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La Casa De Maria Santa Barbara, California 800 El Bosque Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Phone: 805 9695031 For more information or to register contact George Johnson at 9493800044 or georgesjohnson@gmail.com. “Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?” David Griffin is the author of Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis? among other works. He is professor emeritus of philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont University, and is co director of the Center for Process Studies. His work is deeply engaged with the science and ethics of climate change. Courage to Think Differently WHY WATER IS SACRED February 2224, 2015 Santa Barbara, CA “Watershed Discipleship: The Urgency of Now” Ched Myers and his partner Elaine Enns run Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries in Oakview, CA. Myers has authored many books including Who Will Roll Away the Stone?, The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics, and Our God is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice . His current work focuses on “watershed discipleship.” “Dismantling Ecological and Economic Violence” Cynthia MoeLobeda is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Seattle University. Among her books are Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Economic Ecological Vocation and Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God. MoeLobeda is a popular speaker around issues of environmental justice and public theology. “Getting from Social Justice to Creation Justice” Larry Rasmussen is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Among his many works are books Earth Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key and Earth Community, Earth Ethics. He has also written extensively on Dietrich Bonheoffer and Reinhold Niebuhr. About the Speakers

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 La  Casa  De  Maria      Santa  Barbara,  California    800  El  Bosque  Rd.  Santa  Barbara,  CA  93108    Phone:  805-­‐  969-­‐5031      For  more  information  or  to  register  contact  George  Johnson  at  949-­‐380-­‐0044  or  [email protected].  

“Can  Civilization  Survive  the  CO2  Crisis?”                                                                                David  Griffin  is  the  author  of  Unprecedented:  Can  Civilization  Survive  the  CO2  Crisis?  among  other  works.  He  is  professor  emeritus  of  philosophy  of  religion  and  theology  at  Claremont  School  of  Theology  and  Claremont  University,  and  is  co-­‐director  of  the  Center  for  Process  Studies.  His  work  is  deeply  engaged  with  the  science  and  ethics  of  climate  change.        

Courage  to  Think  Differently  

WHY  WATER  IS  SACRED  February  22-­‐24,  2015  Santa  Barbara,  CA  

“Watershed  Discipleship:  The  Urgency  of  Now”                                                                  Ched  Myers  and  his  partner  Elaine  Enns  run  Bartimaeus  Cooperative  Ministries  in  Oakview,  CA.  Myers  has  authored  many  books  including  Who  Will  Roll  Away  the  Stone?,  The  Biblical  Vision  of  Sabbath  Economics,  and  Our    God  is  Undocumented:  Biblical  Faith  and  Immigrant  Justice  .    His  current  work  focuses  on  “watershed  discipleship.”          

“Dismantling  Ecological  and  Economic  Violence”                                                    Cynthia  Moe-­‐Lobeda  is  Associate  Professor  of  Christian  Ethics  at  Seattle  University.  Among  her  books  are  Resisting  Structural  Evil:  Love  as  Economic-­‐  Ecological  Vocation  and  Healing  a  Broken  World:  Globalization  and  God.  Moe-­‐Lobeda  is  a  popular  speaker  around  issues  of  environmental  justice  and  public  theology.      

“Getting  from  Social  Justice  to  Creation  Justice”                                            Larry  Rasmussen  is  Reinhold  Niebuhr  Professor  Emeritus  of  Social  Ethics  at  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York.  Among  his  many  works  are  books  Earth  Honoring  Faith:  Religious  Ethics  in  a  New  Key  and  Earth  Community,  Earth  Ethics.  He  has  also  written  extensively  on  Dietrich  Bonheoffer  and  Reinhold  Niebuhr.      

