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Churches Currently Involved in the Five Leaf Eco-Awards Pilot and their Achievements so Far

How about a round of applause for the following list of some of Australia's most environmentally friendly churches:
 
St George's Uniting Church, Eden NSW
  • Basic Certificate 5/6/2010
  • Eco-Worship Award 5/6/2010
  • Advanced Eco-Congregation Leaf Award 5/6/2010
  • Advanced Eco-Outreach Leaf Award 5/6/2010
Charlestown Anglican Parish NSW        
  • Basic Certificate  5/6/2010
  • Eco-Worship Award 5/6/2010
  • Advanced Eco-Outreach Leaf Award 5/6/2010

Fitzroy Uniting Church at CERES VIC  
  • Basic Certificate 18/7/2010
  • Eco-Worship Award 18/7/2010
  • Advanced Eco-Building Leaf Award 18/7/2010

St Mark's Anglican Church South Hurstville NSW
  • Basic Certificate 5/6/2010
  • Eco-Worship Award 5/6/2010



Port Melbourne Uniting Church VIC - Basic Certificate 18/1/2009

Maroubra Junction Uniting Church NSW - Basic Certificate 5/6/2010

St Ignatius Jesuit Community Riverview NSW - Basic Certificate (School Communities Category)  5/6/2010

Springwood Uniting Church NSW - Basic Certificate (still to be presented)

Templestowe Uniting Church VIC - Eco-Worship Award (still to be presented)

Canberra City Uniting Church ACT - Eco-Worship Award (still to be presented)

Kippax Uniting Church ACT - working on the Basic Certificate

Christ Church Kensington VIC - working on the Basic Certificate

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Important Lessons from the Bible

Why Jesus came:
"that the world might be saved through him"
John 3:17

Who Jesus is going to use to save the world:
"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
Romans 8:19

Our role on earth:
"The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it."
Genesis 2:15

The Five Pillars of A Christian Theology of Sustainability

1. God is the creator, sustainer and redeemer of creation.

2. Covenantal Stewardship (we have a covenant with God as stewards of the earth).

3. The creation-fall-redemption paradigm (God made a good world; human failure broke the relationships between god, man and creation; Christ provides hope for all creation).

4.Bodily resurrection(we will rise with bodies, not as spirits)

5.New Creation (a new Heaven and new Earth refers to a renewal and an earthing of heaven, not starting over).

Adapted from When Enough is Enough: A Christian Framework for Environmental Sustainability, Edited by R.J. Berry, Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, Nottingham p43+