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 Community Garden Network and Good Seed Sunday initiatives are 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.”
“In an arena frequently marked by controversy and acrimony, A Rocha is cheerful, winsome, exuding gratitude. A Rocha’s work is characterized by joy and humility – it is always local, personal, relational, and hospitable.”
The latest news on our projects
Operation Wild Session Reflection
Reflections Over Shared Brewed Cedar & Hemlock Tea by Allison Geleynse, Operation Wild Program Coordinator In one of our most recent Operation Wild sessions, participants from a local supportive housing agency joined us at Cedar [...]
A Rocha Through a Different Pair of Eyes
So a movie producer, a guy in rehab and a recent refugee claimant walk into a bar! OK, truth be told it wasn’t a bar, it was A Rocha’s Brooksdale Environmental Centre just a few [...]
Thirst: An Intern Reflection by Carly Richardson
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water… (Psalm 63:1) I came to [...]