 For some church college ministries summer is a gear up time with even more students around due to many coming home for the summer. For campus based ministries, it is a change in schedule or even no programming due to not much summer school. If your ministry slows down in the summer, here are a few things to think about now that you have time...
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 5 Ways To Grow in Creation Care
1. Begin to breath deep the Love of God (literally). You can do this in many creative ways: by taking a walk during your lunch break, hiking your local nature trails, bringing plants and flowers into the office, etc. Pray and reflect on what the Bible teaches about caring for creation. Take a look at www.creationcare.org. Not only will you find out about current environmental problems, but you'll find related Scripture. Pray for wisdom and guidance on what to do on problems facing your community and the world. For many evangelicals creation care has become like a spiritual discipline.
2. Talk about it with students! Do a small group Bible study or a sermon series on creation care. Begin to talk about the issue with students. Murray State's BCM took a wall in their luncheon room and painted a mural on it (background is green) with the phrase "The way we view Creation is how we view the Creator". Now that's a conversation piece.
3. Have a student who is passionate about creation care? Create a leadership team position for them. Give the student or students responsibility to help you as a church or campus organization be more aware of creation care, represent the group at campus meetings or organizaions concerning the environment, collect and dispose of the recycling, etc. You may be pleasantly surprised at their insights and suggestions. Some campus ministry groups have stopped using styrofoam products at their weekly luncheons at students' requests. The cost is a little more for the ministry, but they have found the credibility the ministry gains from students who are not Christian is worth the price.
4. Creation Friendly Give-Aways Consider giving away reusable shopping bags with your ministry logo on it. Purchase tee shirts from places like www.nosweatshop.com.
5. Progress in Reducing, Reusing & Recycling. Because many are "young" in this area of faith, it's ok to begin by making small changes. If recycling everything you can seems a little intimidating, just begin purchasing as much as you can in bulk to produce less waste or start reusing things instead of tossing them into the trash and buying new. Reusable shopping bags carry more groceries anyway! Next time you need to buy light bulbs switch to compact florescent light bulbs. Condense your trips to stores or walk, carpool or take public transportation when you can. Minimize your own impact on the God's earth by trying the strategies here: http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/pages/20/.
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