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COMING EVENTS

Coming events Regularly updated. Find out what environment events are happening in churches throughout the UK.. and beyond. Send us your news.

CEL Annual Members Meeting 22 November 2008 Milton Keynes

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RESOURCES

Resources Resources produced by CEL (including leaflets) plus links to resources produced by other organisations

ChurchLink - a free scheme to provide churches and communities with information and resources about Christian Ecology events and issues.

More about ChurchLink
How to join ChurchLink

Denominational Resources

Methodist Resources and News - by CEL's Methodist Denominational Team

Switch to green power at Methodist Church House

Catholic Resources - compiled by CEL's Catholic Denominational Team
Baptist Contact Scheme Page
Anglican Page

Multifaith / Different Faiths

Hymns New Hymns on Christian Green themes. For use by congregations, schools etc. So far eight added (April 208)

Daily Prayer Guide

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Articles for parish magazines

Do the Maths - Transport (April 2008)
Self control (Jan 2008)
Gentleness (Dec 2007)
Faithfulness (Nov 2007)
Goodness (Oct 2007)
Kindness (Sept 2007)
Patience (Aug 2007)
Are Biofuels the Solution? (July 2007)
Joy (May 2007)
Switch it off for love (March 2007)
Go LOAF for Lent (Feb 2007)
Livestock to Lentils (Jan 2007)
Unusual Christmas Presents (Dec 2006)
What would Jesus drive?(Oct 2006)
All or nothing? (May 2006)
Giving up for God and the Earth (March 2006)
Have an ALTERnativity this Christmas (Nov 2005)
Live Lightly (May2005)
Natural Defences -mangrove swamps and the tsunami (Feb 2005)
Use Your LOAF this Christmas (Dec 2004)
Taking the stuff out of Christmas (November 2004)
Archbishop speaks out on climate change (Aug 2004)
Who pays the bill? (June 2004) Global Warming
Are you hiding your talent in a hole in the ground?( May 2004)
A better way to loose waste ( April 2004)
Time to Build the Ark Again (March 2004) The Climate Covenant
Phantom Loads. (Feb 2004) (TV remote controls etc)
New Year Resolutions (Jan 2004)
Water- Gift of Life (October)
The Pancake Principle (Feb/March 2003)
Have yourselves a Merry Material Christmas-Time! (Dec 2002)
Counter the Consuming Christmas Culture (November/December 2002)
Johannesburg - What does it mean for us? (October)
How clean is your washing and electricity? (July)
Gardening and the Jubilee (June)
What is Local Agenda 21? (May)
What is our church doing for the Earth Summit? (March/April)
Dreaming of Holidays time (Jan/Feb)
December Village Green Corner
A New Carol (December)
Keep Warm and Save Money! (November)

Ecological Notes on the Common Worship Lectionary (Sermon notes for each Sunday in the year)
Notes for Creation Season (September)

Seasons:

Lent
Easter
Environment Sunday
Harvest
Advent
Christmas
New Year

Education-Sunday 20 Jan 2008

Green Christian - CEL magazine -see end of this page

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CAMPAIGNS

Operation Noah is now being run as a separate organisation and has its own new website www.operationnoah.org

However the original material can still be seen and includes:

1. Climate change-call to conversion What the scientists are saying about climate change, and what the Bible says about care for creation
2. What can Christians do?

3. Sign the Climate Change Covenant online

(No longer running)
4. Operation Noah Leaflet as colourful jpg

5. Prayers for hope in the face of climate change

Press Release 25 Feb 03 Energy White Paper "Courageous but built on sand"

LOAF- CEL's Food Campaign

Loaf Principles as htm - as pdf file
Loaf Place-mat
LOAF A4 wall poster
Loaf Press Release(2002)

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ISSUES

Wildlife, Species biodiversity -links to CEL's Biodiversity pages

Biodiversity CEL's Biodiversity leaflet - as htm file
Biodiversity web page
The Death of Life: The Horror of Extinction Sean McDonagh's new book: - Review and Summary Jan 2005
Species extinctions - pdf leaflet - includes quotes from McDonagh's book
Species extinctions and loss of wildlife- web page based on above leaflet
Saving our wildlife (Lancashire version)
Church and Wildlife Conservation Introductory and link CEL web page
Rainforest - buy an acre

Jane Goodall - Roots and shoots community projects

Tree Planting

Sustainable Transport

Tourism - Some of the ways it affects the environment

Genetically Modified Crops and Church Land

Submission to the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food - by CEL - Oct 2001

Earth Summit

Agenda 21

Energy Efficiency and the church

Hymn Writing Competition - Closed 30 Sept 2001 - but Web Editor Still compiling hymns for a future book of Green hymns and song

Harvest Festival leaflet

Mobile phone masts and health risks August 2002

Poem on plastic bags

Population

Breastfeeding

Iraq	Jan 2003 Letter to Tony Blair Feb 2003 Press Release Aug 2004 Letter to Tony Blair Nov 2004 Press release about Aug Letter to Tony Blair on "Just War" commitment and monitoring radioactive levels in Iraq.

