Loving People and Planet in God's Name:
Engaging the Local Church in the Study and Practice of Climate Justice
Here is everything you need to lead a two-day Lay Academy session of this new course, specifically customized for Northern Illinois Conference.
The first item is the lesson guide, with activities and suggested times laid out for this format in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet so that you can enter your own information and print it out for your leaders.
Next are your Microsoft Powerpoint presentations. Be sure to test them with the technology you'll be using at your venue - they include video. And run them in Presenter mode, so you can read the notes.
Day 1 Morning 1: Scripture and Theology
Day 1 Morning 2: Climate Change 101
Day 1 Afternoon: God's Good Gifts
Day 2 Morning 1: Justice
Day 2 Morning 2:
Actions
Day 2 Afternoon:
Next Action
Here are your Microsoft Word handouts. These are provided in Word so you can edit them, add more resources as you wish, and double-check the links, which as we know can be fluid!
Handout 1: The other Scriptures about Creation
Handout 2: Print, Film, Worship Resources
Handout 3: SWOT Analysis
Handout 4: SMARTIE Goals
Homework
Here are the core documents on which this course is built.
God's Renewed Creation (Council of Bishops)
Council of Bishops' Climate Crisis Response
The textbook is Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action edited by Pat Watkins, second edition,
available on Kindle here,
Here is the leader guide from Discipleship Ministries, which specifies five two-hour sessions.
Feel free to use any of the NIC-specific handouts and slide presentations with this format, as well.