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Let’s renew the rivers of God in Angola!

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RENEWING THE RIVERS OF GOD IN ANGOLA On the 2-4 May 2019 The Anglican Diocese of Angola Youth hosted their Diocesan youth assembly at Luanda . The Provincial Green Anglicans formed part of the program as the country is currently under risk of water shortage and deforestation with high traffic volume on the national and local roads. The assembly saw 103 registered delegates from different parishes in the Diocese. The Bishop opened that assembly with a powerful message saying young people should take up the leading role in the Diocese as young people can make things happen. As the day went by the Green Anglicans was afforded an opportunity to dialog with the delegates and together we reflected on Revelation 22:1-3 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 Many people have good memories of rivers with clean water where they played as children, but the question was asked whether our children ever get to see what it looked like so that they can be able to imagine it as per reading? And the answer from the assembly was “no”. Our children have grown up only knowing what a dirty river looks like. Which meant that we continue to rob our own children from the beauty of God’s creation. And the time has now arrived for us as young people to be courageous by taking the lead of renewing the earth, even if we do not do it for ourselves but we need to do it of our children , so that they too can experience the joy of God’s creation. The Diocesan youth assembly has made a declaration that they promise to do all in their power in renewing God’s creation and that the new Diocesan Youth President Joaquim Massala will be working hand in hand with the Provincial Green Anglicans office in achieving this call of renewal. Bino Makalanyane – Green Anglicans Youth Coordinator

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Sunday Reflections – 5 May 2019

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[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, singing, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be blessing and honour and glory and might forever and ever” ~ Rev 5:13 The picture that John paints for us in this vision is one of extreme beauty, whereby we see all of God’s craftsmanship come together in one voice to give glory to his Son Jesus Christ who sits on the throne. So what does that mean to us as a church? It means that we need to open our eyes to see that all things that God has made is for His glory and to give him honour and praise. Just as we fight for the rights to worship God the way we want, we are not the only species that needs the rights to do so. This thought of thinking that the animals around us also want to worship God can be quite a hard thing to fathom, but why wouldn’t they want to worship their creator just like we want to worship ours? John reveals to us that it is not only the creatures in heaven, but also those on earth and those in the sea and all that fills them. So the question then that one can pose is how do I treat my fellow worshippers of God, do I create an environment that gives them the space to worship or do we decide that we are the only ones that worship God and the animals are here for our benefit only? Watch this amazing message from Louie Giglio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFnGumjANo) as he brings to light that all things come together as a symphony of worship to give God praise, we as people are just but a small contribution to the rest of all creation that give him praise. JP Roberts

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Diocese of Natal Youth Celebrate Earth Day at Karkloof Canopy Tours

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Diocese of Natal youth celebrates Earth day at Karkloof canopy tours Young people of Pietermaritzburg archdeaconry and uMvoti celebrated earth day at their Creation care interactive day in Karkloof canopy tours just outside Howick. The day started off with ziplining across the forest followed by a talk by Belinda Crawford; a consultant who does job readiness workshops for unemployed youth as post matritulants. After that a teambuilding game was played around the table which needed each person’s focus and fast reaction. As the day went by; a second round of ziplining was enjoyed then an interactive forest walk led by Catherine our host followed. At the centre if the beautiful clean Karkloof rain forest, Fr Thapelo Masemola led us in meditation where he channelled us towards a personal journey of appreciation of God’s presence in the form of what see in the middle of the forest. Each individual found a spot to collect their thoughts and prayers silently. As we finished our 1 hour walk inside the forest, reflections were made where each young person shared their thoughts and significance of God’s presence in what we see, feel, hear and believe. Lunch was served after! Mandisa Gumada

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Reducing your environmental impact at a Christian Conference

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Christian Conferences and Environmental Justice: Reducing your environmental impact – Lessons from the Justice Conference SA The Justice Conference South Africa attracted 970 participants. One of the commitments was towards environmental Justice Here are the steps that were taken practically to do that. Based on feedback from our 2017 conference, we made a commitment to reducing our overall environmental impact. We committed to going greener and are so proud of the way we reduced our collective impact and learnt together about more sustainable waste management. 1. Outsourced our on-site recycling and composting management to Waste-Ed and Green Anglicans 2. Reduced overall number of meat-based meals (and eliminated red meat) 3. Switched to sugar cane compostable food packaging and utensils 4. Eliminated all individual printed programs and increased our digital communications pre and during conference 5. Ensured our coffee was Fairtrade, all single serve sugars and stirrers were composted, eliminated cans and only used glass softdrink bottles 6. Ecobricked half of our Mixed Waste, diverting 20kgs from landfill We will be offsetting our carbon footprint with some greening initiatives over the next year. Thank you for joining us in this commitment to do justice to the whole of creation! Valerie Anderson

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