RENEW Playbooks
Detailed ministry-specific guides to effecting change, and case studies of various churches to inspire action.
About the Playbooks
The Playbooks aim to serve as guides for churches in Singapore to act on our mandate to care for creation as a part of God’s mission.
It is written for Singapore by Singaporeans, providing actions and instructions that are practical, contextualised, faith-based and expert-validated.
All of us have been called to be good stewards of creation and the responsibility to care should go beyond a select committee or ministry. Therefore, the Playbooks reflect a holistic way in which creation care can be lived out in various parts of church life. We have also structured the Playbooks in a way that anyone—laity or clergy, creation care ministry or not—can take it and run with it, in your various capacities and ministries.
This resource is intended for both top-down and ground-up approaches: Pastors and church leaders may pass this to specific ministry leaders, and those starting ground-up initiatives in your church may use this to inform your actions and share it easily with your leadership.
Stories of Change
What does the application of creation care look like? See below to learn and be inspired by how Singaporean churches are caring for creation in their own ways!
How has Bethany Evangelical Free Church made caring for God’s creation an integral part of their everyday church life?
How did Katong Presbyterian Church put caring for creation at the core of their building renovation?
RENEW Resources
A curated repository of resources to further support churches.
Read Loving Our Father's World
This short book is for those interested in learning more about creation care: how it is a necessary part of Christian discipleship, and how to live it out daily as individual Christians and in the life of the church.
This is also the first creation care resource published in Simplified Chinese.
All proceeds go to supporting our work at Our Father’s World.
Media Mentions
About the Authors
Rev Lam Kuo Yong
Reverend Lam Kuo Yong is the Senior Minister of Katong Presbyterian Church, and serves as the Moderator of the English Presbytery of The Presbyterian Church in Singapore. Kuo Yung is author of the books Together Alive: Rediscovering Community Living in God’s Family and Total Discipleship: Experiencing Jesus and His Abundant Life. He is married to Lois Kwan and they have three children. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, fishing, and camping.
Rev Leow Wen Pin
Reverend Leow Wen Pin is an Associate Pastor at Bethany Evangelical Free Church, serving actively in the church’s teaching and preaching ministries. He is also the founder of the Koinonia Inclusion Network, a disability mission organisation that enables the Church to welcome and disciple people of all abilities. A biblical scholar by training, Wen Pin is the author/editor of several books on various Christian topics. He is married to Dr Su Xinyi and they have three children: Matthew, Nathaniel, and Sophie. For more information, see www.leowwenpin.com.
Mr Dennis Tan
Mr Dennis Tan is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Our Father’s World. He graduated valedictorian from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies. He currently serves as the Secretary on the Local Church Executive Committee of Sengkang Methodist Church, where he also heads the creation care committee. Besides creation care, his interests lie in spiders, board games, and the role of the Church in society.
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Free Audio Guides and Maps!
Want to go on a self-guided walk? Click the icons below to access our audio-guide of Dairy Farm Nature Park and Botanic Gardens on Spotify or Soundcloud, as well as view our map guides.
To Choose Life: What it means to cultivate creation
To Choose Life: What it means to cultivate creation Dennis Tan The bus I’m in trundles along the expressway, holding within its cramped confines office workers on their way to work. As an urbanite, I seem to always find myself…
Snakes: Friends or Foe?
Snakes: Friend or Foe? Louisa Gavriella Ho Festive preparations are underway as ethnic Chinese in Singapore transition from the outgoing year of the Dragon to the incoming Snake year. Despite the two creature’s physical similarities, little fanfare is being showered…
Choose Foods that Fuel Your Faith, Health, Finances and Care for Creation
Choose Foods that Fuel Your Faith, Health, Finances and Care for Creation Richard Hartung Delicious meals and great food with family or friends are essential pieces of our lives. In Singapore, food is even part of our national identity. Yet…
Other Resources
This section links to devotionals, guides, and other material you may need for your creation care journey. We hope you find what you’re looking for!