Environmental Stewardship Commission

Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
 
 
 

Upcoming Activities:

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We meet quarterly close to the solstice and equinox.

Special Project
for 2006:

Mary Brown
Environmental Center
in Ely, MN
Details now available.

Creation Season Materials

Resolutions:

Resolution on the Spirituality of Food Production

Resolution on Church Buildings and Grounds

Resolution on Creation Season

 

Creation Season 2006 (Year B):
October 1 through November 5, 2006
Week 5 – October 29 – Proper 25
Resolution & Locally Grown Food

Lessons:

Episcopal
Lectionary
RCL
Semi-Continuous Track
RCL
Gospel Theme Track
Isaiah 59:(1-4) 9-19 Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Jeremiah 31: 7-9
Psalm 13 Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22) Psalm 126
Hebrews 5:12-6:1, 9-12 Hebrews 7:23-28 Hebrews 7: 23-28
Mark 10: 46-52 Mark 10: 46-52 Mark 10:46-52

NOTE: links are to environmental reflections written on the reading

Options using the Resolution on Spirituality of Food Production:

Objectives

  • Continue connecting food and spirituality by talking about food as one of God's blessings, and by appreciating the rich variety of foods available to us.
  • Recognize the environmental benefits of eating locally grown foods and learn what foods are grown in Minnesota.

Children's Program

Preparations:

  • Review the booklet Minnesota Agriculture (a PDF for download) at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/MAITC/agprofile.pdf
  • Bring some warm weather crops and some Minnesota crops in a grocery bag.
    Warm climate: Citrus, grapes, bananas, coffee, white rice.
    Minnesota: Wild rice, apples, berries, rhubarb, corn and other grains pumpkins, squash, and soybeans all grow in MN. There is also a great deal of dairy and livestock farming
  • Signs saying, "Locally Grown" and "Trucked In"
  • Materials for making a poster

Activities:

  • Ask children to name their favorite foods and talk about what they like about them.
  • Say a prayer of thanksgiving and ask them to name the food they just talked about in the prayer.
  • Divide a table or section of floor into two sections: Locally Grown and Trucked In. Draw items from your shopping bag and ask the children which group they belong in. Place each item in the appropriate section. Ask them what else grows in Minnesota. It might help to ask them to think about what the Native American people ate before the Europeans arrived.
  • Point out that hauling produce long distances uses a lot of fuel and contributes to air pollution. Also that fresh produce has to be picked before it's ripe in order to be shipped and often fails to ripen properly.
  • Ask what some advantages of eating locally grown foods are. (Supporting neighbors, fresher produce, saving oil, etc.)
  • Have children create a poster entitled something like, "We thank God for foods that grow in Minnesota," and showing some of the foods.
  • Apples, berries, rhubarb, corn and other grains pumpkins, squash, and soybeans all grow in MN. There is also a great deal of dairy and livestock farming.

Adult Program

Other Relevant Scripture

Manna from Heaven
Peter eating unclean food Acts 10:9-28, 34-35

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