Over the last year we have been working with a small team of YWAM leaders on a prayer guide to encourage our mission to think about creation care. https://ywam.org/news/pray-for-the-care-of-creation In the process we were reminded once again how important it is to look after the earth diligently. It was God’s first mandate to us as humans and, even though the challenge seems immense, each one of us has a part to play. So often it’s the poorer communities who are most affected by climate change, pollution, degradation, etc as they are dependant on the sea and land for daily sustenance. This was such a motivation for us personally in challenging our mission to consider creation care. Of course change always starts with us. For many years we have been composting, recycling, trying to use less plastic and recently only buying products that haven’t travelled half way around the world (Dave really misses bananas!). Writing this prayer guide has even convinced us to look at how we travel, what we buy and encourage others to think about the effect we all have on our planet. A couple of exciting developments came out of the process. We were contacted by a group of missionaries who are organising an outreach to the climate conference in Glasgow later in 2021. https://ukcop26.org So, we will be supporting this initiative, and praying for it to influence the global response. Secondly, we have started a monthly prayer meeting by Zoom to pray for our mission, COP26 and other creation care related topics. If you would like to join us let us know.
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