A Festival of Creation

401 East 4th Street,Greenville NC 27858

23 July, 2021

Description

A fun, all-ages, two-day event at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church focused on caring for God's creation! A fun two-day festival that centers around celebrating God’s creation of the Earth, and humanity’s role in caring for the Earth. A particular eye is turned to climate change and environmental justice – with hope for change and steps for living a more environmentally just life. Relevant experts will be involved to make sure the focus is more on effecting systemic change rather than just individual changes, but leave lots of room for individual opportunities as well. Leave the city of Greenville and the Tar River better than we found it! All ticket sales benefit Sound Rivers, an organization that works to protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico river basins. Friday, July 23, 5 - 8 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church -AND- Saturday, July 24, 9 - 12 noon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Friday - St. Tim's: Prayer stations focused on creation care Food truck dinner Presentation from Joni Torres, Community Garden Tech for Pitt County. Includes a demonstration on worm composting. Saturday - St. Paul's: Booths area including Sound Rivers and R.A.W. Plastics. Two presentations by a representative from Sound Rivers. Includes a "trash audit," going through trash that has been deposited in the nearby Tar river. Water quality demonstration, testing samples from the Tar River, from the culvert near St. Paul's, our fountain, and even our baptismal font for e. Coli and other biological and chemical markers. A short worship service that includes a commissioning to creation care for all in attendance. We will all take up this work together and we will see it through. Have questions? Email jay@stpaulsepiscopal.com