{"id":70557,"date":"2022-08-04T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/lambeth-conference-round-up-day-8-3-august\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:47:30","slug":"lambeth-conference-round-up-day-8-3-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillside.work\/sec\/staging\/lambeth-conference-round-up-day-8-3-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambeth Conference Round-up: Day 8 (3 August)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, the Conference delegates spent the day at Lambeth Palace in London, hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Caroline Welby. \u00a0During the day they heard from Climate activists on the ways the\u00a0Church must respond to the Climate Crisis and an act of worship was held to launch the\u00a0Communion Forest: a project for the whole Communion to engage in\u00a0forest protection, tree growing and eco-system restoration to safeguard creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Communion Forest (more about which can be read here<\/a>) launched with the planting of a symbolic tree at the palace, with earth scattered by many of the Bishops, Spouses, and guests attending.<\/p>\n

The Rt Rev Ian Paton, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, spoke about the day spent in London at Lambeth Palace. Whilst in London the Bishops discussed the Lambeth Call on Environment & Sustainable Development.\u00a0Bishop Ian reflected that: “One of our speakers pointed out that ‘an open heart is where the seed of true action lies in us.’ And that points us in the direction of action. We’ve had so many words about the environment. And here is another Call document, which is more words. What we need is actions. We all know this in our hearts but we’re all so reluctant to face the challenge of that.”<\/p>\n