A Rocha and NieuCommunities invite churches and community organizations to a weekend of hands-on workshops about caring for creation. Allen Goddard, Director of A Rocha South Africa, together with NieuCommunities South Africa and other local Christian community leaders will explore the Bible's call to care for creation and how this translates into conservation action for local churches and communities.

Besides an introduction to A Rocha's community conservation work worldwide, this workshop draws on participants' knowledge and their commitment to Pretoria's local environments, to workshop old and new ideas for small, effective community conservations projects.
The programme:

Friday evening, 3 October - Creation Communities Showcase

A Rocha and NieuCommunities introduce their unique expressions of living out the whole Gospel, in an evening of hospitality and interaction. Participants' questions and expectations for the creation stewardship weekend will be noted.

Saturday, 4 October - A day workshop in the hospitable environment of NieuCommunities in Pretoria North.

The day will combine short Bible presentations by Allen Goddard on the theme of Following Jesus - Environmentally Speaking, and hands-on workshops with guest facilitators on how creation stewardship is being implemented in local communities in Pretoria. The afternoon will look in particular at workshopping community conservation ideas. Participants' expectations will be reviewed briefly at the end of the day.

Sunday, 5 October - Celebrating Creation in Worship

An ecumenical worship service with a message: Living Towards the New Creation by Allen Goddard.

Please mark your calendar for this important and fun event on 3-5 October. We would love for you to take part.

More details are forthcoming, but save the date and please forward to any others who might be interested.

I came across A Rocha in Portugal about 4 years ago, and was fascinated by what they were doing. Unfortunately I won't be able to attend, but I'd encourage anyone who's got some concern for the environment/wildlife (as many of us South Africans do!) to get involved in it.

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