Creation Care Highlighted at Justice and the Gospel
January 27 – 29, 2017
Missions Fest Vancouver is getting serious about creation care with the 2017 conference Justice and the Gospel.
This year A Rocha will be right in the thick of a growing movement of Christian missions, churches and individuals who know that caring for creation is a Gospel issue and it is also a matter of justice. Come learn how right relationship with God leads us to a right relationship with self, others and all of creation.
Find A Rocha at Missions Fest
Earth-Keeping as Mission (New Mini Conference)
Room 12 – Level 2
1pm – 5pm
$10
Is earth-keeping a side-project for Christians? Or is it a gospel issue and a matter of justice? Join us at this all-new mini conference to explore what “shalom” looks like for people and places.
Join A Rocha Canada, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Canadian Baptist Ministries and OMF to explore caring for people and places through small scale sustainable agriculture, locally and internationally.
Environmental Justice: Promoting the Integrity of Creation and of Humanity (Seminar)
Room 13 – Level 2
11am – 12pm
Free
Amid huge environmental challenges, how does God call the church to embrace the work of promoting & maintaining creation’s integrity? Join Matt Humphrey (Director of Theological Education, A Rocha Canada) to learn about ‘justice’ from the lens of caring for the poor & for creation.
Harvesting Hope: Year One (Film Festival Screening)
Ballroom A
12:30pm
$5
Talara, Peru is home to one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world: the coastal dry forest. It is also home to Absalón, president of a neighbourhood council intent on restoring their land and assisting their community.
A Rocha presents a story of hope & justice in the 2017 Missions Fest Vancouver Film Fest.
Visit A Rocha’s Booth
Come visit the friendly A Rocha team at our booth! Enter the prize draw, try some interactive games and chat with A Rocha staff, alumni interns and volunteers.
We’ll be right beside the entrance doors at booth CC1 (Exhibition Hall B).
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Ballroom B
This year Missions Fest features an entire ballroom completely dedicated to prayer. A Rocha will be setting up an interactive prayer station on creation care.
Come pray alone, or join the Missions Fest Intercessory team in prayer for God’s good earth and more.
Caring for Creation as Christian Mission
“Can helping a river flourish or can planting potatoes really be mission? It seems so humble, so simple, so old fashioned—like something our grandmas did. It is so much less dramatic than hunkering down in famine-ravaged Africa to start an orphanage. Planting a garden is just so… ordinary.”
This year’s Missions Fest Magazine features an article by Leah Kostamo, co-founder of A Rocha Canada.