Creation Care Team

Creation Care Team

Creation Care Topics Family Fun Ideas Nature Movies Educating Children about Nature Recycle Plastic Caps Reduce Junk Mail! Being Green: a moral issue for churches Catalog Choice How Lord of Life reduces its environmental impact Green tips LifeTIMES via email - save trees and postage! Endangered and threatened species “The power of God is present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf. Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven? . . . God is wholly present in all creation, in every corner, behind you and before you.” – Martin Luther		The Creation Care Team explores how we at Lord of Life can better steward God's amazing creation. Creation Care Team meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 pm. If you are interested in being involved with the Creation Care Team, please contact Blake Toms at 763.918.4170 or blake.toms@regiscorp.com. A Happy Recycling New Year - has occurred for many of Lord of Life's congregants. As of January 2012, recycling service providers such as Allied Waste and Randy's now accept many of the materials that were previously only recycled at specific locations. For example, the plastic caps that are recycled by the Creation Care team through AVEDA, could now simply be directly recycled in your recycle bin. Additionally, plastic bags from retailers can be recycled in the same way. Check your recycling provider's handouts or website to see the added materials that can now be recycled to further reduce our volume of waste! www.alliedwasteminnesota.com www.randyssanitation.com www.recycleminnesota.org Let's Get Outdoors!: Winter can be a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the season at one or more of your favorite parks or preserves. Just strap on those cross-country skis or snowshoes and hit the trails. Many parks have skis and snowshoes for rent and offer nature programs and events. Click on the parks listed below to visit their websites. Three Rivers Park District * Elm Creek Park Reserve (Maple Grove)+ * Fish Lake Park Reserve (Maple Grove) * Lake Rebecca Park Reserve (near Rockford) * Clifton E. French Park Reserve (Plymouth) * Baker Park Reserve (near Loretto and Maple Plain) * Crow-Hassan Park Reserve (near Hanover) (+Note: The Elm Creek Park nature center is closed for construction, which will be completed in 2012. The rest of the park will remain open.) Minnesota State Parks: * Afton State Park (St. Croix River) * Fort Snelling State Park * Interstate Park (St. Croix River) * Lake Maria State Park (7 miles NW of Monticello) * Wild River State Park (St. Croix River) * William O'Brien State Park (St. Croix River) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service * Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (near Zimmerman) * Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Bloomington) Maple Grove Parks/Trails Anoka County Parks/Trails

Creation Care Topics

Family Fun Ideas

Nature Movies

Educating Children about Nature

Recycle Plastic Caps

Reduce Junk Mail!

Being Green: a moral issue for churches

Catalog Choice

How Lord of Life reduces its environmental impact

Green tips

LifeTIMES via email - save trees and postage!

Endangered and threatened species

“The power of God is present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf. Do you think God is sleeping on a pillow in heaven? . . .
God is wholly present in all creation, in every corner, behind you and before you.”
– Martin Luther

The Creation Care Team explores how we at Lord of Life can better steward God's amazing creation. Creation Care Team meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 pm.

If you are interested in being involved with the Creation Care Team, please contact Blake Toms at 763.918.4170 or blake.toms@regiscorp.com.

A Happy Recycling New Year - has occurred for many of Lord of Life's congregants. As of January 2012, recycling service providers such as Allied Waste and Randy's now accept many of the materials that were previously only recycled at specific locations. For example, the plastic caps that are recycled by the Creation Care team through AVEDA, could now simply be directly recycled in your recycle bin. Additionally, plastic bags from retailers can be recycled in the same way. Check your recycling provider's handouts or website to see the added materials that can now be recycled to further reduce our volume of waste!
www.alliedwasteminnesota.com
www.randyssanitation.com
www.recycleminnesota.org

Let's Get Outdoors!:
Winter can be a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the season at one or more of your favorite parks or preserves. Just strap on those cross-country skis or snowshoes and hit the trails. Many parks have skis and snowshoes for rent and offer nature programs and events. Click on the parks listed below to visit their websites.

Three Rivers Park District
    * Elm Creek Park Reserve (Maple Grove)+
    * Fish Lake Park Reserve (Maple Grove)
    * Lake Rebecca Park Reserve (near Rockford)
    * Clifton E. French Park Reserve (Plymouth)
    * Baker Park Reserve (near Loretto and Maple Plain)
    * Crow-Hassan Park Reserve (near Hanover)
(+Note: The Elm Creek Park nature center is closed for construction, which will be completed in 2012. The rest of the park will remain open.)

Minnesota State Parks:
    * Afton State Park (St. Croix River)
    * Fort Snelling State Park
    * Interstate Park (St. Croix River)
    * Lake Maria State Park (7 miles NW of Monticello)
    * Wild River State Park (St. Croix River)
    * William O'Brien State Park (St. Croix River)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    * Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (near Zimmerman)
    * Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (Bloomington)

Maple Grove Parks/Trails

Anoka County Parks/Trails

Blessing of the Animals

first Sunday in October each year

The Blessing of the Animals was once again a wonderful afternoon full of fun and fur, as shown in the photos at left!

Thanks to all who brought their pets to be blessed, including the multitude of dogs combined with a few cats, ferrets and turtles!