Please come to Earth Day Celebration at World Peace Wetland Prairie immediately after lunch on Sunday, April 18, and attend as much of the Caring for Creation convention as you can. It was a wonderful program last year and may be even better this week. For information about WPWP Earth Day, please visit the following site: Earth Day at World Peace
Please double-click images to ENLARGE to view closeups of the details of three different fruit trees on bloom on World Peace Wetland Prairie on April 10, 2010. CARING FOR CREATION SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 15
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Early registration & check-in
5:30 Dinner
Friday, April 16
7:30 Breakfast
8:15 am -3:30 pm
Registration & check-in
Early Bird Opportunities
12:00 Lunch
3:00 - 4:00 pm Plenary
Rev. Pat Watkins
5:30 Dinner
7:00 pm - Keynote Speaker
Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham
The Regeneration Project
Saturday, April 17
7:30 Breakfast
8:45 am Opening
9:00 am Workshops I
10:30 am - Plenary
Dr. Jay McDaniel &
Youth Panel
12:00 Lunch
1:15 Workshops II
2:45 Workshops III
5:30 Dinner
7:00 pm - Plenary
John Hill, General Board of
Church and Society
Sunday, April 18
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 am Round Table:
”The Urgency of Now”
“Dr. Mark Davies
10:30 am Closing Worship
12:00 Lunch & Goodbyes
CARING FOR CREATION CONFERENCE
April 15-18, 2010
Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Deut. 10:14: "To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the
earth and everything in it."
Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center
150 NW Skyline Drive Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
www.mountsequoyah.org programs@mountsequoyah.org
Keynote Address
Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham
President & Founder, The Regeneration Project
The Reverend Canon Sally Grover Bingham, a priest and Canon for the
Environment in the Diocese of California has been active in the environ-
mental community for twenty-five years. She is also founder and president
of The Regeneration Project, which is focused on its Interfaith Power and
Light (IPL) campaign, a religious response to global warming. The IPL
campaign includes a national network of over 10,000 congregations with
affiliated programs in 29 states.
Workshop Topics
Alternative & Renewable Energy Solutions
Biblical Basis for Creation Care
Creating Your Green Team: A Model for Action
Creation Care in Children’s Ministry
Creation in Worship
Food Insecurity
Growing Your Church with Youth Green Engagement
Partnering with Community (city, local & state officials)
Practice of Political Advocacy
Stream Teams: 70,000 Strong
Sustainability Ethics: Discovering the Holiness of Place
For more details go to www.mountsequoyah.org or call 800-760-8126.
John Hill
General Board of Church &
Society of the United
Methodist Church
Rev. Pat Watkins
Executive Director of
Caretakers of God’s
Creation
Dr. Jay McDaniel
Professor of Religion
Department Chair
Director, Steel Center for
the Study of Religion &
Philosophy
Hendrix College
Plenary Speakers
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