Faith in Action
faith communities working on environmental issues
faith communities working on environmental issues
Indiana Report Out at
Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis
615 W 43rd St
June 19, 2008
2:30-3:30 PM
Next week the Sierra Club will release a report about faith communities working on environmental issues called Faith in Action. It features the environmental activities of one congregation in each state. Indiana is represented by St. Luke's UMC.
However, I would like to show that there are a lot of congregations working to improve the environment in the Indianapolis area, I would like to get as many representatives from other congregations in the area as possible to talk briefly about what they are doing to help the environment (with visuals if possible). Please let me know if you or someone from your congregation would like to attend.
Bowden Quinn
Conservation Program Coordinator
Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
317-822-3750
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I want to draw your attention to RENEWAL, the first feature-length documentary about America’s growing religious-environmental movement. Filmmakers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller spent four years crossing the country to bring this untold story to the public. Recently completed, RENEWAL was shown on June 5th at United Nations Headquarters in NY, sponsored by UNEP's Interfaith Partnership for the Environment. In coming months RENEWAL will be screened by a number of the faith groups who are identified Sierra Club’s “Faith in Action” report. Several of these groups are also profiled in the film. RENEWAL is working with Sierra Club to support their current effort to honor these religious-environmental activists.
In eight separate stories, RENEWAL captures the vitality and diversity of today’s religious-environmental movement. Each story is set in a different religious tradition, addressing a different environmental issue. People may have heard that Evangelicals are becoming connected with environmental concerns. What they probably don’t know is that other Christian denominations, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists in America, are all doing practical things, from within their deepest spiritual places, to make a difference in how we live on our planet. It’s a dramatic, positive inspiring action story and it’s the first time it’s been told on film. RENEWAL is already starting to be used successfully by diverse religious groups around the country to support their creation care efforts. This multi-faith inspiring social movement not only offers practical actions for the environment, but it also promises a reinvigoration of faith, through building a just and sustainable future. For more information about RENEWAL and how to become active in the religious-environmental movement, please visit: http://www.renewalproject.net/
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