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Celebrating water as God\u2019s creation and reflecting on challenges faced by people having inadequate access to this life-giving resource, members of Swiss churches gathered together in Geneva. Their meeting was held beside a pond called<\/span> \u00c9tang de Mouilles on the rainy Sunday afternoon of 15 September.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting took place as part of the Time for Creation, an annual, global, ecumenical season of prayer for creation, eco-justice and peace with the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organized by Swiss churches in and around the canton of Geneva, the event featured participation by World Council of Churches (WCC) staff members working with the WCC\u2019s programme o Care for Creation and Climate Justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting attracted fifty participants following a call from the ecumenical organization Oeku. The event addressed the theme \u201cLakes and ponds, fresh streams: water as a living environment\u201d. Oeku works for environmental issues, and has produced materials for the Time for Creation to be used by churches in Protestant, Catholic and ecumenical celebrations and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the meeting, participants heard about the work of the H2O-Energies<\/a>, a not-for-profit organization helping communities to have access to clean water in Kenya and Cameroun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Rohrbach and Georges Bolay, staff of H2O-Energies, spoke about the significance of seeking access to clean water and sanitation for poorer communities in these African countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Issues related to water in Africa remained a special focus of the meeting, given that around 345 million people live without access to clean water in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Guillermo Kerber, the WCC\u2019s programme executive on Care for Creation and Climate Justice, engaged participants in an activity, \u201cwater pilgrimage\u201d, using biblical references to water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the WCC\u2019s Ecumenical Water Network, appreciated the meeting. He said that \u201cin a city like Geneva, where water and sanitation is not a problem and tap water is safe to drink, it is commendable that ecumenical voices join together to pray, meditate and discuss water issues that affect communities around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Organizers of the meeting included the Protestant parishes of Onex, St Luc-Petit-Lancy and Bernex-Confignon, the Catholic parishes of St Martin, St Mark, Christ-Roi, Bernex-Confignon, as well as the Evangelical Free Church, the Latin American Christian community of Onex, the Francophone Evangelical-Methodist Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church and the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time for Creation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ecumenical Water Network<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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