Lee University together with the Center for Health and Global Environment at Harvard Medical School present "CREATION: A CALL TO CARE: A Symposium Intersecting Faith, Science and Practice Concerning God's Creation." This will be free symposium and will feature both nationally-recognized and local speakers.

This year EarthCare is suspending our usual Fall Retreat and will participate instead in the symposium at Lee University on Friday & Saturday, October 30-31, 2009. We hope you will be able to join us! John Rossing, president of EarthCare, and Jerry Faulkner, board member, will be speaking at one of the Saturday morning breakout sessions.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009

7:00pm PLENARY SESSION [Dixon Center]:
Session Moderator: Cheryl Johns (Pentecostal Theological Seminary)
Greeting: Paul Conn (Lee University)

"Climate Change and Human Health"
Paul Epstein (Harvard Medical School)

"A Pastoral Call to Care for Creation"
Joel Hunter (Northland Church, Orlando, FL)

"In the Same Net: Ocean Life and the Human Spirit"
Carl Safina (Blue Ocean Institute)

* Coffee reception and book signing following the presentation

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009

9:00 - 9:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST / EXHIBITS [School of Religion Building Lobby]

9:30 - 10:30am BREAKOUT SESSIONS [School of Religion Classrooms]:

"The Ministry of EarthCare" [Room 146]
Jerry Faulkner (EarthCare / Cleveland State Community College)
John Rossing (EarthCare / Christ the King Lutheran Church, Dalton, GA)

"Growing Switch Grass for Cellulose Ethanol Production" [Room 231]
Ken Goddard (UT Extension Service)

"Demand: A Consumer's Glance at Sustainable Agriculture" [Room 248]
Jennifer Norton Driving (The Greenway Table)

Topic To Be Announced [Jones Lecture Hall]
Nancy Sleeth (Blessed Earth)

"Connecting People and Nature" [Room 148]
Ken Voorhis (Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont)

11:00am - 12:00pm PLENARY SESSION [Dixon Center]:

"All Creation Groans: A Call to Care"
Cheryl Johns (Pentecostal Theological Seminary)

"Healthy Solutions for the Low Carbon Economy"
Paul Epstein (Harvard Medical School)

"Good Stewards of God’s Resources"
Nancy Sleeth (Blessed Earth)