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News and Archive
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July and August 2010
May and June 2010
April 2010
February-March 2010
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Friday 5 March was Women's World Day of Prayer - A happy service - written by the Women of Cameroon. "Let Everything that has Breath Praise God! Read CEL's article on Cameroon Wildlife |
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January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
Churches say 'Act now on climate change'! - Climate Service and March, London: We invite you to be in place - Sat 5 Dec - 10.30am - Westminster Central Hal, London for the Climate Service at 11am, followed by Stop Climate Chaos March.
Glasgow March and. Climate Service on 5 Dec: 10am at St Leo the Great RC Church, Glasgow G41 5BY |
28 and 29 Nov are Buy Nothing Days!
Come together to stop deforestation, habitat loss, soil erosion, exploitation of the poor, overfishing, species extinctions. |
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 Over 100 people at CEL Conference in Devon on 7 Nov
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CofE: Eco-Advent Website
Two thirds of world's plants endangered. One third of amphibians, One eighth of birds - due to habitat loss. (3.11.09) Ask your church to pray about this! (IUCN) |
A beginner's guide to Copenhagen - Article for magazine
An Urgent Call to Prayer and Action from Sir John Houghton and Bishop James Jones -9 Nov |
| CofE: 7 yr Church + Earth plan |
| Windsor: 7-year plans for different Faiths. plus Prince Philip and Ban Ki-moon |
October 2009
 Above: Waves lap on the flint pebbles of the beach of the Thames an hour and a half before the Archbishop of Canterbury gives the Operation Noah Lecture at Southark cathedral .5km away: 13 Oct 2009. There is green seaweed on the seawall. A fisherman (top right) tries his luck.. |
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 Tue 13 Oct : Dr Rowan Williams' Lecture: The Climate Crisis - The Christian Response at Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, attended by 1000 people. Text on OpNoah site. -
Text on AoC Site
There is a lot in it - more than many could take in at the time at the lecture. Read it!
UK Methodist Vice President of Conference blog report of event
A good question and answer session followed
(Paraphrased) - "The Anti-slavery Campaign had William Wilberforce, The Race campaign had Martin Luther King. Where are the Wilberforces and Martin Luther Kings of the Green campaign? - you are they!" (I'll replace this when I get a transcript).
Quote from speech: "But I'd want also to underline the need for us to change our habits enough to make us more aware of the diversity of life around us. I once suggested that one necessary contribution to a better awareness of these issues was to make sure we went out of doors in the wet from time to time (a suitable lesson from Noah…), and – if we haven't got gardens of our own – make sure we took opportunities of watching the changing of the seasons on the earth's surface." |
Climate Change – A Challenge to the Churches in South Africa South African Council of Churches. - Read this downloadable 104 page book. well worth it.- to be launched on 1st December. |
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Above Operation Noah Event at Morcambe 3 Oct 2009.
 Climate Change Day of Prayer
Creator God, this earth is miraculous and beautiful. Forgive our confusion and inaction as we confront the challenges of climate change.... more
Over 50 "Days of Prayer" (that CEL Knows about) were held throughout UK on 4 Oct - during a week when the Met Office announced that there could be world temperature rises of 4 °C within the next 50 years: Use the resources and hold a day of prayer any time between now and Copenhagen
Reports from:1) Mass at Kentish Town, N London (Ellen Teague), 2) Settle Churches Together |
Hymn Writing Competition
- Theme: Harvest/ Thanksgiving
- Closing Date: 24 Oct.
- 1st Prize: £150
organised by Settle Methodist Circuit |
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June 2009
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The Bishop of London unveiled a new CofE Tool kit and resources for reducing CO2 production. He was at Speaking on 11 June at Lambeth Palace at an event to mark the third anniversary of the CofE's environmental campaign, and urged representatives from all dioceses to go one step further in cutting the carbon reminding them that caring for the planet is a Christian imperative for the sake of future generations. See these resources
The Church of England has signed up to Government targets of reducing its carbon emissions to 20% of current levels by 2050. |
  
Archbishop urges prayer for planet on Environment Sunday - June 7
Wednesday 03 June 2009 - This is from Press release of Archbishop of Cantrebury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging churches to use Environment Sunday (June 7) to pray for the planet and campaign for climate change in the run up to the important UN talks later this year in Copenhagen.
Dr Williams said it was vital for Christians and people of all faiths to take a lead in praying and campaigning for action. A new deal at the UN summit could directly improve the lives of the world's poor whose living conditions are affected by climate change. (see full text below)
World Environment Day marks the third anniversary of the Church of England's environmental campaign Shrinking the Footprint which is being marked by a national event at Lambeth Palace on June 11 where new toolkits and other resources will be unveiled to help churches, cathedrals and other buildings reduce their energy footprint. The next phase of the campaign focusing on water and biodiversity will also be unveiled.
Nearly all dioceses now have an environment officer with many promoting their own green policies to cut the carbon in every parish. The Archbishop will be in St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocese this Friday (June 5) to officially launch its new environment policy. A range of green projects are already supported by local churches across the Suffolk area from a bicycle and rickshaw scheme to solar panels on a medieval church building.
The Bishop of London the Rt Revd Richard Chartres Chair of Shrinking the Footprint said: "Climate change is a global challenge, the impact of which is being felt first by some of the most vulnerable communities on our planet. Loving our neighbour in the 21st Century demands that we should be involved in the effort to mitigate climate change and to help our neighbours to adapt.
"Environment Sunday is a time for us to reflect on the challenges ahead and to look forward to the Shrinking the Footprint event on the 11th June 2009. This will both provide an opportunity to deepen our own commitment and to engage with our politicians". - See Press Release |
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Matt 25:37-40 37 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? - 38 'When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? - 39 'Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' - 40 "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' (NKJ)
Will we leave future generations a land depleted of soil, with polluted seas, with a climate too hot for agriculture? Previous generatations destroyed the woolly mammoths, the dodo, the auroch. Must we also loose the panda, the orang-utan and myriads of invertebrates and plants? We have a choice. |
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March- April 2009
February 2009
January 2009
 Storm of Hope Retreat 2009
led by members of CEL
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 February 2009
Non members welcome. Cost: £90
The retreat in Suffolk will be a follow on from the last retreat, Staying on the Edge new vision, new energy . We cannot maintain the hope and lifestyle of being on the edge as isolated individuals. We need community. But what does that mean? What shape can that community take in the 21st century in a network like CEL?
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Quote from the annual Methodist Covenant Service used each New Year:
"For the sin that has led us to misuse your gifts, evade our responsibilities, and fail to be good stewards of your creation: Lord, have mercy, Lord, forgive"
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Happy New Year - Have you made a resolution this year?
Now is the time to...
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Two Operation Noah Stewards standing in front of the Ark, outside Southwark Cathedral before Rowan Williams' Lecture 
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Greenbelt 2009 
See the video of the launch 
Christians at Climate Rush event against airport expansion at Heathrow - 12 Jan 
