How to host an Our Father’s World Seminar at Your Church or School:

You can bring an Our Father’s World Seminar to your home church!

We find that almost every church has a significant number of people who are starting to ask what the Bible has to say about the environmental crisis, and whether we, God’s people, shouldn’t be involved in caring for his creation. The Our Father’s World seminar is a weekend event designed to answer some of those questions, and to help the people asking these questions to figure out not only why but how they can begin to respond to the assaults on God’s creation in meaningful and biblical ways.  If you are one of the people asking the questions – or one of those trying to give the answers, you will want to bring this seminar to your church!

What do you need?

1. A church

Because the focus is on ‘mobilizing the church’ that’s where we’d like to hold the seminar. Ideally, the host church is able and willing to invite members of other churches in the area so the event reaches members of the community as well. Your pastor or church leaders need to be fully aware of the content of the seminar and committed to giving adequate publicity to the event in church newsletters, on your church website, and in worship services for at least three weeks before the event.

2. A college campus.

This is optional – but we have found that the mix of students and laypeople that will attend a seminar when it is hosted near a college campus makes for a very lively and successful experience. It doesn’t have to be a Christian college – if you have a campus with Christian student groups active, you will find them very interested in a seminar like this one. We can work out scholarships to make it possible for students to attend at a reduced rate.

3. A weekend.

At least 3 months from now, so you have enough time to plan and publicize the event. The seminar can be presented on one Saturday, or on a Friday evening/Saturday morning or in a variety of other formats. There aren’t very many seminar slots available in a given year because Ed Brown presents each of these in person, and is unable to do more than 2 in any one month. So we suggest you contact us soon if you have a date in mind.

4. A person.

Better, two or three people who will be able to work with Care of Creation and your church staff to plan and publicize the Seminar in your area. It won’t take a lot of time – but it does require enthusiasm! If you care about the topic – caring for God’s world – you can do this.

So what’s next?

Simple – give us a call at 608 233 7048 (ask for Stacey) or write to us here.

Other things you might find helpful:

We understand that there are a lot of “seminars” being peddled to churches.  Your church leaders will, quite rightly, want to know what this seminar is all about.  Here are some materials you will find useful in talking to them.  [These are all in PDF format]

  • An introductory video. (with thanks to 2100 at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship – this video was originally presented at Urbana 06 and includes an invitation to the Our Father’s World Seminar by Rev. Ed Brown.)