Global Footprint, All-Age Worship and more... 

Global Footprint

The plight of the Murray/Darling Basin affects both people and wildlife. This Sunday School session explores environmental issues in an Australian setting:  Rusty Loses his Loop (539.98 kB)

What is our Global Footprint? This PDF page was prepared by eco-minister Rev Dr Jason John, for use in worship or other educational opportunities, to help explain our Global Footprint in child-friendly terminology.

 Global Footprint - What is it? (743.52 kB) 

Conservation Activities

Environmental activities for grandparents and kids:

Cath James and Gail Pritchard of the Justice and International Mission Unit of the UCA Synod of Victoria and Tasmania have produced a great resource for grandparents (and parents) to encourage environmental awareness in their grandchildren (and children). Thanks to the VicTas IMU for permission to make the resource available here.

 Environment Ideas for Kids and Grandparents (176.07 kB)

For more information and environmental ideas you can contact the IMU in the VicTas Synod of the UCA at:

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Clean Water: 

Clean water is a gift from God, and a responsibility from God. This activity sheet provides some ideas for exploring and celebrating water from a Christian perspective.

 Clean Water a Gift from God (174.15 kB) 

All-Age Worship

Creation liturgy: A creative presentation to accompany the reading of Genesis 1, and a suggested Children's Talk:

 Environmental Worship Ideas (275.74 kB) 

Old Turtle is an enchanting fable for children and adults, which has many levels of understanding and layers of meaning to be explored.

On one level, it explores the nature of God and the way we have different perceptions of God, each from our own limited points of view and experience. (Of course, no-one is actually wrong, but no-one is fully right either. It is only by combining everyone's perceptions and experiences of God that we get the full picture).

On another level it promotes a deeper understanding of the earth and our relationship with it, and the way God meant us to care for God's creation.

On another level it paints a picture strikingly similar to the New Creation visions in Isaiah 65: 17-25 (what it will be like when God's redemption is fully realised) and Revelation 21: 1-6.

On yet another level it recognises our need for Jesus' redemptive sacrifice at Easter, because we 'forgot' our reason for being (another version of the "Fall" story of Adam and Eve). At Easter we receive the means by which we can be restored to a right relationship with God and God's Creation.

This book can form the basis of worship on the themes of reconciliation, redemption, world peace, environmental understanding and healing, or on the nature of God and our understanding of our relationship with God. 

It would also be a very appropriate book and service to use in Children's Week in October, when the theme is A Caring World Shares.

 Old Turtle March 2001 (122.57 kB)