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The ministry of Program development and outreach with [[parish]]es, [[Seminary|seminaries]], groups and individuals are ongoing. OFT hosts a website providing information and a forum on [[Orthodoxy]] and the OFT focuses environment (now including a blog also available on Facebook and Twitter), and sponsors conferences and publications. In 2010 it organized with [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Seminary]] a conference on bringing Orthodoxy and the cosmology Environment," audio files of Orthodox Christian theology to relevance in modern lifewhich are posted on [[Ancient Faith Radio]], and its outreach extends to any interested earlier organized a conference on the same topic at St. [[St. Herman's Orthodox parishTheological Seminary (Kodiak, group or personAlaska)|Herman of Alaska Seminary]]. Program development It also has organized "Christ in the Wilderness" workshops at Yosemite National Park (2005 and outreach are ongoing2011), Long Island (2007), Sharon MA (2005), and feedback is welcomedMount Rainier (2005).
'''Steering Committee:'''
*Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman
*Fr. Terence Baz
*Fr. Michael Massouh
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The '''Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration ''' (OFT) first became a [[SCOBA|SCOBA]] endorsed organization in 2006. The Fellowship is pan-Orthodox and describes itself as “proclaiming the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ”Christ,” with a primary focus on relating Christianity to environmental issues in the U.S. and Canada as they also relate to global concerns. It is open to membership by Orthodox Christians who belong to canonical churches in North and Central America.
The office of OFT has published newsletters and developed a correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and is publishing in 2012 a guide to "Greening the Orthodox Parish." The OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, the hometown of its executive director, Frederick W. Krueger, a pioneer in what is often called the "Creation Care" movement among U.S. Chirstians, and also national coordinator of the U.S. National Religious Coalition on Creation Care. The OFT office there houses an extensive a library of Orthodox creation -related resources for sharing of information. To date, the OFT has published newsletters, organized “Christ in the Wilderness” program events in Washington, California, Massachusetts and New York, developed a follow-up correspondence course on “The Virtues & Ecological Practice”, and initiated an “Orthodox Climate Initiative”.
The organization is overseen by a nine member Steering Committee that includes as well as by an Advisory Board. Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]] , a member of its Steering Committee, is advisor to the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] on environmental issues. Another member, Anne Glynn-Mackoul, is former executive chair and is aided by an eight current member Advisory of the Board that includes HE Metropolitan of Trustees of [[Nicholas St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (SmiskoCrestwood, New York) of Amissos|NicholasSt. Vladimir's Seminary]] . Its advisory board includes Bishop Dimitrios of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church Xanthos and HG Bishop Illya Katre, and Fr. Chad Hatfield, [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos|DemetriosChancellor]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of AmericaSt. Vladimir's Seminary.
'''From the OFT mission statement:'''
“The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments
and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.”
==Current leadership==
'''Officers:Steering Committee''':
*Fred Fr. Christopher Bender, Chairman*Frederick W. Krueger, Executive Director*Fr. Terence Baz, Treasurer
*Fr. Dr. [[John Chryssavgis]]
*Fr. DDn. Sergei Kapral*Frederick Krueger
*Anne Glynn-Mackoul
*Fr. Robert Popichak
*Vincent Rossi
*Prof. Alfred Kentigern Siewers, Editor
*Mat. Robin Takahashi
'''Advisory Board:'''
*HE Metropolitan HG Bishop [[Nicholas Dimitrios_(SmiskoTrakatellis) of Amissos_of_America|NicholasDimitrios]]*HG Bishop [[Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos|Demetrios]]Illya Katre*Fr. Chad Hatfield
*Fr. Alexander Karloutsos
*FrDr. Nicholas Apostola*Christine Shahin-Wood*Juretta Jordan-Heckscher
*Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon
''''Internet Ministry Consultants''' *Fr. John H. EricksonSteve Zydek, Internet*Heather Zydek, Social Media*Olesya Siewers, Web Content
==External links==
* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org Orth-Transfiguration.org] the The OFT website]* [http://Orth-Transfiguration.org/forum/ OFT Community Forum] the Fellowship online meeting place[[Category:Organizations]]
