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Young Green Anglicans from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimb abwe wereblessed by Archbishop Chama, (Archbishop of Central Africa) and Bishop Bill Mchombo (East Zambia). They are taking their actions plans back to their countries, Dioceses and parishes. Pray for them as they start to implement their action plans. They are missionaries of the Fifth Mark of Mission – to strive to maintain the integrity of creation. Working for a united Anglican Church and a Green Africa! ‪#‎greenteam‬

Praising God for His marvellous Creation at Victoria Falls! Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. Psalm 42 The Young Green Anglicans on the way back from the Lusaka Conference stopped on the way at Victoria Falls. We shared hospitality and wonderful times with our brothers and sisters at St Andrews Church, Livingstone and visited Victoria Falls. Rev Rachel Mash read the words of Psalm 42 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls , all your waves and breakers have swept over me and Rev Mpho prayed for us to be good stewards of the precious gift of water in Africa. We have said goodbye to our friends from Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Botswana. We commit ourselves to work for a united, green Africa.. Now we set off on our long safari to South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and Mozambique…

A wonderful opening Eucharist at ACC in Lusaka, Zambia with the Archbishop of Canterbury preaching.”The higher the tree grows, the more likely that it will need deep roots because when the storm comes, only roots will make the difference” Psalm 1 Let us learn from the tree! The Green Anglicans were assisting as ushers.

At the final day of the Lusaka Green Anglicans Conference, the young people , gathered from nine Southern African Countries have begun to form a network for change. Naomi Foxwood of Tearfund shared how research shows that the most effective way for change to happen is via networks made up of small actions taking place. This is exactly the role of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network, to link together activists who are doing small butsignificant actions in their own context, so that they can support and inspire one another. Without the support of such a network, they will burn and lose heart. Young people are ideally supported to encourage each other through the use of social media. The young people then began to develop their action plans for the next six months and beyond, firstly identifying partners and then looking at what their actions will be and who are the influential figures that they need to connect with in order to open doors… The conference ended with a wonderful service with the Archbishop of Central Africa , he told the young people that they are not the leaders of the future, they are the church now and the leaders now. The conference is over, the journey has begun… pray for these young people as they strive for the dream of a Greener Africa.