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ANGLICAN YOUTH GUILD OF MTHATHA GROWING THE LAMBETH COMMUNION FOREST The Anglican Youth Guild of the Diocese of Mthatha held their annual Conference with Youth From False bay, Khahlamba, Mbashe and Mzimvubu present They celebrated Heritage Day with wonderful traditional clothing! Bonginkosi (Bongs ) White from the Diocesan Environmental Desk was invited to talk about the Communion Forest as it was declared in the Lambeth Conference, importance of trees in our environment, Recycling and Water Conservation Here he is pictured with the members of the Diocesan Executive of the Anglican Youth Guild in the Diocese of Mthatha. They planted two Palm Trees to form part of the Communion Forest Photos – Anglican Diocese of Mthatha Official #communionforest

Young people in Cape Town celebrate the Ecumenical Spirit of the #seasonofcreation The season of creation is a yearly celebration which takes place from the 1st of September until St. Francis day on the 4th of October. During this time churches from across the world come together in celebration and appreciation of God’s creation.  Since 2020 the ecumenical group of young believers called Together4Creation have organised a special service on the 1st of September. This year the event was held at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cape Town. The theme for this years’ service was “Listen to the Voice of Creation” focussing on the Exodus 3 narrative of the burning bush.  The main speaker for the evening was Pastor Sybil Chetty who reflected on the impact of greed and over consumption on the environment. Proceedings also included group discussions and a meet-and-greet afterwards. The event epitomises the spirit of young believers and the steadfast conviction that we can only make a difference if we work together. Dewald Hoffman #seasonofcreation

SEASON OF CREATION IN KRUGERSDORP   St Peter’s in  Krugersdorp celebrated  the Season of Creation for  two consecutive Sundays outside. The parish has been serving God’s people for the past 117 years.Parishioners were encouraged to inhale the fresh air and view the plants, trees and flowers around them in the church garden. The weather was in our favour, and it was truly blessed to experience outside service indicated by some of the parishioners. #seasonofcreation Revd Nicolette Segeel.      

The All Saints Primary school of All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi celebrated Clean Air day by planting fifty trees. Their speaker was Liz Wathuti , founder of Green Generation Initiative. Present was Rev Zadock Mission Director All Saints Cathedral Diocese . Photos Green Anglicans Movement of Kenya #worldcleeanair #communionforest #seasonofcreation

As Green Anglicans, in celebration of Season of Creation which we celebrated on the 3rd of September 2022, we had hiking at Khalinyanga Mountain, eNgcobo. We chose to climb the mountain where our help will come from, where we would surrender all and let God to be in control of our predicaments and give us strength to be altruistic when it comes to Mother Earth and nature. In accord with the theme “ listen to the voice of creation”, in the middle of the mountain we assembled and prayed for climate change, our communities, the poor, livelihoods affected by habitat distraction and primarily prayed for Mother Earth. As we all climbed we had our burdens, we also individually prayed for ourselves.     We headed to the top of the Mountain, where we had Eucharist Service executed by AYSA chaplain Rev.Msengana in assistance of Rev. N. Mlunguza. Upon the Anglicans we had in our hike, we had children and youth ministry leaders belonging to Mother’s Union, BMMG and St Mary Magdalene. We also had more clergy and people belonging in other religious structures who are not within the Anglican Church. Mrs. Stemele the ward Councilor was also there to share words of wisdom and encouragement before we departed from the meeting point. Mercifully, we had an Environmental Science graduate from our Diocese, who emboldened us to precisely look out of nature, she shared some significance of doing so, that:  It is where we get our resources  It is our moral of obligation  It is a way to give back, as almost everything we get it from nature.  We have to take care of it for future generations  What we do to nature affects ourselves so we have to look after it.  She also encouraged us to consider going for environmental studies as we will not be doing for only ourselves but also for Mother Earth. by:  Anglican Youth of Southern Africa, Diocese of Mbhashe Balekile Anesipho, Secretary photo credit: khanyiso mkhabile  With Appreciation for the @unitedthankoffering 

The Diocese of Matlosane  St. Michaels and All Angels Servers Guild held its annual diocesan conference at St. Peters Itsoseng on the 27 till 28 August 2022, over 250 teenagers from across the diocese came together after two years of not meeting due to Covid-19 restriction . Alter Servers are mainly responsible of assisting priest at the sanctuary and keeping it clean. On Saturday the Green Anglican Movement had an opportunity to present on “Where is the Sanctuary of God?” the responds we got from the house was that the whole Earth is the sanctuary of God and therefore we are called to keep it clean. Using the theme of Reconciliation from Colossians 1:20 where it reads ““Jesus died to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross”.  The servers took up a challenge by identifying places in their communities which they would be doing community awareness and clean up during the 2022 Seasons of Creation ( 1 Sept till 4 Oct ) and would give feedback to the diocesan Youth coordinator . In the video they say “Green Matlosane” #seasonofcreation By Bino Makalanyane We are grateful for the support of UTO and Tearfund for the Green Teens program