Earth Keeping

"Everyone, in his imagination, can go to the most beautiful places on earth. Perhaps it is a mountaintop with a forever view, or a long, white-sand beach. Maybe it is the spray and the thunderous roar of a waterfall or the quiet, gentle sway of a seemingly endless golden field of wheat. These places can help us to have a Garden of Eden experience. The Garden must have been an incredible place, not only because of the tangible presence of God, but because of its beauty. The writer of Genesis says “And God saw everything that he had made, and it was very good” (1:31).
We need to reclaim the world/universe and relearn how to treat all things contained in it (natural resources, environment, water, trees, farm land) with respect. By doing this we respect the One who gave us this job! - D. Monsma, Teaching For Transformation

Today we began thinking about the throughline Earth Keeping. 

Our Grade 3 students led us in a choral speaking piece based on Genesis 1 and 2. 

We then watched this video:

The World Gives Us Garbage, We Give Them Music

We noticed that instead of looking at things as garbage, 

they are redeeming it by turning it into something beautiful. 

This month we will continue to dig deeper into how to answer God's call to His creation.