Greetings to you all, and prayers that your week is going well.  I look forward to seeing you in a week- Next Tuesday, January 26th, at 7:00 p.m., the IEN Service Team will meet again.  This meeting is for all of us who seek to promote the stewardship of creation as people of faith in a hands-on way, so feel free to invite others!  Our main focus will be on the fast approaching Earth Day, and how we would like to meet it.  We'll discuss how faith communities are planning to observe it, how we might get involved with them or organize our own group project, and, of course, continue brainstorming how we want to move forward as we develop our team.  
Our meeting will be at St. David's Episcopal Church downtown (http://stdave.org/).  Go north on Trinity between 7th and 8th Streets and turn left into the parking garage.  Get a ticket at the gate - you'll be able to pick up a voucher at the receptionist desk for free parking.  Take the elevator to level 2 to enter the church.  We'll meet in room Crail A (http://stdave.org/site/sitewide/cat/calendar/).    
Pastor Wynn Stenftenagel Interim Steering Committe Interfaith Environmental Network

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IEN Interim Steering Committee member Chris Searles (1st Baptist Church) got us this neat mention on the Austin Post web site. Have a look!

Good job, Chris!

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A number of us from the Interfaith Environmental Network had the pleasure of attending a Clergy Breakfast yesterday hosted by AAIM, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries. It took place at Austin’s historic Houston-Tillotson University. Tom Spencer, the Director of AAIM, moderated a conversation and Q & A with Mayor Will Wynn. Discussions at individual tables among the clergy in attendance followed. The topic: how the tough economy is affecting our faith communities.

The printed materials distributed to all the attendees included an information sheet on our own IEN. Thanks, Tom!

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