{"id":23033,"date":"2015-05-19T20:22:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T00:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23033"},"modified":"2015-05-19T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T00:23:47","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-mission-and-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-mission-and-the-big-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada: mission and the big picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have two rain barrels fed by the water running into the downspout from my roof. Up until now, I had no idea<\/em> how to link my rain barrels to the \u201cbig picture\u201d of the mission of the church. Come to think of it, I still have no idea but, I\u2019m happy to say, St. James the Apostle Church in Ottawa is going to find out.<\/p>\n

I am awaiting the answer with bated breath because I have been labouring under the na\u00efve delusion that the barrels were just handy for supplying water to the garden. I have been blissfully unaware of the cosmic and possibly transcendent significance of a barrel of water with a few leaves floating in it.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Creation Matters, the environmental working group of the Anglican Church of Canada, has partnered with Greening Sacred Spaces to offer a program subsidizing \u201cgreen building audits\u201d for parishes.<\/p>\n

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Enthusiastic beneficiaries of the Green Audit program include two Ottawa churches, St. James the Apostle Church and the Church of St. John the Evangelist.<\/p>\n

Following the audit recommendations, St. James installed a rain barrel to help cut water consumption, as well as a composter. Meanwhile, a parish team began exploring opportunities to link the \u201cbig picture\u201d audit findings to enhancing mission work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I forget to mention that I also have not one but two<\/em> composters. Last week, as I was digging a dead rat out of one of them, I thought to myself: this will be the moment<\/a> when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal. I have to stop now; I\u2019m getting all emotional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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