About  the  Speakers    

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Schedule     Breakout  Sessions    Locations  will  be  posted  each  day  according  to  sign-­‐ups  at  registration.  Sunday,  February  22    3:00-­‐4:30pm—Wine  &  Cheese  4:30-­‐5:30pm—Welcome,  Music,  and  “Setting  Our  Sails”  with  Howie  Wennes,  Bishop  Guy  Erwin,  US  Rep.  Lois  Capps,  CA  Sen.  Hannah-­‐Beth  Jackson        6:00pm—Dinner    7:15pm—Music      7:30pm—Lecture  1:  David  Griffin,  “Can  Civilizations  Survive  the  CO  Crisis?”  8:45pm—Evening  Prayer      Monday,  February  23  

Session  I,  Monday  Morning    ◦Environmental  Justice  and  Advocacy,  Mark  Carlson  &  Ched  Myers    ◦Water  Understood  Sacramentally,  Dave  Nagler  &  Larry  Rasmussen    ◦The  Biblical  Ethic  of  Neighbor  Love,  Joerg  Rieger  &  Cynthia  Moe-­‐  Lobeda  ◦Climate  Change  Denial  &  Other  Challenges,  Sam  Thomas  &  David  Griffin      Session  II,  Monday  Afternoon  

7:30-­‐8:00am—Breakfast    8:30am—Opening  Worship:  Dan  Rift,  ELCA  World  Hunger  9:00am—Lecture  2:  Cynthia  Moe-­‐Lobeda,  “Dismantling  Ecological  and  Economic  Violence”  10:30-­‐11:30am—Breakout  Session  I    12:00pm—Lunch  1:15-­‐2:15pm—One  Person  Drama  Musical:  Tevyn  East                                  Interview  and  Panel  Discussion;  Moderator:  Brenda  Bos  3:30-­‐4:30pm—Breakout  Session  II  6:00pm—Dinner    7:15pm—Music  7:30pm—Lecture  3:  Larry  Rasmussen,  “Water  Is  Sacred—Or  Not”  8:45pm—“Thirsty  for  Justice”  DVD  and  Evening  Prayer          Tuesday,  February  24  7:30-­‐8:00am—Breakfast    8:30am—Opening  Worship:  Bishop  Murray  Finck,  Pacifica  Synod  9:00-­‐10:00am—Breakout  Session  III    10:15-­‐11:15am—Lecture  4:  Ched  Myers,  “Watershed  Discipleship:  The  Urgency  of  Now”    11:30am—Closing  Comments:  George  Johnson      

◦Transition:  Saving  Souls  to  Saving  Creation,  Mark  Davis  &  John  Cobb    ◦Bruggemann  &  Bonhoeffer  on  Grief,  Resistance  &  Dissent,  Dan  Smith  &              Larry  Rasmussen    ◦Examples  of  Care  of  the  Earth  Field  Trip,  Ched  Myers    ◦Creative  Movement  and  Meditation  in  the  Natural  World,  Tevyn  East  &  Murray  Finck  ◦Environmentally  Faith-­‐Rooted  Organizing,  Alexia  Salvatierra  &  Dixie  Hanson  

Session  III,  Tuesday  Morning    ◦Global  Mission  &  Future  Implications  around  Climate  Change,                                            Mary  Marete  &  Dan  Rift      ◦Action  Ideas  for  Congregations  &  Schools,  Jessica  Chicka  &  Allis  Druffel      ◦Agriculture,  Food,  and  Farming  Issues,  Erynn  Smith,  Sarah  Nolan  &            Katelyn  Roedner    ◦Connecting  Children  &  Youth  to  Their  Creator  and  Creation,                                    Chamie  Delkeskamp            

Seven  Stages  of  Creation  Nature  Walk  for  Prayer,  Contemplation,  and  Thanksgiving  

 Throughout  the  conference  there  will  be  seven  places  around  the  retreat  center  grounds  for  meditation  on  themes  or  issues  related  to  creation.  These  stations  will  be  places  for  quiet  contemplation  and  appreciation  for  the  wonders  of  the  natural  world.  Signage  will  identify  the  theme  at  each  station  and  suggest  ideas  for  your  personal  reflection.