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Materials that examine contemporary environmental issues and policies are the focus here. Requests from our network or issues our congregations are facing locally receive priority. Christian perspectives also receive priority. Visit our Facebook page to discuss issues with other MCCN members.

Issues

Peak Oil

Peak Oil Weekend: A Resource for Congregations

John Gray is a member of Mennonite Creation Care Network who pastors at East Peoria Mennonite Church, East Peoria, IL. In the article you'll read if you click read more below, Gray reflects on how cheap fossil fuels have shaped his rural community and wonders what preparations might be necessary in order to prepare for a post-oil future.
If you and your congregation would like to think together about these issues, Gray has presentations prepared to share in faith-based settings. Gray’s tentative outline for a weekend includes the film, What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire, worship, discussion and two presentations. Consider bringing his prophetic voice to your congregation. Contact John Gray at grayone74@hotmail.com.

 

Second Mile Curriculum: Creation Care

According to Doug Krehbiel who helped develop these materials, Second Mile is “not a curriculum, it’s a change process. It’s a journey, not a destination.” Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager, profiled below, would agree, since she credits Second Mile with helping her congregation to form a creation care committee and voluntary gas tax group. The materials were a joint project between the Church of the Brethren, Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Central Committee. They focus on various forms of peacemaking.

Eco-Justice Notes

In 2013, MCCN members in the Goshen/Elkhart area began gathering quarterly to support each other. So far, they’ve contributed to the MCCN resolution, shared ideas for congregational life and formed a smaller discussion group that reads Peter Sawtell’s weekly column, Eco-justice Notes. Check out the Eco-Justice Ministries website, where you can read back issues of Eco-justice Notes, or sign up to receive them weekly.  

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