Upcoming
Activities:
We
meet quarterly close to the solstice and equinox.
Resolutions:
On our Website:
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Environmental Events:
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Activities of the
Commission
The Environmental Stewardship
Commission has been active in various areas within
the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. These activities
include:
- Holding quarterly
meetings at various locations around the Diocese
to cover topical
areas within our Christian traditions. We
feel that the writing and traditions of our Christian
faith are rich in seasonal and natural reflection.
It is our current times that overlook the call
to the earth, our home, from every nook and cranny
of our historical spiritual practice.
- Hosting the April
1999
Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese
of Minnesota. For clergy who did not attend
and others interested, we have gathered some impressions
of the conference for you to read, study and inwardly
digest.
- Presented Presiding
Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori with
a MEESC T-Shirt
- Bibliographies: We
have put together some reading
lists, including:
- Preparing resolutions:
| concerning church
buildings, activies and the environment,
which was
presented at the 2000 Convention of the Diocese
of Minnesota |
This resolution
was 2000-10-28 and
we have created a series of instructive esays
on how to implement the various parts of this
resolution. |
| concerning
the
spirituality of food production which
was presented at the 2001 Convention of the
Diocese of Minnesota |
This
resolution was 2001-10-27
and a version
of it passed at the 74th General
Convention of the Episcopal Church in August
2003. We
have created a series of instructive essays
on implementing this resolution in dioceses
and congregations. |
| concerning
establishment
of a creation season in the Diocese of Minnesota
which was
presented at the 2005 Convention of the Diocese
of Minnesota |
This
resolution, with modifications, was passed
2005-10-28. Implemention
of this resolution is found on this website. |
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- Conducting several
Environmental Camps:
| 2000 |
as part of the Summer
series at Cass Lake Episcopal Camp |
| 2001 |
a Children's
Day Camp based on environmental themes
(August 6-9, 2001) |
| 2002 |
a Children's
Day Camp based on environmental themes
(August 20-22, 2002) |
| 2003 |
a Children's Day
Camp based on environmental themes (August
12-14, 2003) |
| 2004 |
a Children's
Environmental Camp (with overnight)
based on environmental themes (July 30-31,
2004) |
| 2004 |
as part of a two-week
Environmental Camp at Camp Lawton Episcopal
Camp (July 18-31, 2004) |
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- Putting together Special
Forms of Worship
highlighting Environmental and Creation Themes
- Preparing environmental
reflections on the lectionary readings
- Preparing a concordance
by scripture verse
of all our environmental reflections
- Augmenting our 2001
Autumnal Equinox Meeting with a canoe trip
and discussion of A
New Creation Story with the Rev Dr.
Paul Nancarrow
- Were featured
in an Article
in Duluth Budgeteer News in November 2001
- Providing electronic
support to Episcopalian
participants in the 2001 Environmental Spirituality
Conference, the Episcopal
Ecological Network, and Region 2 of the
Diocese of Minnesota
- Participated in
the 74th
General Convention of the Episcopal Church,
USA, August 2003.
- Were featured
in an Article in Episcopal Life in July
2004 concerning the Bread of Life Program.
- Participated in Press
Conference with the Alaska Coalition,
US PIRG, and Republican Environmentalists to urge
Minnesota Senator Coleman and Representative Kennedy
to block drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge.
- Took over operations with
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ely, MN, of the Mary
Brown Environmental Center as a retreat
and conference center located on the edge of the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
- Since
2006 conducted annually an average of five environmental
retreats at the Mary
Brown Environmental Center.
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Environmental Stewardship Events
Our stewardship of God's creation and the window
into God's kingdom that sacred places provide for
us are important. The links listed below will lead
you to upcoming environmental stewardship and awareness
events . We urge you to attend these events when and
where you can.
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If you are aware of any upcoming events that you would like
to have listed here, please contact our Webverger,
or any other Member
of the MEESC, or write to:
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MEESC
c/o C. Morello
4451 Lakeside Drive
Eveleth, MN 55743-4400 USA |
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The MEESC assumes
that all correspondence received is for publication on this
web site. If your comments are not for publication, please
so note on your correspondence. The MEESC reserves the right
to decide which items are included on the web site.
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This page last updated
2009-05-31.
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