Let Justice Roll Down: God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation

Come for a time of Bible study and fellowship where women are invited to get together on the third Monday of each month from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Robbie Staubes’ home in Mount Pleasant.

September through May we will get together to consider how scripture reminds us that we are called to speak out to urge our society to act for just transitions in this fast-changing world.

We are called to care for neighbors and God’s creation with all our hearts, with particular care for society’s least powerful members who are disproportionately impacted by unjust systems. In God’s first instructions to the nation of Israel we hear “you shall not pervert the justice due to the poor” (Exodus 23:6); in Moses’ final speech at the promised land’s border, he reiterated, “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:20); and from Amos, the earliest recorded prophet, “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream” (Amos 5:24).

Lesson Nine: Monday, May 19

Sustaining Creation’s Health for All

Scripture: Genesis 1:29–30; Psalm 104; Isaiah 2:1–5; Micah 4:1–4; Matthew 13:31–32

Lesson Eight: Monday, Apr. 14

Intergenerational Justice

Scripture: 2 Kings 22:20; 23:25; 23:29–30; 24–25; 25:27–30

Lesson Seven: Monday, Mar. 17

Economic Climate Justice

Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:7–11; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8

Lesson Six: Monday, Feb. 17

Climate Change

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:14; 2:24; 3:9–11; Isaiah 22:13; Jeremiah 37:11–16; Luke 12:16–21; 12:19; 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)

Lesson Five: Monday, Jan. 20

Air Quality

Scripture: Genesis 1:26, 30; 2:7; 6:17; 7:15, 22; Psalms 32:2; 104:29; Job 7:11; Isaiah 42:5; Ezekiel 11:5; 37:5, 8, 10

Lesson 4: Monday, Dec. 16

Water Justice

Scripture: Genesis 1:2; 2:10; 3:17–19; 4:12; 5–9; 7:17–24; 9:18–17; 12:10; 26:1; 42:5; 46

Lesson 3: Monday, Nov. 18

Food Justice

Scripture: Genesis 1:22, 3:19; Exodus 16:13–18, 19–21; Joshua 5:12; Psalms 65:11–14, 78:23–29, 105:40–41; Hosea 4:1b–3; Micah 6:12-15; Matthew 13:8; Mark 4:8; Luke 8:8