1. Reflections on Creation
What the Bible says about Creation
Reflections on Creation
Wildlife and the way we treat it
What is wildlife?
God and wildlife
Our relationship with wildlife
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

3. Wildlife - created by God
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife - created by God
Genesis 1: 11-12, 20 –21, “God created…. “
Genesis 2: 9, “the Lord God formed …. all the wild creatures”
Isaiah 41: “I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia…….”
John 1:3 “Through Him all things were made”
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

4. Wildlife – cared for by God
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – cared for by God
Psalms 104, 145, 147
Noah – the first conservationist? Genesis 6-9
Sermon on the Mount
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

5. Wildlife – worshipping God
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – worshipping God
Psalms 65, 69, 96, 98, 103, 148, 150
Isaiah 43 “the wild animals honour me...”
Isaiah “the trees of the fields will clap their hands”
Revelation 5 - every creature singing praise to God
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

6. Wildlife – worshipping God
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – worshipping God
Psalms 65, 69, 96, 98, 103, 148, 150
Isaiah 43 “the wild animals honour me...”
Isaiah “the trees of the fields will clap their hands”
Revelation 5 - every creature singing praise to God
Worshipping God by living in the way that He intended
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

7. Wildlife – providing for mankind
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – providing for mankind
Food
Healthy soil
Raw materials
Waste recycling
Crop pollination
Pest Control
Medicines
Water management
Physical and mental recreation
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

8. Wildlife – God’s command to mankind
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – God’s command to mankind
We are to rule over the fish, the birds and every living creature
We are created in God’s image and need to act accordingly
Work with God’s creation, not against it
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

9. Disconnected from wildlife?
What the Bible says about Creation
Disconnected from wildlife?
Get out there!
Stop!
Look!
Listen!
Worship!
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

10. Wildlife – our response
What the Bible says about Creation
Wildlife – our response
Between 1970 and 2013, 56% of UK species declined, with 40% showing strong or moderate declines
Population trends of species of special conservation concern in the UK has fallen by 67% since 1970, and by 12% between 2002 and 2013.
The UK has lost significantly more nature over the long term than the global average. The index suggests that we are among the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

11. What can we do to care for wildlife?
What the Bible says about Creation
What can we do to care for wildlife?
Gardens
Volunteer
Buildings
Campaigns
Financial support
Pray
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

12. Reflections on Creation
What the Bible says about Creation
Reflections on Creation
Receive the world that God has given. Go for a walk, get wet, dig the earth.
(Rowan Williams)
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

13. Reflections on Creation
What the Bible says about Creation
Reflections on Creation
Group work on Psalm 104
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017

14. Reflections on Creation
What the Bible says about Creation
Reflections on Creation
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017
St Mary's Church, Wargrave - March 2017