Update: New Season of Creation Care No images? Click here A Rocha USA touring land with our friends at First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu who plan to restore 246 acres of a former golf course Dear friend of A Rocha, Late last year, we invited you to support our proposal for a new season of creation care. Your response blew us away. Thanks be to God, we’re thrilled to have raised a whopping $341,000 so far toward our highly ambitious $350,000 goal! In all, $164,000 came from generous individuals including many of you, and the rest came from generous institutional and foundation gifts during that period. This is an all-time record for us and almost 150% over what we raised over the same period last year, which itself was the previous record. On behalf of our Board and team, THANK YOU for your generous and game-changing partnership in this critical season! Your support is enabling us to move forward earnestly in launching a long-awaited Church Partners Program and strategically ramping up our Conservation Projects in Texas, Florida, and beyond. More on these significant developments soon. For now, we’re excited to show you this new video that our team created to better share about the growing good work in A Rocha USA: God’s faithfulness–including through your generosity–has brought us to this encouraging stage. And it’s what we continue to rely on for the days ahead. As we joyfully and prayerfully move forward, we are ever grateful for your support and partnership in our mission to live out God’s call to care for creation and equip others to do likewise. Onward, Rev Ben Lowe (守仁), PhD. Dr. Rachel Lamb ![]() Act LocallyWild Wonder, A Rocha USA's VBS style curriculum Cultivating Wonder: Introducing Wild WonderBy: Hannah Gillespie Wild Wonder helps children learn and wonder about God and nature, get outside, and spark their imaginations as they explore God’s good creation. Created by A Rocha USA, Wild Wonder is a Vacation Bible School (VBS) style curriculum designed for children aged 4-10. For more information on Wild Wonder, we invite you to check out A Rocha USA’s interactive StoryMap. A StoryMap is a visual-driven and web-based application that tells a story by combining text, maps, music, photos, and other content. The A Rocha USA team has previously utilized this application to demonstrate our Conservation Programs work in Florida and Central Texas and we are happy to now introduce Wild Wonder! ![]() Think GloballyThe garden at A Rocha Czech Republic's environmental center A Garden Home for All Part of our mission includes supporting A Rocha projects in other countries, including the Czech Republic. Here's a story from A Rocha International about A Rocha Czech Republic’s environmental center, which has a two-hectare garden teeming with life, a testament to the work they’ve done to create all sorts of habitats and homes for local wildlife. ![]() Get Involved: A Rocha opportunitiesLenten Workbook Study February 18 - March 21Mark your calendar and join us for a 5-week Lenten study using the Liturgies of Restoration workbook as our guide (written by Liuan Huska in collaboration with the Au Sable Institute). Join this exploration of how our daily practices, or "liturgies," can shape our identity, draw us into God's story, and deepen our creation care. Includes weekly practices, readings, and reflections, plus space for interaction and discussion with other members. This event kicks off with a webinar hosted by Liuan Huska, the author of the Liturgies of Restoration workbook, on February 15th at 7pm CT. All are welcome! Central Texas EventsIn Central Texas, we are working with the Bull Creek Foundation to restore and preserve the Bull Creek Watershed, which some locals refer to “the Galapagos of Texas”. We treat and remove invasive plant species that crowd out native plants. Would you join us? Stenis Tract Workdays: February 24 & March 23 @ 9 AM CST We are also offering another Austin area volunteer opportunity! Help us make this day memorable for the Picnic families! Sign up by sending an email to veronica.godoy@arocha.org. Picnics en el Arroyo: March 17 @ 11 AM at the Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve |