Dear friends
Please join us in praying for the IFES International Symposium on Climate Change, taking place in Jamaica (20-25 October).
This IFES-led conference on faith and the environment has brought together a group of about 60 postgraduate students and scholars from around the world, whose fields include environmental science, development studies, engineering, social science and theology.
The event is a follow-up to a plenary session on the environment at the IFES World Assembly held last July in Canada. The objective of the symposium is to provide a forum for Christian students to engage with a major public issue, and to stimulate and energise a global network of Christian scholars and faith-based communities who are concerned with the increasing multi-dimensional impacts of global warming and climate change. The focus will be on finding solutions for local communities and shaping public policies.
Please join us in praising God for bringing together this group. The participants are beginning each day by sitting together around God’s word, seeking to hear from him and to think and act according to his will. Please pray that all of the outcomes proposed will be inspired by the Holy Spirit, and worked out in his strength – that the world will see that people in relationship with the creator have a unique contribution to make to climate change issues.
As the symposium closes, participants will be invited to affirm a covenant which will represent the outcomes of the week’s dialogue. Please pray for the event follow-up, that effective and appropriate means of networking will result in long-lasting and far-reaching initiatives that are effective in the care of God’s creation and the extension of his kingdom.
Thank you for praying.
Andy
Andy Moore
IFES Advancement Team
NEWS
HOME
