Green Chalice Summit

On Saturday, August 19, twenty-two Disciples gathered at Olivet Christian Church in Columbia for our first Green Chalice Summit.

After a welcome by Regional Minister Rev. Ron Routledge, Rev. Patricia Farmer spoke on her book Replanting Ourselves in Beauty: Toward an Ecological Civilization. Then Rev. Ron Farmer shared about their stay in an eco-community in Ecuador, and that country’s constitution which gives rights to the land.

Bill Zimmerman presented about the USAID’s Farmer2Farmer program with which he has traveled throughout the world, sharing knowledge of soil needs. We then broke out into small group table discussions about current efforts with Green Chalice Ministries in our congregations.

Roger Bergman presented an MIT En-ROADS Powerpoint as a Climate Ambassador. We concluded with communion led by Larry Brown. All agreed we need to have another day-long event next Spring around Earth Day in April. Please visit the Upcoming Events page on our website regularly for information about that, and all Regional events!