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Home Resource types Articles Bible studies Children’s activities Eco-tips Music Other resources Poetry Prayers Presentations Reflections Resource packs Scholarship resources Sermons Statements Video About Sign up for resources Donate A Rocha International Other languages Afrikaans Arabic (عربي) bahasa Indonesia basa jawa cebuano Cantonese (廣東話/广东话) Chinese, Simplified (简体中文) Chinese, Traditional (繁体中文) Deutsch español français Hindi (हिन्दी) IsiXhosa IsiZulu italiano Japanese (日本語) nederlands Português SePedi SeSotho SeTswana SiSwati Tagalog (pilipino) tetun Thai (ภาษาไทย) TshiVenda Through the Wind and Waves: A Hymn for Climate Change 29 October, 2021 13 August, 2021 by A Rocha International This creation hymn was witten for A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand. Lyrics: Silvia Purdie Music: Cyril Murphy Date: 2021 Licensing: CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo by Payton Bissell on Unsplash / Categories Music Tags climate change 26 Prayers for the Climate and Ecological Emergency 10 May, 2021 by A Rocha International Ranging from cries for lament to praise for His wonders, from calls to repentance to pleas for justice, these twenty-six prayers can be a useful instrument in coming before the Creator God with one of the most pressing issues his creation – human and non-human alike – is presently facing. Photo by Patrick Hendry on … Read more Categories Prayers Tags climate change A Prayer for the Oceans 7 April, 2021 7 April, 2021 by A Rocha International This thoughtful, original prayer for the oceans can be used as part of a service on a beach, after the plastic pollution Bible study, or as part of your personal devotions. Available in video (English and Portuguese) and in PDF format (also in French and Spanish). Reading by Molly Cahill Brazilian Portuguese reading by Ben … Read more Categories Prayers Tags español , français , oceans Caring for God’s Wounded World 26 March, 2021 by A Rocha International 19 minutes A sermon on ‘Caring for God’s Wounded World’ from January 2021 given at St Paul’s Ealing, UK by Revd Dr Dave Bookless of A Rocha International. Dave looks at the context of COVID and of the upcoming COP 26 climate meeting in Glasgow, and encourages us to seize the moment as a time to … Read more Categories Sermons , Video Tags climate change , COVID-19 , video God’s Word to the Church (Manila Plenary) 26 January, 2021 26 January, 2021 by A Rocha International 45:29 minutes – Melissa Ong This plenary by Revd Dave Bookless was recorded at the Lausanne South East Asia Regional Conference on Creation Care and the Gospel, in Manila (18 Mar 2014). He gives a solid biblical basis for caring for God’s world and clarifies some misinterpretations of the Bible that may have led Christians to … Read more Categories Sermons , Video Tags Dave Bookless , français All of Life 26 January, 2021 14 October, 2020 by A Rocha International Dave Bookless’s four video talks at the New Wine Netherlands Conference 2020. Talk 1: The Big Picture What is the Big Picture that unfolds from Genesis to the return of Jesus? And how are we part of this story? Dave Bookless outlines the major themes in the Old and New Testaments and asks, ‘How big … Read more Categories Video Tags Dave Bookless Forests: A storehouse for biodiversity (EFICOR 2020 sermon) 21 August, 2020 by A Rocha International The Bible is full of trees! We find them from the first chapter of Genesis (1:11-13) where God creates seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds” and declares them very good”, to the final chapter of Revelation (22:2). All this is a reminder … Read more Categories Sermons Tags Hindi (हिन्दी) , trees No Time to Waste (EFICOR 2019 Sermon) 29 October, 2020 19 August, 2020 by A Rocha International The Bible doesn’t have a lot to say directly about waste, at least in regard to the remnants of things consumed. There were no single use plastics or packaging, no industrial processes, and much less over consumption. That isn’t to say that the issue isn’t addressed, particularly around the broader theme of stewardship. Publisher: EFICOR … Read more Categories Sermons Tags Hindi (हिन्दी) , waste Want Not, Waste Not (EFICOR 2018 Sermon) 19 August, 2020 19 August, 2020 by A Rocha International We are to take not what we WANT but what we NEED. Selfishness and greed are the enemies of life. In the plan of God, every creature has a purpose and therefore everything is good in His sight. It is God’s will that life is interdependent on each other because one cannot live without others. … Read more Categories Sermons Tags food , Hindi (हिन्दी) , waste Renew our world (EFICOR 2017 sermon) 19 August, 2020 6 August, 2020 by A Rocha International The global ecological crises call us to rethink the way we understand God and God’s love for us and for the whole creation. How does God feel when innocent people suffer loss due to natural calamities? How does God feel when we exploit nature to satisfy our greed and pleasure? What is our responsibility as … Read more Categories Sermons Tags Hindi (हिन्दी) Older posts Page 1 Page 2 … Page 8 Next → Search for: Archives August 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 January 2021 October 2020 August 2020 July 2020 April 2020 September 2019 February 2019 January 2019 February 2017 December 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 January 2016 November 2015 December 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 February 2014 © 2024 At your service • Built with...