Thank you to all who attended and participated in Gratitude & Creation at Park Street Church on Saturday night. We were inspired by Shane Claiborne’s encouragement to share God’s love in big and small ways.

We are very grateful for Shane and Chis Haw who traveled to Boston from Camden and Philadelphia to be with us. Also to the Massachusetts Council of Churches for sponsoring, Park Street Church for hosting, Neil Helme and Jonathan Green for leading worship, and a wonderfully creative and thoughtful group of organizers and workshop presenters. Photos to be posted, shortly.

Climate change. Toxic trash. The earth’s budget overstretched. What would our relationship to the environment look like if rooted in gratitude to God?

On the eve of Lent, learn about and undertake a creation commitment together with Christians from all traditions at Gratitude & Creation on Saturday, February 21, 4:30-9:00pm at Park Street Church, Boston.

4:30-6:00
Prayer with Shane Claiborne, Jubilee Sessions sharing practical ways to respect God’s creation.
* Feast without Injustice: fill a Fair Trade cupboard
* Water without Waste: resisting commercialization of water resources
* Beauty without Contamination: clearing out toxics from your household
* Energy without excess: reducing your carbon footprint beyond the light bulb

6:00-7:00
Community Dinner

7:00-9:00
Worship and Message with Shane Claiborne. Music led by bluegrass band featuring local musicians.

Shane Claiborne is the author of the Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical and founding partner in the neo-monastic community, the Simple Way.

A $10 donation to defray costs is suggested but not required. All are welcome to attend.

Sponsors include the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light.

Videos of the first Gratitude Economy event, Gratitude & Vocation, are now available on the bostonfaithjustice youtube channel.

What is a Gratitude Economy, many ask? Its an idea in progress, largely meant to stimulate our imaginations about what our own economic decisions and the structure of the economy as a whole through the lens of gratitude rather than fear.

In particular, I like the principles that Greg Carmer, Dean of Chapel at Gordon College, expressed at Gratitude & Vocation which – of course – can now be found on line.