God's Renewed Creation at Aldersgate United Methodist Church!!!

I had the awesome opportunity to visit Aldersgate United Methodist Church on August 1. My time there included a chance to talk about God’s Renewed Creation in service, as well as the great opportunity to lead a study of God’s Renewed Creation with the Aldersgate Faith Link’s class. God’s Renewed Creation is a document, a call to hope and action, put forth by the United Methodist Council of Bishops. It specifically deals with global poverty, environmental degradation, and weapons violence, and in combination with pledges from the Bishops, asks all congregations to form action plans and use all available resources to begin addressing these dire problems. I will be visiting churches as the internship ends to promote this document, just as our Bishop did at Annual Conference. I will also be having conversations with some of your pastors about how to use this document and it’s resources well into the future. You may visit www.hopeandaction.com to download your own copy, or to see the available resources, and I truly hope you do, because in doing so we are not only practicing our faith but also our quest for social holiness…indeed an integral aspect of following Christ. Thanks to Aldersgate for their time and space, and I look forward to talking to other United Methodists as this awesome internship continues!