This is the sixth of a nine-week Summer Sunday Morning Series presented by Matthew D. Groves.  In Matthew’s absence today, Rev. Paul Slentz is the presenter.  Rev. Slentz is Pastor of Creation Care and Environmental Justice for the Tennessee Conference of the UMC.  As such, he is deeply involved on a day-to-day basis with environmental issues, both locally and globally.  In this session, he presents his view of our response to and responsibility for creation as Christians, including the issues and hopes as he sees them.