Innovative Program Aims to Commission 500 EarthKeepers
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- Lifting up the importance of caring for God’s creation at the heart of our Christian faith
- Responding creatively to climate change and other environmental challenges
- Working for justice so that all communities have access to clean water, air, energy, fresh food and green space

Members of the planning team for this training each have unique stories of how they have been called to the work of an EarthKeeper. Jeff Potter credits his job as a zookeeper in high school with teaching him about the importance of caring for and preserving living things. Now the pastor of Harveyville UMC, Potter feels called to advocate for the care of all creation for the sake of creation, not only so far as it benefits humankind. Terry Tremwel, chair of the board of a solar company and adjunct instructor at the University of Arkansas, says that his whole adult life has been leading him toward this calling to care for creation. He would like to see the church participate in the Godly work of restoring the right relationship between land and our fellow humans, preserving the intended mutual sustaining of earth and humanity.

Read more about the first 45 EarthKeepers commissioned last November in Atlanta at http://www. umcmission.org/learn-about-us/news-and-stories/2016/december/1202firstclassofearthkeepers. Do you think God may be calling you to the ministry of an EarthKeeper? Find out more and apply online at http://centerformissioninnovation.org/event/earthkeepers-training.