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Newsletter, October 2012 
In This Issue
Calendar
Clergy Workshop
Green Team Training
Trivia Night
Green Team Focus

Calendar 

 

SSC General Meeting

 

Monday, November 5

7:00-8:300 pm

Village Presbyterian Church

6641 Mission Rd.

Prairie Village, KS

 

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  Luncheon and Workshop for Clergy

 

 Wednesday, October 17

 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Avila University

Whitfield Hall
11901 Wornall, KCMO  

 

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Trivia Night SSC Fundraiser 

 

  Saturday, November 3 

7:00 pm

St. Pius X Church

5500 Woodson Rd., Mission, KS 

 

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Green Team Training Workshop 

 

Saturday, November 3

 9:00-12:00

Community Christian Church, 4601 Main,  KCMO 

 

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We need your help today

Last year, Sustainable Sanctuary presented programs to over 400 congregation leaders and members AND helped over 60 congregations to deepen their efforts on behalf of the Earth.

But our work is far from done, and we couldn't do any of it without the financial support of people like you who love the planet.

Please make a donation today. It's easy--just click here:
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PS: Now is the perfect time to donate
because every dollar you give will be matched by the Shumaker Family Foundation.

 

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Words of Wisdom
 

Love all that has been created by God, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf and every ray of light. Love the beasts and the birds, love the plants, love each separate fragment. If you love each separate fragment, you will understand the mystery of the whole resting in God.

 
Fyodor Dostoevsky
 

 

Our Mission

To partner with, encourage, and assist faith groups to preach, teach, model, and advocate for sustainable living and ecological justice for all creation

Carol Meyer

We Need the Earth for Our Spiritual Lives

by Carol Meyer, Executive Director

  

Most of us don't realize just how much we depend on the Earth for our spiritual vitality and well-being. Because the natural world is "always there," we take it for granted and seldom connect it to our spirituality. We think we need the church or synagogue for our spiritual lives, but not nature. We assume our spirituality is independent of what is happening in nature. But is it? Keep reading...

 

Have you seen our New Website? 
 
Take a look, click here.  Tree
 
While you're there, check out the new blog and leave a comment. Don't forget to add www.ssckc.org to your favorite bookmark list. Visit often!
 
A Special Workshop and Luncheon for Clergy and Seminarians
 
Faith and Ecology Too Hot to Handle? 
Biblical Tools for Preaching in an Age of Climate Change
 
Wednesday, October 17

 

Pass this info along to your clergy!

There's something New happening at our Monthly Gatherings. Gathering

We've lined up a series of exciting programs to give you timely and helpful information for your Earthcare efforts. Come learn about and discuss cutting-edge ideas, as well as practical green initiatives for individuals and congregations. 


Put November 5 on your calendar now!
Get Organized Is it time to Get your congregation's Earth-care efforts Organized
 
Then join our next Green Team Training
 
Saturday, November 3, 2012
9:00 am - 12:00 pm


Register by Nov. 1: [email protected]

 

Ready to have some fun and help SSC at the same time? 
 
trivia night
Join us for Trivia Night Fundraiser!

Saturday, November 3, 7:00 pm

 
Reserve your place today: Call 816-558-0891 or email [email protected]
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Lee's Summit Christian Church is Committed to Earth-care.

Creation-care is a big part of the ministry at Lee's Summit Christian Church. While their Green Team has only been in place for about two years, the ministry's commitment to taking care of the planet goes back at least 15-years. The message starts at the pulpit where the importance of being good stewards for God's creation is intertwined into many sermons. The message is then carried into practice in ways both large and small.  Read more...

 

Come to our monthly meetings and get more ideas to take back to your congregation