Have all the climate change/crisis headlines lately sparked thoughts in your mind that you need to learn more/do something about caring for our beloved Earth? Here’s an opportunity to do that!

You are invited to participate in 6 in-person meetings of Story Circles during the months of September and October 2023. The meetings will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2920 Cassia Street, Boise 83705. The meetings will last from 75 to 90 minutes each. Keith Hammer, retired ELCA pastor, is seeking 10 to 12 persons to be a part of this first series of Story Circles. Your commitment is to attend all 6 meetings. The exact dates and times of the meetings will be set based on a poll of the persons who commit to this venture.

A Story Circle is a structured storytelling meeting in which participants sit in a circle and tell personal stories (often 3 to 5 minutes in length) related to the focus of the series of meetings. In this case the theme is Climate Care and ways we join in community to build a present and future that shows love and care for our Planet Earth so that our ancestors can receive the gifts of Earth as we have received them in our lives. In this series of meetings, you might expect to build friendships, learn more ways to care for our Earth, and learn about community storytelling.

Each participant will receive a complimentary copy of her/his/their choice of either Larry L. Rasmussen’s book The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren When Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing (2022) or Mark Yaconelli’s book Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us (2022).

The meetings will start the series of meetings by mid-September, so please reply by no later than September 8, 2023. You may email/text Keith with your questions at rkeithhammer@icloud.com or 208-376-7265.