The Annual Christian Life Conference of the Christian Life Commission (Baptist General Convention of Texas) is being held today (and yesterday) at First Baptist Church, Austin. The first day of the conference focused on issues such as finance, gambling and human trafficking. See the list of speakers & topics here.
Today’s sessions will focus on Creation Care. My friend Stephen Reeves, Legislative Counsel of the CLC, will lead a session entitled “Breakfast with the Planet: Creation Care for Texas.” Here’s the line-up:
| 8:00 am | “Breakfast with the Planet: Creation Care for Texas” |
| Stephen Reeves, Legislative Counsel, Christian Life Commission | |
| Colin Rowan, I&O Communications | |
| 9:15 am | Break |
| 9:30 am | “The Environment and Health” |
| Susan Pacheco, M.D., University of Texas-Houston | |
| 10:15 am | “The Environment and Energy: Resources for Congregations” |
| Panel: Bee Moorehead, Texas Impact and Interfaith Power and Light | |
| Trent Cogdill, Vice-President, Priority Power Management | |
| 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:30 am | Legislator Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | “A Conversation with Legislators and Journalists” |
| Senator Kirk Watson, Austin | |
| Representative Valinda Bolton, Austin | |
| Representative Dan Gattis, Georgetown | |
| Harvey Kronberg, Texas Quorum Report, Austin | |
| Shelley Kofler, News Director, KERA, Dallas | |
| 2:00 pm | Adjourn |
According to the We are Texas Baptists blog, this year’s Christian Life Conference is between broadcast live on the web. So, follow this link and watch the webcast live. All times are Central Standard Time!
I’m sure that at least a few of the speakers will offer practical and stewardship steps that you and your church can take to be more GREEN. The session featuring Interfaith Power & Light should be especially helpful in that regard.
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the conference this year due to my class schedule. On the environment front though, I plan to present a paper on *The Greening of Baptists* at an upcoming nearby conference/forum. You can read the long-version of my draft here.
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I really enjoyed reading your paper. Comprehensive and well-cited. Good work.
Your sessions focusing on Creation Care must have been very interesting! Any hope that some of it will be made available on video, post conference?