We’re starting a new 3-week series this week called Save the Planet. It introduces our summer theme of service projects and emphasis on evangelism. Here’s the idea for the arc of the series so far:

Week 1 CREATION — The Beauty of the Earth
The Creation Story, Genesis 1
Job “Have you…” passages
The earth is God’s, it deserves to be taken care of
Debunk naturalism, pantheism
Passages of Scripture that compare God to Creation
Clip from NASA Missions: When we left earth
Resource: The Case for a Creator
Promote: Bible Institute — Creation

Week 2 CALLING — Be a Good Steward
The Creation Mandate
Refinery Green building information
Clip from documentary
Go green, care, abuse, dominion
Illustration: Care for gerbil
Not to please environmentalists, but God
Promote: Bottles for Bibles promotion starts

Week 3 CORRUPTION — The World Needs Fixing
Paradise lost, sin, disorder, chaos, shattered
Not just the world is broken, we are broken
Adam and Eve … fast forward to the Cross
We are broken and need to be fixed
The fix is Jesus, Son of God the Creator
End the series where it began — with God

JG