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IDEAS - PRACTICAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES

Millennium Certificate Challenge Great ideas for Green Activities at your church. This page shows environmentally positive activities carried out by churches to mark the Millennium

Ballymoney: First Presbyterian Church - Spring 2000
Bedale: The Sunday Club, N Yorks - 2nd April 2000
Burton Leonard, N Yorks July 2001
Chelsea Methodist Church
Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church October 1st 2000
Crook Methodist House-group, County Durham 22 Oct 2000
Denby Dale Methodist Church This is the first Methodist church to receive a certificate. - 9th and 10th October 1999
Derby: St Osmund's Church - 9th October 1999
Durham: St John's College 21 Oct 2000
Falmouth: Emmanuel Baptist Church, - 26 March 2000
Finstall, Bromsgrove: St Godwald's Church, - May 7th 2000
Gloucester: St Aldate's Church and St Aldate's Environmental Centre
Handforth: St Benedict's RC Church, Cheshire will receive theirs shortly
Herringthorpe The first Certificate to be awarded is received by this URC church in 1997
Harrogate: St Peter's Church - 9th October 1999
Mansfield Baptist Church 15 Oct and 21 Oct 2000
Minster Abbey, Minster in Thanet, Kent will receive theirs shortly
Muswell Hill URC, London 21 Oct 2000
Birmingham: Selly Oak Methodist Church - 30 July 2000
Settle Northern Friends Peace Group received theirs in 2001
Sheffield St Mark's Church, Broomfield Sheffield
Sheffield St John's Park Church
Skipton An Anglican Youth Group receives the Certificate in September 1998

Honeypot The Environment friendly cafe at Skipton Church

South Norwood Baptist Church received theirs on 21 October 2000
Studley, Warks , received theirs on 3 Dec 2000

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WEBLINKS and INTERNATIONAL

New Links Websites and Blogs of Members and Friends of Christian Ecology Link

Weblinks

WCC_CEC_CCEE_ECEN_CTBI_EIN_Churches Together_etc A useful guide to what they are.

European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) Index

Flamslatt , (6th ECEN Assembly)Sept- Oct Sweden
Basel - (5th ECEN Assembly) May 2005
Geneva - ECEN Theological Consultation March 2004
Volos (4th ECEN Assembly) May 2003
Minsk (3rd ECEN Assembly) May 2001
Pictures of ECEN Second Assembly Oct 1999
Loccum (2nd ECEN Assembly) Oct 1999
Vilemov (1st ECEN Assembly) Oct 1998

Resource and liturgy material produced about Water by ECEN in 2003
Creation-time 1st Sep - 2nd Sun in Oct. A time to celebrate God's Creation

Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women - Env. Meeting - August 2003
Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women - Env. Meeting - August 2000

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NEWS and ARCHIVED NEWS

News Section of Index Page

Archived News This contains highlights of the news from the front page over the past six years.



