Creation Care

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...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.
Genesis 128
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...  You gave them charge of everything you
made, putting all things under their authority -
the flocks and the herds and all the wild
animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the
sea, and everything that swims the ocean
currents. Psalm 86-8
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• Water

• Use water from washing up to water your plants
• Follow the toilet rhyme
• If its yellow let it mellow,
• if its brown flush it down!

Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the
sea, and all the springs of water. Rev 147
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• Earth
• Use peat free compost
• Make your own compost
• The Earth(!) is the Lords.
• Psalm 241 (NLT)

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• CO2

A large part of the CO2 we produce comes from
domestic energy use.

• We can reduce CO2 production
• by using more energy efficient technology
• by making small lifestyle changes.
• (See 90 Home energy reduction tool kit at
  www.godsacre.ning.com)

Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us
from God our Father, who created all the lights
in the heavens. James 117 (NLT)
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• Love and Care

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• Food

• Living lightly may begin by eating more healthily
  eating less, wasting less, cooking from real
  ingredients.
• Eat local produce, seasonal food, and best of all
  grow your own where you can.

Dont you realize that your body is the temple of
the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given
to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for
God bought you with a high price. So you must
honour God with your body. 1Corinthians 619,20
(NLT)
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• Light

• Install energy saving light bulbs in your house
• Turn off switches for e.g. Standby on your TV

Let your light(!) so shine before men that they
will see your good works and glorify your Father
in heaven. Matthew 516 (NKJV)
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• Prayer

May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 610 For
God loved the world (Greek Cosmos, i.e. the
material world of which humans are a part) so
much that he gave his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but
have eternal life. And he said to them, "Go into
all the world and preach the gospel to the whole
creation. Mark 1615 (RSV)
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• And he said to them, "Go into all the world and
  preach more than just words the gospel to the
  whole creation. Mark 1615 (RSV)
• www.godsacre.co.uk