EcoFaith Summit 2023

NE MN Synod/ELCA EcoFaith Network

EcoFaith Summit 2023
The Pollinator Plot: Cross+Pollination in a Time of Ecological Crisis

The Pollinator Plot: Cross+Pollination in a Time of Ecological CrisisSaturday, April 15, 9:30 – 3:30p.m. with reception to followTwin Ports, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Duluth and online. Homestays before and after the event are available! Follow <a href="https://forms.gle/kGV85bGxbm6ZGsEJ7" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">THIS link</a> to sign up for a homestay, or follow <a href="https://forms.gle/GBF1KD35fE9MpASQ7" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this link</a> to host.The cost of in-person registration is $25. For information about free registration, contact ecofaith@nemnsynod.org. Co-presented by: The EcoFaith Network NE-MN Synod, the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin Creation Care, and the Saint Paul Area Synod Care of Creation.Partners: Luther Seminary, Minneapolis Area Synod EcoFaith Network, Northwestern Minnesota Synod ~ Creation Care Affinity Group, Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light, Lutheran Advocacy - Minnesota, Lutherans Restoring Creation, The Pollinator Friendly Alliance, and Duluth Monarch Buddies, and The Ministry Lab.Keynote speaker: Margot Monson, entomologist and beekeeperIn a moment of deep ecological crisis, this year’s EcoFaith Summit calls us to become part of the Holy Spirit’s subversive plot to pollinate an alternative way of being human for the sake of life. In this plot, we find our model and hope from pollinator species. These tiny, apparently powerless, often overlooked and disregarded creatures, whose drastic decline endangers so much we depend upon, are a key to the regeneration of life itself.In this great plot, faith communities of every size and place can be demonstration plots, pollinating alternative ways of living. We all steward plots of land, even tiny ones, which can become pollinator habitat. In this critical and decisive time, a ‘Kairos’ moment, what we do with our specific plots wherever we are, matters. How we live the Gospel paradox that God’s power is shown in weakness can engage us in active hope amid the growing crisis we face.Through worship, keynote presentation, diverse storytellers, conversations, and engagement sessions, together we will be empowered to be participants in this unfolding plot. Goals:<ul><li>Share the urgency and hope of this decisive, Kairos moment of ecological crisis.</li><li>Equip us to take bold action in demonstrating faithful stewardship of the earth.</li><li>Engage congregations and communities in supporting pollinator habitat.</li><li>Cross-pollinate relationships and collective responses in the Upper Midwest.</li></ul>Shape of the Day:<ul><li>9:30a.m. Registration and coffee and refreshments/ visit table exhibits</li><li>10:a.m. Opening</li><li>10:15a.m. Keynote presentation: Margot Monson, entomologist and beekeeper</li><li>11:10a.m. Pollinating storytellers</li><li>12pm Lunch and time to visit table exhibits</li><li>Afternoon: Engagement sessions: Plotting for Life in a Time of Ecological Crisis</li><li>1:00-1:45p.m. Engagement session 1- 1 online, 2 in-person options)</li><li>2:00-2:45p.m. Engagement session 2- 1 online, 2 in-person options)</li><li>3:00p.m. Sending worship</li><li>3:30p.m. Reception and networking/ visit table exhibits </li></ul>Learn more about the engagement sessions <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jRy8o5bnux9hRAd1h_Xe_H3k5qplzw8K/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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