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CEL News Email No 71: 26 April 2010
1. POST ELECTION SERVICE AND ALL NIGHT VIGIL 15/16 MAY
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/vigil.htm
2. OPERATION NOAH DAY, 22 MAY, LONDON
http://www.operationnoah.org/node/238
3. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL BECOMES LAW
http://www.localworks.org
4. GET OUT AND ABOUT TO APPRECIATE NATURE
5. LONDON 'S GREEN CORNERS AWARDS
http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/award_info.php?id=14
6. MAY EVENTS - http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/whatson.htm
7. CEL SUPPORTED EVENTS
8. MAY PRAYER GUIDE http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/p1005.htm
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1. POST ELECTION SERVICE AND ALL NIGHT VIGIL 15/16 MAY
CEL is co-operating with the Campaign against Climate Change (CaCC)
to send a strong message to the new government that climate change
must be at the top of their priority list in the new Parliament.
SERVICE: St Martin-in-the-Fields Church , Trafalgar Square , London ,
11pm , 15th May.
Revd Chris Brice is leading the service, and the preacher is
Operation Noah's Mark Dowd. Come and join us in London if you can, or
hold us in your prayers at home that night.
CANDLE LIT PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER : At midnight we will join the
CaCC people gathering outside St Martins in the Fields and walk with
them in a candlelit procession down Whitehall to Old Palace Yard,
near the Houses of Parliament. After speeches the vigils begin - CaCC
in Old Palace Yard and St Jude's Community Centre and a meditative
prayer vigil in Lambeth Methodist Mission.
PRAYER VIGIL: CEL is organizing a Prayer Vigil through the night at
the Lambeth Methodist Mission , Lambeth Road , SE1 7DQ . Join us there
from 1.30am to 4.30am for Prayer, Readings , Classical Music, Taize,
tea and toilets. At 4.30 am we will return to join the CaCC Vigil for
the Dawn Zero Carbon event in Old Palace Yard.
HELP NEEDED
Please contact Ruth Jarman if you can help with any of these -
ruthj@phonecoop.coop or 07970 907784.
-- calling all singers to lead the Taize/Iona music at St Martins in
the Fields Service and to get there a little before 11pm to practice
-- calling all musicians to offer meditative music during the Prayer
Vigil
-- calling anyone to bring a poem or piece of prose to read during
the Prayer Vigil
Please contact Ruth for more information or go to the CEL website for
more details and please publicise this event in your communities - go
to http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/vigil.htm for a copy of the
flyer to circulate.
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2. OPERATION NOAH DAY, 22 MAY, LONDON
'By Cloud and Fire: Spiritual Journeys to Climate Safety'.
Saturday 22 May, 11am to 5pm. Friends House, Euston Road (opposite
Euston railway station). Worship and AGM in the morning. In the
afternoon, discuss and share ideas and insights along with three
expert speakers: Michael Northcott, Mary Grey and Paul Bodenham.
Book your place by emailing admin@operationnoah.org
More details at www.operationnoah.org/node/238
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3. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL BECOMES LAW
The Sustainable Communities Act Amendment Bill successfully passed
through its final House of Commons stages and all its House of Lords
stages. This means that a second round of grass roots local
initiatives, and an ongoing process under the original Act, is
guaranteed. It also means that Parish and Town Councils will be
formally included in that process. The Local Works Campaign are now
trying to ensure two things:
1. that the proposals from the first round of the process are granted
by Government, either before, though more likely after, the
election, and
2. that people, communities and councils get involved in the second
round when it starts.
CEL continues to support this effort to enable local communities to
have more say in their own affairs. For more information visit
www.localworks.org
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4. GET OUT AND ABOUT TO APPRECIATE NATURE
Last week a group from my church went on a walk/climb up Pen Y Ghent,
as also did a Leeds CEL member and his friends. There are lots of
ways to appreciate Nature. Some Nature Things worth doing:
a) Take part in the Opal Project
http://www.opalexplorenature.org/?q=surveys e.g. lichen surveys
b) Organise a Dawn Chorus walk - International Dawn Chorus Day - 2
May www.idcd.info . Towns and Cities can be exciting at 4.30- 6.00
in the morning before everyone has got up .. It's the best
time!-- then you could have a shared breakfast.
c) May 15th is National Moth Night - this year the theme is Moths and
Bats. So people with bat detectors are very welcome. Churchyards
with wildflowers to attract moths and moths to attract bats and
with bats are very useful for such surveys.
http://www.nationalmothnight.info/
d) Sun 9th May is Rogation Day.
Some of you may be lucky enough to have a CofE priest happy to
organise an outdoor event. Do find out if there is one near you
and then publicise it. (and tell me too)
e) 5 June is World Environment Day.
http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/
f) 6 June is Environment Sunday.
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/environment-sunday.htm
Why not organise a Wildflower Walk from your church? Invite a
local naturalist to help if you wish.
g) Invite a foreign student studying at a university to come and stay
for a weekend through "Hosts" - www.hostuk.org.uk -- Taking a
visitor out and looking at your surroundings in a new light is
like having a holiday itself.
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5. LONDON 'S GREEN CORNERS AWARDS
http://www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/award_info.php?id=14
The search is on to find our beautiful, unusual, unexpected,
inspirational, gorgeous, delicious and witty green corners in the
London Area. If you live in London , enter your green corner today or
nominate one that brightens your day. With winners every month and a
grand final later on, there's everything to play for
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6. MAY EVENTS ONWARDS
Visit www.christian-ecology.org.uk/whatson.htm for What's On in May
and the rest of 2010. Recently added events have an apricot background.
Send us news of more events
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7. CEL SUPPORTED EVENTS
15/16 May Post-election Service and Vigil www.christian-ecology.org.uk/vigil.htm
22 May Operation Noah Day www.operationnoah.org/node/238
16-18 July 'Our Daily Bread', Justice and Peace Conference, Swanwick
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/JP-CONF2010BOOKINGFORM.pdf
Sat 18 Sept: Growing Organically - Using church land as a model for
environment change - EcoCongregation Conference -
http://ew.ecocongregation.org/node/892 Although there are 300 places
on this day, places ARE limited, so book quickly.
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8. CEL MAY PRAYER GUIDE http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/p1005.htm
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Best wishes from Judith Allinson
P.S. Remember to ask Jill resources@christian-ecology.org.uk to send
you some CEL leaflets and Storm of Hope brochures to display at your
church events this summer,
and do print out the May Prayer Guide!
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