communities to care for God's Earth. Tune in to this radio show to hear Lou Snead of Faith Presbyterian Church in Austin and Colin Rowan of First Presbyterian Church in Austin discusss several Earth Care initiatives they are undertaking in the Austin area. Colin organized a showing of the movie “A Carbon Nation” at his church and Lou Snead is part of the Interfaith Environmental Network in Austin. (See a photo of the Interfaith Environmental Network's leadership here.) Austin is in Presbyterians for Earth Care's Southwest region. The coordinator for that region is Bee Moorehead, the Executive Director of Texas Impact and Texas Interfaith Power and Light.
Listen to the radio show at: http://shadesofgreenenergy.org/2011/06/435/
Listen to the radio show at: http://shadesofgreenenergy.org/2011/06/435/
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Preview Excerpt from Upcoming PEC Update: A review of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder
Dear Presbyterians for Earth Care members,
I hope your summers are off to a great start! Just a friendly reminder that there's still time to register for our 2011 Faith and Environment Conference August 31-September 3 at Highlands Conference Center in Colorado. Registration costs $150.00. You can find more information about the conference here.
We are in the process of putting the next PEC Update together. I invite you to take a sneak preview of our next update. Earth Covenant Ministry founder Rev. Allen Jenkins submitted a book review of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder. Author Bill Brown will be a plenary moderator and worship leader at the conference.
Yours in Stewardship of Creation,
Jenny Holmes, PEC Moderator
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Preview Excerpt from Upcoming PEC Update
A review of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder
390 ppm of CO2, oceans’ Ph levels, Darwinian evolution, toxicity rates of the world’s aquifers, soil depletion, biological diversity, EPA air quality standards...Those of us called to eco-justice ministry know that such scientific concerns are essential to comprehending the signs of the times. They inform our response to the urgent calling of eco-justice ministry. Awareness of such issues as ecological tipping points and thresholds of the land’s carrying capacity provide foundation for our living and spreading the Good News for all God’s created order.
Yet from here we stumble upon a key question :
Given the sciences’ importance for informed eco-justice ministry, how, then, do we faithfully straddle these two worlds of science and Bible, worlds so perilously at odds in the modern era?
In The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder, biblical theologian William P. Brown takes on this monumental question in a disarming, invitational form that provides an empowering foundation for a serious integration of science into the life of faith. To say Brown qualifies for the task understates his credentials. He is an ordained minister and Old Testament professor of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia who is not only a ‘scholar’s scholar’ sought out to present at institutions across the country and the globe but his is also a leader in the greening of campus life and an accessible Sunday School teacher.
On a further note of personal privilege, I am most thankful for his active leadership on Earth Covenant Ministry’s steering committee, for whom he graciously presents to congregations of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
Fortuitously, Bill Brown is this year’s plenary moderator and worship leader for our PEC conference (August 31st – September 3rd). Are you registered?
- The Rev. Allen Jenkins, Founder of Earth Covenant Ministry
I hope your summers are off to a great start! Just a friendly reminder that there's still time to register for our 2011 Faith and Environment Conference August 31-September 3 at Highlands Conference Center in Colorado. Registration costs $150.00. You can find more information about the conference here.
We are in the process of putting the next PEC Update together. I invite you to take a sneak preview of our next update. Earth Covenant Ministry founder Rev. Allen Jenkins submitted a book review of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder. Author Bill Brown will be a plenary moderator and worship leader at the conference.
Yours in Stewardship of Creation,
Jenny Holmes, PEC Moderator
**********************************************
Preview Excerpt from Upcoming PEC Update
A review of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder
390 ppm of CO2, oceans’ Ph levels, Darwinian evolution, toxicity rates of the world’s aquifers, soil depletion, biological diversity, EPA air quality standards...Those of us called to eco-justice ministry know that such scientific concerns are essential to comprehending the signs of the times. They inform our response to the urgent calling of eco-justice ministry. Awareness of such issues as ecological tipping points and thresholds of the land’s carrying capacity provide foundation for our living and spreading the Good News for all God’s created order.
