Small Group Resources
Rich Living by A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand
A Rocha has partnered with Tearfund NZ to create the Rich Living series – to assist faith communities to reflect on how they live and offers practical steps to make sustainability integral to lives of faith. The booklets are written as small group resources that incorporates information, Scripture readings, discussion questions and practical activities. Titles available are Climate Change, Water, Food, Waste and Transport.
Lausanne Global Classroom Creation Care Study Guide
Published by A Rocha International, this Global Classroom helps fulfill the goal of engaging the church in various aspects of creation care, and seeks to inspire young leaders, established leaders, churches, organizations, and movements to understand the importance of creation care in all their ventures. Each Classroom episode consists of a series of short videos and is supplemented by a Study Guide, which contains prompts for reflection, discussion and prayer.
God’s Earth, Our Home by Anglican Resources for Social Justice
A five week study resource on God’s creation. Explore what it looks like to live in this beautiful world and endeavour to bring about restoration and reconciliation between all of God’s creation.
Live Justly - Global Edition by Tearfund
This book contains a series of group studies to help you live justly in six key areas of life: advocacy, prayer, consumption, generosity, relationships and creation care. They are designed to help you and those in your community in your pursuit of biblical justice - whether that’s at church, in work or elsewhere.
Reset Faith: Community by Tearfund
In 2020, we’ve been reminded how fragile life is, how deeply connected we are and how much we depend on each other. We’ve seen the brokenness in our world that in ‘normal times’ often remains hidden. We long for new beginnings: for our weary souls to be refreshed with the hope of better things to come; for our faith to carry us deeper into God’s heart and to be changed. Now is the time to reset and it begins with our faith. Find out more about Reset Faith here.
Christianity and climate change by Tearfund
A nine-part short video series for small groups featuring Katharine Hayhoe, the internationally renowned Christian climate scientist. In each episode, she responds to climate questions from key church leaders and members in Scotland. There is also a leader’s guide with discussion questions and further actions to go with each film.
Caring for Creation by Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
This booklet is designed to help answer three main questions: 1. What are the environmental issues we face? 2. What impact do these have – globally, nationally, locally and personally? 3. What action can we take at each level that will make a difference? We’ll also look at the Biblical mandate for caring for creation and to see how caring for creation is fundamental to our ministry and mission in the world.
Faith in a Changing Climate by Tearfund Australia
This brief guide is a resource to help encourage small group conversations in church about climate change and its implications, so that we can understand each other’s views and work together towards a faithful response.
Tenants of the King by Operation Noah
This four-part study series is designed to help you and your church consider what the Bible has to say about today’s climate crisis. Through interactive group sessions, video interviews with leading Christian thinkers and insightful Bible commentary, this resource will help you and your church to reflect on the challenges of a changing climate, and how Christians can respond with hope to one of today’s greatest challenges.
The Creation Care Bible Challenge: A 50 Day Bible Challenge
Featuring fifty days of reflections by spiritual leaders and writers from around the world, The Creation Care Bible Challenge is an extension of The Bible Challenge, a global initiative to encourage daily engagement with scripture and an exploration of the Word of God. Includes reflections from Aotearoa contributors.
Renewing the Life of the Earth: An Eco-Theology Resource by Anglican Communion
This is a set of video presentations on ecological theology and practice, at an introductory level. The videos introduce some key issues and questions and include lists of further online resources. Videos can be used in small group discussions, incorporated within existing modules and programmes, or studied in their own right. They present a range of voices from across the Anglican Communion – from all kinds of people and from all kinds of backgrounds, from the academy and from local churches, in a number of languages.