Green Sunday
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 02 2019:
Manipur Baptist Convention observed Green Sunday today under the theme 'Renew Our World' in a bid to voice concern for the environment and to reflect on Christians responsibility to take care of the ecology.
A press release issued by the Director of Peace and Development, MBC, conveyed that in collaboration with the Directorate of Environment, Manipur, more than 1417 local Churches with over 2,40,000 active members of MBC joined hands and planted 15,000 Perkia/Yongchak saplings to mark the importance of nurturing the ecology.
It continued that MBC Cabinets and Secretariat staff also visited Churches in Chandel district and Tamei Subdivision of Tamenglong as part of the Green Sunday observation.
MBC will also observe Van Mahotsav in collaboration with the Forest Department, Manipur, by planting about 60,000 saplings of different species, it added.