CCA Book Study: Pope’s Encyclical on Creation Care

Join the Creation Care Alliance’s Chas Jansen and Susan Presson as we read the Pope’s Encyclical Laudato Si’ — On Care for Our Common Home, one chapter at a time with discussion questions available in advance.  Six Monday evening classes will focus on climate science, creation gospel, humanity’s role, “Integral Ecology,” policy directions, and changing within. The last class will be March 13th. There is no cost.  For more information, contacts are Chas Jansen – Chas.Jansen@mtsu.edu and Susan Presson – 4pressons@gmail.com.

Mondays starting January 30 for six Mondays from 7:00-8:30pm
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Conference Room
789 Merrimon Ave
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In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis asks, “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?” Moving beyond scientific consensus on climate change, Pope Francis invites us to recognize “the rich contribution which the religions can make towards an integral ecology and the full development of humanity.”  Despite disturbing ecological news, daunting challenges presented today by technology and excessive self-centeredness, as well as growing injustices visited upon the poor analyzed in this encyclical, Francis nevertheless threads a heartening message of hope through the entire document.