Rally for the Common Good
CURRENT: 2011-2012
THEME: Caring for our Father's World
Evening Service - "Of Dominoes and Dominion: Why Creation Care Matters"
Date/Time: February 20, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Edward R. Brown, Care of Creation-USA, Inc. (BIO)
With Special Musical Guest, Aaron Strumpel
Place: Waterstone Community Church, 5890 S Alkire St - Littleton, CO
Denver Seminary Chapel Services:
Monday, February 20 ~ 11am -noon
Speaker: Edward R. Brown
“The Environmentalist's Dilemma: Plants or People, Souls or Salamanders -
What Does God Want?”
Brown Bag Lunch:
Monday, February 20 12-1:00 pm
Speaker: Edward R. Brown
Denver Seminary Classroom 117
All are invited! Please bring your own lunch
Tuesday, February 21 ~ 11am -noon
A live and informative session with respected leaders on various Creation Care issues
Audio: stream | dwnld
Moderator:
Jim Doenges - Denver Seminary
Panelists:
- Ed Brown ~ Care of Creation
- Peter Sawtell ~ Eco-Justice Ministries
- Scott Sabin ~ Plant with a Purpose
- Jon Bruno ~ Coalition for the Upper South Platte
- Mark Herndon ~ Coalition for the Upper South Platte
Rev. Edward R. Brown
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Rev. Edward R. Brown has been serving Care of Creation Inc. since its founding in 2005. He joined Craig Sorley, who was then working with an environmental project in Kenya, to create one of the first ‘environmental missions’ organizations with a goal of mobilizing the Church toward a God-centered response to the environmental crisis. Ed is the Director and CEO of Care of Creation, and divides his time between directing the organization, fundraising, and speaking throughout the US on the topic of Creation Care. He has become one of the leaders of the fast-growing evangelical creation care movement, has consulted for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and serves on a Creation Care Advisory Task Force for the Board of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Ed has authored the book, 'Our Father's World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation', published in revised edition by InterVarsity Press in 2008. The book has been praised by biologist and environmentalist E. O. Wilson as “beautiful and inspiring...” and by former President of Latin America Mission David Howard as “a remarkable combination of a broad spectrum of the environmental crisis today coupled with a deep understanding of God’s desire for his creation as developed in the Scriptures…”
Ed received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Gordon College and the Master of Divinity from Gordon Conwell Seminary (Pastoral Studies). Ed served as Chief Operating Officer for Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, and has worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and as a pastor both in the US and overseas. He and Susanna, his wife, both grew up as children of missionaries in the country of Pakistan, and carry a love for that country and for overseas ministry with them. They live in Madison WI and have four grown children: Melanie, Tim, Katrina and Amy.
Care of Creation
Organizational background: Care of Creation Inc. is an environmental missions organization. It was founded in April, 2005, “to pursue a God-centered response to environmental challenges that brings glory to the Creator, advances the cause of Christ, and leads to a transformation of the people and the land that sustains them.” The organization currently has projects on the ground in Kenya and plans to expand to other countries in East Africa in the near future.
Care of Creation seeks to “mobilize the church” in various countries to focus on creation-care as an important part of ministry. Overseas projects include education, tree-planting and agricultural programs.
2010-2011
Theme: Thinking Christianly about Immigration
The Rally for the Common Good events were held February 21 and February 22, 2011. Noel Castellanos was the guest speaker.
February 21, Noel Castellanos "Seeking the Welfare of the City" stream | download
February 22, Panel Discussion with Denver Metro area leaders on immigration.
stream | download
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Noel has worked in full-time ministry in urban communities since 1982. He has served in youth ministry, church planting, and community development in
After serving on the Board of the Christian Community Development Association for many years, he established the new CCDA Institute, which is working to equip emerging church leaders in the philosophy of Christian Community Development. Noel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of CCDA and as a member of the President's Council on Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships.
2009-2010
Theme: Justice and Health Care
The Rally for the Common Good events were held February 28 and March 1, 2010. Dr. John Perkins was our guest speaker.
At a breakfast hosted by the Institute, Dr. John Perkins shared thoughts for leaders on "The Call and the Will of God," and this presentation is available on our website in mp3 format: listen | download
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Speaker Bio: Dr. John Perkins
In 1983, while in California, John Perkins and his wife, Vera Mae Perkins along with a few friends and other major supporters, established the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development, Inc. for the sole purpose of supporting their mission of advancing the principles of Christian community development and racial reconciliation throughout the world. The Foundation is now headquartered at 1831 Robinson St. in Jackson, MS with a mission to “develop the lives of youth, leaders and the underprivileged in our community and around the world, by setting an example of God’s love to further his Kingdom.”
John M. Perkins was born a sharecropper’s son who grew up in New Hebron, Mississippi amidst dire poverty. Fleeing to California at age 17 after his older brother’s murder at the hands of a town marshal, he vowed never to return. However after converting to Christianity in 1960 he returned to Mendenhall, Mississippi to share the gospel of Christ. While in Mississippi, his outspoken nature and support and leadership in civil rights demonstrations resulted in repeated harassment, beatings and imprisonment. He again was arrested in 2005 year while protesting in Washington D.C. against U. S. Government defunding of programs aiding the poor.
In 1989, John Perkins called together a group of Christian leaders from across America that was bonded by one significant commitment—expressing the love of Christ in America’s poor communities, not at arms length, but at the grass-roots level. An association was formed and the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) held its first annual conference in Chicago in 1989. CCDA has grown from 37 founding members to 6,800 individuals and 600 churches, ministries, institutions and businesses in more than 100 cities and townships across the country.
Despite being a third grade drop-out, Perkins has been recognized for his work with ten honorary doctorates from colleges and universities across the country. He is an international speaker and teacher on racial reconciliation, leadership and the philosophy of ministry known as Christian Community Development.
2008-2009
Theme: Christians and Political Engagement
The Rally for the Common Good events were held February 22 and 23, 2009. Dr. Gerry O. Gallimore, Ambassador-at-Large for Youth for Christ International, was our guest speaker.