2007	Environmental Justice Conference with Lancaster Justice and Peace and CEL's Annual Members Meeting - 3 November 2007
2007	Cut the Carbon Christian Aid March: Leeds \| Huddersfield \| Birmingham
2007	Heathrow Camp for Climate Action and Protest
2007	Storm of Hope 7 July 2007 London - Event to celebrate 25 years of CEL
2006	Flamslatt , Sept- Oct Sweden - ( European Christian Environment Network )
2006
2006	Dalehead Wind Turbine Church, Lancashire
2006	Bradford Cathedral Earth Care Day (Bradford Diocese Conference) June
2005	Prayers for the Planet Climate Service at Hinde Street 3 Dec Climate Change March 3 Dec Hope for the Planet 24 Nov (A Rocha Day) One World Week: Welwyn + Hatfield: The Challenge for Change - Us or the Climate 29 Oct One World Week Ealing: Our World What Future? 25 Oct report Global Warming - Bentham 23 Oct EcoCongregation in Burley in W for churches in Bradford area. 20 Oct Churches Together in Cumbria, Kendal 8 Oct CEL conf - Oct Andover (+ LOAF service) 1 Oct and 29 Sept
2004	Ed's Rainbow Pilgrimage 12 September - December - Land's End to John O' Groats
2004	Operation Noah Launch - CEL Conference 9 Oct 2004 Press Release and pictures Bishop John Oliver's address at Coventry Cathedral at Noah Launch David Hallman (of the World Council of Church)'s talk at the above. John Cridland's Talk at CEL Conference
2004	JustShare May Day in the City
2004	Harrogate CEL meets David Bowe MEP - May
2003	CEL Conference Nov 2003:- London - Bishop of Liverpool - with links to pictures
2003	CEL Weekend May-June - Rathmell Includes pictures
2002	CEL Conference July 20 02: Christians, Consumerism and Creation:-Sheffield John Gummer MP's talk at the conference: Sustainable Consumption Sir John Houghton's Talk at conference: Global Warming: a challenge to Christians' lifestyles?
2001	CEL Conference at Ryton
2000	CEL Conference Oct 21st 2000- Wesley Chapel - Meacher Includes pictures
2000	Eco-Congregation Launch on 19 Sept 2000
1999	Malham - Farm Walk and Harvest Festival Sept 1999
1998	Southwark - The London Churches' Conference on the Environment Nov 98

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GREEN CHRISTIAN

Magazine Green Christian (Note the name changed from Green Christians to Green Christian in July 2003)Submissions
Editorial policy

No.63 Summer 2007 : Storm of Hope . Contents
No.62  Winter 2006 / Spring 2007
Earth be Glad Contents
No.61  Summer / Autumn 2006
Gentle Footfall - Seismic Hope Contents Gentle Footfall - Seismic Hope No.60  Spring / Summer 2006
Flavour and Fervour: Young People's Special Issue

Contents Thinking of a Green Gap Year? by Ed Beale
Flavour and Fervour - Campaign Activism by Jo Abbess
No.59 Winter 2005 / Spring 2006
Words made flesh Contents
Eight Ways to Live Gently on the Earth
Winter 2005 - Spring 2006 - GC - 59 - Contents

Autumn 2005 - GC - 58 - Contents

Spring-Summer 2005 - GC - 57 - Contents

Winter 2004 - GC - 56 - Contents Travelling Lightly Dilemmas

Summer 2004 - GC - 55 - Contents Climate Change
Summer 2004 - GC - 55 Article - Climate Change - Unmasking Christian Denial - John Mead

Spring 2004 - GC - 54 - Contents LOAF Principles - Food Matters
Spring 2004 - GC - 54 - Editorial
Spring 2004 - GC - 54 - Article LOAF principles - Edward Echlin

Winter 2003 - GC - 53 - Contents Sustainable Development - Challenging the language

Summer 2003 - GC - 52 - Contents Theology + Spirituality for Care of Creation

Spring 2003 - GC - 51 - Contents Militarism
Spring 2003 - GC - 51 - Editorial

Winter 2002/2003 - GC - 51 - Article The Missing Link - Bruce Kent - Militarisation and the environment

Winter 2002/2003 - GC - 50 - Contents Earth Summit
Winter 2002/2003 - GC - 50 - Editorial
Winter 2002/2003 - GC - 50 - Article A Briton in Johannesburg - The Personal Story Of A Delegate At The World Summit - by Terry Miller
Summer 2002 - GC - 49 - Contents
Spring 2002 - GC - 48 - Contents
Winter 2001 - GC - 47 - Contents
Summer 2001 - GC - 46 - Contents
Spring 2001 - GC - 45 - Contents
Winter 2000/2001 -GC 44 - Editorial
Winter 2000/2001 - GC - 44 - Contents
Winter 2000/2001 -GC 44 - News Page
Winter 2000/2001 - GC 44 - Article:Population: Lessons from History by Michael O'Gara
Summer 2000 - GC 43 - Editorial
Spring 2000 - GC 42 - Contents
Spring 2000 - Article by Jackie Gear on Food
Spring 2000 - Article by Malcolm Carroll: The True Food Tour:
Winter 99/00 - GC 41 - Editorial
Winter 99/00 - GC 41 - Contents
Contents of Autumn 1999 Green Christians
Summer 1999 Green Christians - Web Editorial
Summer 1999 Green Christians - Contents

Example Issue: No 34 Autumn 1997. This issue was put online as an example. It is now very much archive! Read the web editorial (above) to see how you can get hold of the latest edition of Green Christians.
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