http://takecarenow.org Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:30:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here at TCN, we're always excited to see fellow believers raising awareness for environmental stewardship. A large church in Orlando is holding a conference for this very purpose. Here's the official word: It’s time for us to rediscover the Church’s responsibility to lead by example in Creation Care! At the ... http://takecarenow.org/2008/01/16/upcoming-creation-care-conference-in-orlando/ PSALM 65:5-13 (NIV) You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of ... http://takecarenow.org/2007/08/20/inspired/ We had another street cleanup of SW 5th Ave. this weekend. We got a good amount of trash, but it wasn't too bad -- probably because UF is on break this week, so the students are out of town. We're not saying that college students are messy or ... http://takecarenow.org/2007/08/13/clean-again/ Just a quick note to say that we recycled aluminum cans at a recent camp for First Baptist Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! Even if it involved a little digging through trash to recover some lost cans, it was worth it. Tomorrow, we will recycle at an youth event at ... http://takecarenow.org/2007/08/08/alumination-update/ We had a street cleanup yesterday and it was a good one. To be honest, the roadsides of SW 5th Ave had apparently just been mowed, so there wasn't too much trash to be picked up. Oh darn. One very cool thing: as we walked along the road, we prayed for ... http://takecarenow.org/2007/07/22/really-cleaned-up/ Ignoring the horrible headline, we have started a new program! It's called Alumination and it's pretty simple: we want to encourage Christians to recycle aluminum cans. We plan to kick it off this summer for camp season. Check out our plan on the Alumination page. http://takecarenow.org/2007/05/14/its-cantastic/ A week has passed since the founding of our Facebook group, but as expected, the daily increase by a factor of 19 didn't hold up. 94 million members would've been nice, but we're very happy with the 81 that we have now! http://takecarenow.org/2007/05/04/facebook-follow-up/ Our first TCN product is available: the TCN-branded reusable shopping bag.  See it at the store page. http://takecarenow.org/2007/05/02/the-store-is-open/ We've updated the Ideas page with easy ideas you can do right now and simple habits you can adopt to be a better steward of the earth. We promote simple choices that won't take time away from the pursuits that God has placed in your life. http://takecarenow.org/2007/05/02/more-ideas/ We had another cleanup of SW 5th Ave yesterday morning.  We gathered 6 bags of trash on that wonderfully clear morning.  Most notable piece of trash: big watermelon rinds laying in the road. http://takecarenow.org/2007/04/29/cleaned/