INTERFAITH CARE FOR CREATION
INTERFAITH CARE FOR CREATION
We are different faiths coming together in common beliefs, building bridges of love
and understanding as we work together to care for all of creation.
Initial Goals
Educate ourselves and our faith communities about using our resources in a responsible way.
Develop organic faith community gardens and composting in the community to reduce food costs for low-income faith members and the needy across the area .
Weatherize and retrofit our homes and/or places of worship and assist low income efforts for energy efficiency in our faith communities and larger community.
FAITH COMMUNITIES UNITE
IN
EFFORTS TO CARE FOR CREATION
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21 4PM
STOTLER LOUNGE
MEMORIAL UNION/UMC CAMPUS
FIND OUT "WHERE WE ARE NOW" & HELP DECIDE "WHERE TO GO FROM HERE"
*EVERYONE WELCOME FROM ANY OR EVEN NO FAITH
JOIN US FOR THE THANKSGIVING PROGRAM /LIGHT FOOD/FELLOWSHIP
IFCC MEETING WILL START AROUND 5:45 PM!!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL (573) 443-4717
INTERFAITH CARE FOR CREATION COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT
Interfaith Care for Creation (IFCC), formed through the work of the Columbia Climate Change Coalition (CCCC), is an emerging group, rooted in gratitude for the earth that has been lent to us. We call on all faith communities, in their diversity and commonality, to accept the sacred responsibility to protect the planet.
IFCC's Garden Project provides an opportunity for people from different spiritual communities to work together to grow vegetables and fruits for their own low-income members and for distribution to area food banks and pantries to help feed those in need.
Several houses of worship will provide land for these garden plots. Volunteers from various faith communities are partnered with volunteers from other faith communities that do not have enough garden space, to work in the gardens together. This fosters understanding, friendship, and cooperation among different faith groups while working to provide food for themselves and others.
Using ground for interfaith gardening also offers faith communities an eco-friendly alternative to lawn care, the opportunity for members to learn more about composting, gardening, food cycles, mother nature, each other and many other parts of the great creation.
A weatherization project is also being planned to promote weatherization and energy efficiency for everyone with a special eye to ways to help low-income families save energy dollars. There will be opportunities to teach and learn with each of these projects. If you have special expertise or a desire to learn, please volunteer to help with these projects, as we work together to become better neighbors and better stewards of all God's Creation.
Interfaith Care for Creations' 2009 garden at Congregation Beth Shalom, in cooperation with the Newman Center
