A Quaker Response to Climate Change (Guest Speaker: Janet Grove)

John 3:17-18

Janet Grove began her career as an engineer designing water infrastructure such as onsite wastewater systems and stormwater drainage. Since 2010, she has switched to education and currently teaches math and science at Washougal High School. Janet was raised as a fundamentalist Christian, but left Christianity just before turning 20. She originally became a Quaker through the unprogrammed tradition and was a member of Missoula Friends Meeting for over 15 years. She has been a member of Camas Friends Church since 2017. She has never before preached a sermon.

I John 3:17-18 (ESV):

17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

Queries:

Do the seeds of war have nourishment in my possessions?

How can my life be a witness against climate change?

How can my skills and my joys be used to make a positive difference in the world?

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“May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses,and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.”

-John Woolman