A story of hope
A Rocha’s work in Canada began in 2000 and has spread across Canada with focused activity in BC, Manitoba and Ontario. In each place, A Rocha staff and volunteers are responding to the biblical call to steward creation through hands-on conservation, education and agriculture projects.
The story of A Rocha’s beginnings and growth is whimsically told in the book Planted, a Story of Creation, Calling and Community. Planted invites the reader to travel with author Leah Kostamo and the A Rocha team on the wild ride of salmon saving, stranger welcoming and God-worshipping as they establish the first Christian environmental centre in Canada.
A Rocha’s work is most fully expressed through our environmental centres and projects in BC, Manitoba and Ontario. In addition, A Rocha’s Good Seed Sunday initiative is fostering the work of creation care in neighbourhoods and churches from coast to coast.
“Planted is a work of grace and wit, conveying the joy for which A Rocha is known.”
“If bad news about the planet is getting you down, read Planted. If all Christians were like those in A Rocha, ours would be a radically different world.”
The latest news on our projects
Shared Waters: A Rocha’s Work in the TATALU
By Jillian Urbach If you’ve ever been to A Rocha’s Brooksdale Environmental Center, then you know the Little Campbell River named TATALU in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the Semiahmoo First Nation people whose traditional territory [...]
Strange Beauty
The ocean and its creatures amaze me with their diversity and abundance. I love exploring shorelines and adventuring on the water. Photo credit: Katharine Sell. Strange Beauty By Aurora Sarchet In [...]
Connecting to Creation Through Lent
By Zoe Matties - Manitoba Program Manager Lent \ ˈlent \ : the 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter, observed by many churches as a period of penitence and fasting. The season of Lent is [...]