Yet from here we stumble upon a key question :
Given the sciences’ importance for informed eco-justice ministry, how, then, do we faithfully straddle these two worlds of science and Bible, worlds so perilously at odds in the modern era?
In The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder, biblical theologian William P. Brown takes on this monumental question in a disarming, invitational form that provides an empowering foundation for a serious integration of science into the life of faith. To say Brown qualifies for the task understates his credentials. He is an ordained minister and Old Testament professor of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia who is not only a ‘scholar’s scholar’ sought out to present at institutions across the country and the globe but his is also a leader in the greening of campus life and an accessible Sunday School teacher.
On a further note of personal privilege, I am most thankful for his active leadership on Earth Covenant Ministry’s steering committee, for whom he graciously presents to congregations of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
Fortuitously, Bill Brown is this year’s plenary moderator and worship leader for our PEC conference (August 31st – September 3rd). Are you registered?
- The Rev. Allen Jenkins, Founder of Earth Covenant Ministry
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Register for the PEC Faith and Environment Conference by June 1 for the Early Bird Rate!
Sign-Up Now for PEC's 2011 National Faith & Environment Conference: "God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation Among Faith, Science and Culture"
August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado.
Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Tryone Hayes, Professor at UC Berkeley with expertise in amphibian biology who fought a major pesticide company and won; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia.
Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including PC(USA) Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, the Presbytery of Monmouth, the Presbytery of Charlotte, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis.
Registration is now open at price of $125.00 until June 1, $150 after, and can be completed online here.
Get all the latest info on the conference on the "Too Big to Fail" blog here.
August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado.
Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Tryone Hayes, Professor at UC Berkeley with expertise in amphibian biology who fought a major pesticide company and won; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia.
Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including PC(USA) Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, the Presbytery of Monmouth, the Presbytery of Charlotte, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis.
Registration is now open at price of $125.00 until June 1, $150 after, and can be completed online here.
Get all the latest info on the conference on the "Too Big to Fail" blog here.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thanks to All New and Renewing PEC Members
A big thanks to all who have renewed their membership or became a new member around our new renewal date, Earth Day, April 22nd. The response has been good and it will save us a lot of work. Your participation in PEC is very important to us. Please share news and stories with the PEC network! Send an e-mail to presbyearthcare@gmail.com. Blessings, PEC Moderator
Thursday, May 5, 2011
God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation between Faith, Science, and Culture
PEC's 2011 National Faith & Environment Conference is open for registration!
August 31 - September 3, 2011, at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in the mountains of Colorado. Keynote speakers include Dr. William Brown, author of The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science and the Ecology of Wonder; Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, senior scientist and director of sustainable foods at the Pesticide Action Network; Carol Raffenspurger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network; Dr. Hayes, Professor with expertise in amphibian biology at the University of California Berkley; Dr. Holmes Rolston III, environmental ethics scholar; Dr. John E. Ikerd, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri Columbia. Special thanks to our conference sponsors, including Environmental Ministries, the Presbytery of Olympia, the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, Second Presbyterian of Little Rock, and Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis. Registration is now open at $125.00. Click here to go to the registration page.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Happy Earth Day!
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to register for the 2011 PEC National Conference?
Register for God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation Among Faith, Science & Culture through www.highlandscamp.org. Register early for $125 discounted registration fee! And, be sure to like 2011 PEC National Conference on Facebook to see latest updates.
Happy Earth Day and Blessed Good Friday to you...
Register for God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? An Eco-Justice Conversation Among Faith, Science & Culture through www.highlandscamp.org. Register early for $125 discounted registration fee! And, be sure to like 2011 PEC National Conference on Facebook to see latest updates.
Happy Earth Day and Blessed Good Friday to you...
Friday, July 23, 2010
PEC at GA
The 219th General Assembly proved quite successful for PEC. 37 members either joined or renewed their membership, the PEC exhibitor’s booth was well-visited with the new T-shirts being a big hit, nearly 100 people attended the PEC luncheon, former PEC Coordinator, Rebecca Barnes-Davies’ new book, “50 Ways to Help Save the Earth” flew off our shelves and the earth-care resolutions passed with ease! With GA over, next on the PEC agenda is to revise our membership renewal operation.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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