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Don’t Dump Carbon (Puppet Show)
Operation Noah Day Puppet Show By Ruth Jarman Lilly is eating and drinking snacks very noisily and throwing the packets …more
LOAF Sermon Outline: Luke 12:22-34. Foolishness, Focus, Future
‘One Bread’ Service of Worship Resource Materials Sermon Outline: Luke 12:22-34; Foolishness, Focus, Future by Rev Keith Innes The Biblical …more
LOAF Sermon: Luke 8.5-8. The Parable of the Seeds
‘One Bread’ Service of Worship Resource Materials Sermon: Luke 8.5-8. The Parable of the Seeds. by: Rev Christine Jones When …more
Use Your Loaf Sketch
‘One Bread’ Service of Worship Resource Material ‘Use your LOAF’ Sketch 2 Actors, 1 Voice, Narrators. Voice stand at back …more
Tiger Lily Soup
This is a spicy winter soup, using seasonal root tubers and preserves from summer. Ingredients : Jerusalem artichokes, a can …more
How to Make a LOAF Posters Display
Use your loaf You can download posters about LOAF from our resources section and make your own LOAF Display. Locally …more
Pray like a Prophet
Walter Wink said, ‘History belongs to the intercessors, who believe the future into being’. So how do you pray for …more
Has anyone seen a butterfly yet? – by Peter Owen Jones
Talk given by Peter Owen Jones at CEL’s ‘End of the Age of Thorns, Surviving Consumerism’ Conference, St John’s Church, …more
How Bad is Christmas? (Dec 2011 second option)
What is it about Christmas that requires us to consume and waste with such abandon? If we took seriously the …more
How Good is Insulating your Loft? (Dec 2011)
If you’ve ever measured your carbon footprint you will know that keeping your home warm in winter makes up a …more
How Bad is Spending a Pound? (Nov 2011)
“Great gifts mean great responsibilities; greater gifts, greater responsibilities!” Luke 12:48 We live, work and shop in a carbon-fuelled economy. …more
How Bad is Cycling a Mile? (Oct 2011)
Forget fast cars and high-speed trains, the smart way to travel for the people that can, is by bicycle. Quicker …more
How Bad is a Mug of Coffee (Sept 2011)
How do you take your coffee? How should you take your coffee? The carbon cost of a mug of tea or …more
How Bad are Volcanoes? (Aug 2011)
How did you feel about the The Grimsvotn volcano eruption this Spring? Were you annoyed by the upset to your …more
How Bad are Bananas? (July 2011)
We all want to live in a way that is kind to the world but are you sometimes confused about the …more
Light One Candle (on living Sustainably) (June 2011)
Is there any point in my struggling to live sustainably when so many – including emerging nations – are indifferent …more
Where is Away? Article on Recycling (March 2011)
(Please modify this article for your own locality) In creation there is no waste. All waste products are used for …more
Put the Kettle on
“If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are …more
What Would Jesus Buy?
Everything we buy has an impact on the environment and other people. Living as we do in the developed world, …more
A prayer based on Psalm 24
A prayer based on Psalm 24 by Ruth Jarman “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, …more
A Prayer based on Psalm 28
A prayer based on Psalm 28 by Ruth Jarman “To you I call, O Lord my Rock; do not turn …more
A prayer based on Psalm 43
A prayer based on Psalm 43 by Ruth Jarman “Why are you so downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed …more
A prayer based on Psalm 46
A prayer based on Psalm 46 by Ruth Jarman “God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in …more
Pacific Church Leaders’ Prayer
Pacific Church Leaders’ Prayer In his letter (#37) to people updating them about issues of Climate Change, David Hallman wrote: …more
Be content with what you have
“Be content with what you have…” Prayer by Joyce Dinham Creator of the Universe, Lover of all that you make, …more
Meditation after a walk from Ashmansworth
Meditation after a walk from Ashmansworth, Hants., by Joyce Dinham From this Down’s height I see, circling the hills, A …more
Golden Ball – Reflections at sunset
Golden Ball – Reflections at sunset, by Joyce Dinham My golden ball hangs by a golden yarn From my wood-gold …more
Psalm of the Cosmos
Psalm of the Cosmos The following prayer is reprinted with kind permission from the prayers page of Web of Creation: Loving God, …more
Easter Prayer
Easter Prayer by Miriam Pepper Creator God, who enlivens all things…. We thank you for your loving gift of creation, …more
Creator God, Abundant Life your Mark
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns) Tune : Sine Nomine the tune to “For all the saints who from …more
Entwining Circles former version
Tune Waly Waly or Celebration Hymnal 399 Common Praise 129 ( When I survey the wondrous cross) or H&P 594 …more
The Earth is the Lord’s
Tune: The Lord of the Dance 1. The earth is the Lord’s. Unite in awesome praise To God whose truth …more
Creator God
Tune: 10.10.10.4. Sine Nomine (Vaughan Williams 1872-1958) – Words usually sung to this tune: For All the Saints H&P 814, …more
Good Gifts for All
Tune: Wir pflugen 7.6.7.6.D (Refrain) – Words usually sung to this tune: We plough the fields H&P 352, 1. We …more
Green Bottle Decade
Tune: Ten Green Bottles Ten green bottles standing on the wall, Ten green bottles standing on the wall And if …more
As Climate is Warming
Tune – The Ash Grove 1. As climate is warming Will bees keep on swarming If we just continue to damage …more
Oh Mother Earth, written for the Copenhagen Earth Summit (& CEL)
Written For the Copenhagen Earth Summit (and for CEL) Tune: ‘Danny Boy’ – the Londonderry Air 1. Oh mother earth, …more
How Good is Insulating your Loft?
Article for December Parish Magazine How Good is Insulating your Loft? If you’ve ever measured your carbon footprint you will …more
Green Christian Magazine, Summer 2011, Issue 71
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Summer 2011, Issue 71 Editorial: Servantship not Stewardship by Chris Walton ‘Ruthless …more
LOAF Principles
by Edward Echlin Christ’s example, especially his shared meals and his Last Supper, shows that eating and drinking glorifies God. …more
Green Christian Magazine, Winter 2010, Issue 70
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Green Christian, Winter 2010 Issue 70, Food Justice Editorial: This issue is not an …more
Green Christian Magazine, Summer 2010, Issue 69
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Fossil Fools Editorial: Fossil Fools or Subversive Fools? by Chris Walton Say Farewell to Pharaoh by …more
Green Christian Magazine, Winter 2009, Issue 68
Back to latest Green Christian Magazine. Consider the Lilies Editorial: Living from an Attitude of Gratitude by Laura Deacon Churches in …more