Barry's Blog - Bel Air UMC: Creation Care!!

Hello Friends,

²⁷ So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. ²⁸ Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground." ²⁹ Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.³⁰ And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground-everything that has life." And that is what happened. ³¹ Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! Genesis 1:27-31

There was something very special when God created us and asked us to care for His creation! Creation Care is something that the Church should regularly practice, but growing up in the church, I never remember hearing much about that. I am so thankful for growing up on a farm and seeing and living among so much of the variety of God's creation. Yet, not everyone understands that the church is called to be the leaders in caring for this earth!

We have been given a great gift - the world we live in and on! I want to invite you to join in a three week sermon series called Creation Care! We will look at what the Bible tells us about how important it is to be Green! We will start this week looking at some key insights from Genesis 1.

A couple of years ago, I read a great book called "Serve God and Save the Planet" by Dr. Matthew Sleeth. It helped me to see how one person can make a huge difference in living out Creation Care. Take a couple of minutes and watch this video about how he came to Christ and discover what became his life calling.

In Jesus,

Barry

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