Author Archive: Rachel Mash
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Christ Church Constantia, the power is in their hands!
CHRIST CHURCH CONSTANTIA – THE POWER IS IN THEIR HANDS! In 2012, Rev Terry Lester asked the Christ Church Green Team to conduct an energy audit “because I want to know what we are spending our money on!” This audit was conducted by SAFCEI and looked at electricity and […]
Introducing our Eco-bishops: Andrew Dietsche, Bishop of New York: “Putting our faith into action”
Bishop Andrew Dietsche of the Episcopal Diocese of New York was installed as the 16th Bishop of New York in February 2013 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. There has been a history of environmental adversity faced by the diocese, but New York has been […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Bishop Jane Alexander- “A divorce between ourselves and creation”
Bishop Jane was born in England and worked as a music teacher As a child she was forbidden from attending any religious classes at school by her father. It was not until she was 25 that she was baptized with her eldest child in the Church of England. She moved to Canada […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops: Bishop Nick Holtam – Bishop of the Planet!
Bishop Nick Holtam has been invited by the Church of England to be the Bishop with a special portfolio for the Environment, and has been dubbed the “Bishop of the Planet”. He began his public ministry in the Diocese on 15 October 2011, and was ordained to the priesthood […]
Introducing our Eco-Bishops. Bishop Mark Macdonald – we need to hear the voices of indigenous people
Hearing the voice of Indigenous People: we need to add something to our Theology to go forward in an Earth-friendly way. The Right Rev. Mark MacDonald became the Anglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop in 2007, after serving as bishop of Alaska for ten years.Before his ordination as […]
An eco-retreat: listening to God in Nature
St Mark’s Diocese in Polokwane is situated in the northern part of South Africa. They are known as a Diocese that tries new things and for their clergy retreat this year, they held an Eco-retreat. We allowed time to listen to God’s speaking to us through nature. “The heavens declare […]
World Food Day: African Faith Leaders declare that genetically modified seeds are not the answer to Africa’s food challenges.
Anglicans from Uganda, Kenya and South Africa took part in an Interfaith workshop “The International on Faith- based Farming and Sustainable Land Management” in Mukono , Uganda. Close to 100 religious leaders from nine African countries gathered to discuss the crisis of food security and how faith communities can respond. […]
Mother’s Union – Working to save Uganda’s forests
Uganda – the Pearl of Africa – is home to some of the most beautiful forests in Africa. Uganda was blessed with a near perfect climate , rains twice yearly. However due to population growth, the forests are being destroyed at alarming rates. Many areas that were densely forested […]
Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture – God’s way
Climate change is impacting the most vulnerable people in Africa, subsistence farmers. As soil becomes more degraded and yields fail, farmers move into more land, which poses a growing threat in terms of deforestation. The Anglican Church in Kenya has embraced “Farming God’s Way ” as a way to […]
Worshipping God at the top of Table Mountain
WORSHIPPING GOD ON THE TOP OF TABLE MOUNTAIN On the 4th October in celebration of St Francis day, a group of over 100 young people hiked up Table Mountain in Cape Town.. Churches from three Dioceses took part in the hike. It was a beautiful warm day to walk up the […]