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Let justice roll down like waters
Amos 5:24
11th Assembly of ECEN
Helsinki, Finland
11–15 June 2016
The Assembly will offer a broad ecumenical
platform for sharing and strengthening cooperation
among representatives from different Churches in Europe.
The venue, Culture Centre Sofia,
is a peaceful place surrounded by beautiful
Finnish nature by the sea.
The Assembly will take place shortly after the historical agreement on climate change from Paris.
Churches were actively present at the Paris conference. Pilgrimages for climate justice which took
place in 2015 raised the importance of the ethical aspects of the climate change agenda in a
number of places over the continent and intensified discussion about relationship between justice
and climate. Impacts of climate change will be considered in a broader context. The Assembly will
pay particular attention to the issue of water, the interrelationship between climate change and the
water cycle, as a part of the efforts for sustainable development.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 11th June
Arrivals
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Welcome and opening of the Assembly
 Peter Pavlovic, ECEN
 Mari-Anna Pöntinen, General Secretary of the Finnish Ecumenical Council
 Ilkka Sipiläinen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Possibility to take a Sauna
Sunday 12th June
Breakfast and packing a lunchbox
09:00 Buss transport to Helsinki city
10:00 Worship services in Uspenski Cathedral, in Lutheran Cathedral and in St. Hendricks
Cathedral
Free time in Helsinki city
12: 30 Buss transport to Sofia Centre
13:00 Lunch
14:30 European churches´ work ecology 2014-2016, ECEN report
 Peter Pavlovic, ECEN
15:00 – 16:30 Let justice roll down like waters – theology reflecting challenges of ecology
 The Rt Revd Graham Usher, Bishop of Dudley, Church of England
 Pauliina Kainulainen, University of Eastern Finland: "Push the boat out further to the deeper
water" – an ecological theology of contemplation and justice
 Panu Pihkala, University of Helsinki: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: Ecotheology in the
Anthropocene
Moderator: Dr. Mari-Anna Pöntinen
16:30 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:00 Thematic groups
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Blessing of Water
 Metropolitan Ambrosius, Finnish Orthodox Church
 Orthodox Choir
 Guided walk in surroundings, Finnish nature by the sea
Monday 13th June
Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 Morning prayers
09:00 – 10:30 Climate change affecting the vision of a sustainable future: where we are after
COP21 meeting
 Jukka Uosukainen, Director of the Climate Technology Centre and Network, the operational
arm of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Water in a sustainable future
 Karin Lexen, Director of the Stockholm water institute
12:30 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Just and sustainable future – with or without churches?
 Metropolitan Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki, Orthodox Church of Finland
 Bishop Irja Askola, Bishop of Helsinki, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30 Is just and sustainable future reachable?
 Archbishop Kari Mäkinen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
 Professor Markku Kulmala, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Division, University of Helsinki
Moderator: Ilkka Sipiläinen
16.30 – 18:00 Thematic groups
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Open space for sharing and networking
Possibility to take a Sauna
Tuesday 14th June
Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 Morning prayers
09:00 – 10:30 Thematic groups
10:30 - 12:00 Future work of churches in Europe in addressing care for creation
 Heikki Huttunen, General Secretary of the Conference of European Churches
12:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Workshops and networking
Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 Care for creation in works of churches in Finland
16:30 - 17:30 The role of ECEN in contributing to churches’ work on ecology, Plenary discussion
Moderator: Martyn Goss, Chairperson of ECEN
17:30 – 18:30 Summary and conclusions
19:00 Reception
Possibility to take a Sauna
Wednesday 15th June
Breakfast
Departures
Who is who
Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Helsinki, Orthodox Church of Finland
Irja Askola, Bishop of Helsinki, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Martyn Goss, Church of England, Chairperson of ECEN
Heikki Huttunen, Very Rev. General Secretary of Conference of European Churches
Pauliina Kainulainen, Rev. Dr. of Theology, currently focus on Finnish nature spirituality and its
relationship with the Christian tradition
Markku Kulmala, Professor, Director of the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Department
of Physics in University of Helsinki
Karin Lexen, Director, Stockholm International Water Institutes
Kari Mäkinen, Dr. of Theology, archbishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Peter Pavlovich, Rev. Dr. of Theology. ECEN, Study Secretary in Conference of European
Churches
Panu Pihkala, Rev. Dr. of Theology, specialized in environmental theology, University of Helsinki
Mari-Anna Pöntinen, Rev. Dr. of Theology, General Secretary of Finnish Ecumenical Council
Ilkka Sipiläinen, Very Rev. Deputy Director of unit, Church Council, Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Finland
Graham Usher, Rt Revd, Bishop of Dudley, Church of England
Jukka Uosukainen, M. Sc. (Tech.) Director of UN:s New Climate Technology Centre and Network
Headsteward: Henrikki Pöntinen
European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) is Conference of European Churches´
network promoting co-operation in caring for creation. ECEN organizes an Assembly every 2 years.
The Assembly will offer the scope for an exchange between representatives of science and various
churches’ actors from the continent. It will be an opportunity for networking and strengthening
cooperation and coherence of the joint ecumenical Churches on intensifying the challenge of
environment. Venue: Cultural Centre Sofia, www.sofia.fi
Local partners
Orthodox Church in Finland
Finnish Ecumenical Council
Finland is often called the Land of a Thousand Lakes.
A modest name, considering that there are, in fact, 188 000 lakes in the country.
As many of these lakes are very large in size, a great part of Finland is covered in water
– making Finland distinguishably different from other European countries.
Welcome to Finland, the land of more than 180 000 lakes and two seas!
Map: ymparisto.fi,
Cover:tijmen van
oppenburgh,
freeimages.com
Evening
17.00 – 18.00
15.00 – 17.00
Lunch
14.00 – 15.00
11.00 – 12.30
8.45 – 9.00
9.00 – 10.30
Assembly opening
& welcome
Meeting of the
Assembly
preparatory group
Arrivals
Saturday, 11 June
Blessing of water
Guided walk in the peninsula
Break
Thematic groups
Church of England
• Rev.Pauliina Kainulainen,
University of Eastern Finland
• Panu Pihkala, University of
Helsinki
Let justice roll down like
waters – theology reflecting
challenges of ecology
• The Rt Revd Graham Usher,
ECEN report
European churches’ work on
ecology 2014 -16
Worship service
Sunday, 12 June
Metropolitan Ambrosius, Orthodox
Church in Finland
Bishop Irja Askola, Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Finland
Open space for sharing and
networking
Thematic groups

Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Finland
Markku Kulmala, Director,
Atmospheric Sciences Division,
University of Helsinki
Break
Is just and sustainable future
reachable?
 Archbishop Kari Mäkinen,


Just and sustainable future – with or
without churches?
Karin Lexen, Stockholm water institute
Water in a sustainable future
Jukka Uosukainen, Climate Technology
Centre and Network
Morning prayer
Climate change affecting the vision
of a sustainable future: where we
are after COP21 conclusion?
Monday, 13 June
Reception
Summary and conclusions
Plenary discussion
The role of ECEN in
contributing to churches’
work on ecology
Break
Care for creation in works of
churches in Finland
Workshops and networking
Heikki Huttunen, CEC General
Secretary
Future work of churches in
Europe in addressing care for
creation
Morning prayer
Thematic groups
Tuesday, 14 June
Departures
Wednesday, 15 June