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2009 National Day of Service for God’s Creation In Genesis 2:15 God instructs Adam to abad and shamar - literally translated 'to serve and to care.' We are called to be careful servants in God's garden- His creation. In this tradition, please join us on April 22nd, 2009 for the National Day of Service for God’s Creation. On this day, Christian campuses, churches and communities across North America will join together and get our hands dirty working for the renewal of God’s creation. We hope this event will inspire your campuses and communities to live more intentionally for Christ through the care of God’s creation. Reflecting on how Jesus lived simply and intentionally inspired our theme for this year, “Serving Hands for a Fallen Creation.” Jesus seeks to love, bless, and renew people, land, and communities. On April 22nd, we’re asking you to follow in Jesus’ footsteps. We encourage you to not only be conscious of how your choices impact the world on this day, but also choose to actively bless God’s creation through participating in a creation care service activity. What would it be like on your campus if everyone committed to live one day like Jesus? To make a conscious, focused effort to live humbly and lovingly. To use only what we need- no excess. To actively demonstrate love. To participate in servant-leadership. To act with kindness. To work for the renewal of God’s creation, through taking a day- or an hour- to care for it. One day living like this could change the world! So join the movement, and organize a Day of Service for God’s Creation for your campus or community! The possibilities for service projects and activities are endless! Some schools are integrating their Day of Service events into a pre-existing Earth Day celebration. Some are holding a service project over the weekend (April 24th-26th), and others are organizing a weeklong creation care focus on their campuses in and around the 22nd. Be creative and get other people excited about this wonderful opportunity! For ideas on organizing an event, please click here. We do have a request for you! Please let us know about the service events happening on your campus. And if you have ideas you would like to contribute as a resource for other schools- please send them our way! Lastly, tell us about your event after it happens. Share stories with us, share a photo or two. By sharing your stories you’ll provide examples, inspiration and hope to many other Christians engaged in creation care. Thank you for participating in this exciting opportunity!
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