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Good Seed Sunday is a National Celebration for Churches and Community Groups to engage their members with the inspirational vision of creation care.

A Rocha has developed a number of resources for pastors, Sunday school teachers, community outreach coordinators and more. The goal is for you use our resources and have a Sunday in April, or beyond, dedicated to sharing God’s love for caring for his creation.

Learn more by clicking here.

Please let us know if you plan on participating by emailing goodseed@arocha.ca

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Come visit the A Rocha booth at MissionsFest or even help us host at the booth. Email Ontario@arocha.ca for more information.

This is the largest missions conference in central Canada serving the GTA, Ontario and beyond. It’s goal is for equipping you with the truth of what God is doing right here and around the world. MissionFest has programming for all ages –Children, Youth, Men, Women and Singles, as well as free seminars and workshops. Be encouraged to pursue and engage in God’s call for your life!

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NOTE – Please email Ruth (canada.kids@arocha.ca) about the Summer Daycamps if you were hoping to have your child join this one.

Come join us at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Centre for Metamorphosis – it’s all about change! Explore the lives and stages of living things through hands on activities, games, crafts, music, and skits.  For children who’ve finished kindergarten up to 11 years old.

For more information contact canada.kids@arocha.ca.

Registration is $50.
Programs run Wednesday to Friday 9am – 12:30pm.

*Financial subsidies available.

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A Rocha Community Organizer, Peter Scholtens, will be giving participants a brief introduction to A Rocha and our work in Hamilton. We will do a walk through a heavily urbanized area to the community centre, which hosts a tool lending library. Then we will discuss what was seen on the walk, talk about a few more local issues, and then talk about international environmental justice issues.

When: February 24^th, 10:30am

Where: Jamesville Community Centre, 209 MacNab St. North, Hamilton, ON L8R 2M5

Learn more about the Seek Justice Conference by clicking the link below.

http://truecityhamilton.ca/posts/2011/justice-through-environmental-stewardship/

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“This is why I came to A Rocha!” exclaimed one of the participants in the first instalment of the A Rocha Earthkeeping Institute.  This past fall, about twenty eager “earthkeepers” gathered at A Rocha’s Brooksdale Environmental Centre for a weekend focused on watershed stewardship.  The goal of the weekend was to explore what it would mean to take our places seriously as the setting for Christian discipleship. Ecologically speaking, place is most meaningfully defined by watersheds. Thus, the jam-packed schedule included a tour of the Little Campbell River Watershed, highlighted by visits with our conservation partners at the local hatchery and estuary.  This exploration of place was integrated with biblical reflection on how a scriptural understanding of identity, redemption and a vision for life, consistently insists that where we are matters deeply to God.

The Institute wonderfully captured a microcosm of A Rocha’s “what, why and who” – intelligent, committed action in a particular corner of God’s world combined with a thoughtful articulation of how our action is part of God’s story, all within a context of intentional, welcoming hospitality.  If such an experience sounds intriguing to you, our next instalment of our Earthkeeping Institute will explore the theme of food and faith.

We would love to see you at the next weekend Earthkeeping Institute: Friday – Monday July 6th – July 9th.

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A Rocha brought the hoot to MissionsFest! The owl costume was serendipitously brought that day to MissionsFest by Darian Kovacs, because he thought it was perfect for us!  He also donated it to A Rocha for our kids programs.

Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers that helped us connect people with the missional nature of creation care. There even seemed to be a buzz in the air about creation care; more than in previous years. Our focus this year was on the Good Seed Sunday initiative and promoting internships. Now, can you guess who is in the owl outfit? Yes, it’s an intern–Marguita from Germany!

Along with the booth, we presented three different seminars. Rick Faw’s talk was about Caring for God’s World with Prophetic Hope. Markku Kostamo shared about A God Filled Life and the Kingdom of God changing everything! Finally, Ruth Des Cotes took the kids through a part of our kids creation care program. If you did not have the chance to hear one of our seminar talks, please email action@arocha.ca, and we would be glad to connect with your church by sharing these talks.

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As the executive director of A Rocha Canada, it has been my privilege to attend A Rocha’s International Leader’s Forums and meet fellow “A Rochaites” from around the world. Having been raised in Nepal and having an affinity for that part of the world, I formed a particular friendship and appreciation for the founder and leader of A Rocha India, Dr. Vijay Arnand, a man of great passion and kindness.  It was therefore a great shock and sadness to learn of his sudden death on 21 December, following a cerebral hemorrhage. Vijay was an inspiring team leader and a very talented specialist in large mammal research. You can read about his passion for elephant conservation in the latest copy of A Rocha International News.

Please join us in thanking God for Vijay’s life, and in praying for his widow, Sunita, his son Roshan (aged 10) and daughter Alisha (aged 6).

Could you also remember Rev Prem Mitra, the Chair of A Rocha India, and the rest of the team, as they begin to plan for the future.

Peace,

Markku

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Do you ever wonder how much the Earth really matters to God? Do you sometimes struggle to answer other people’s questions about the biblical basis for environmental action? Dave Bookless (author of Planetwise and God Doesn’t do Waste) will be answering 12 key questions over the next year. This month he starts with ‘Whose world is it anyway?’ and other themes will include ‘Mission: saving souls or saving seals?’, and ‘What’s the future for Planet Earth?’ Please pause for a moment and consider whether or not you have contacts who would benefit from the blog: perhaps a church leader, colleague or friend? Or could you ask a Christian organization or church magazine to link to it? If so, just go to www.blog.arocha.org and use the ‘Please share’ buttons (Email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) to pass on the news.

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A Rocha Volunteer Days are a fun way to connect with your community and care for creation. In 2011, friends of A Rocha, from across Canada, took the Volunteer Day idea beyond A Rocha “Centres” and into their neighbourhoods. They participated in community clean-ups, community garden building and much more! We want to share the joys these activities with you. So please ask us about how to start an A Rocha Volunteer Day in your community.

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Interested in starting a community garden this spring?

The Plot Thickens community gardening workshop will give you a good start! It will be given by A Rocha Canada’s experienced gardening friends, partners and trained community organizers.

Our workshop covers: gathering your garden team, generating excitement about a community project, managing plots, gardening how-tos, facing challenges and more. Participants will receive a community gardening manual, monthly gardening emails, an online space to connect and a webpage for profiling your new community garden. Our goal is to partner with you and your Christian community as you develop a garden to support local food production and facilitate community outreach.

Details

Location: Crossroads MB Church, 231 Kitson Street, Winnipeg MB (Corner of Kitson and Traverse)
Date/Time: Fri. Mar. 23rd 6:00pm – 9:00pm & Sat., Mar. 24th 9:00am – 3:30pm
Food: Meals & refreshments provided. Please let us know about specific food needs.
Cost: $30 for single, or 2 for $50.  Includes garden manual and food (subsidies available)

Presenters: Jen Kornelsen (A Rocha’s Community Organizer) and Kristine (Farmer at Fort Whyte Farms)

Register Today!

Please click here for our online form to register (otherwise call 604.542.9022 to pay by phone).  At the moment our online payment option has not been set up for this event.  However, please do register via our online form.

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