Speaking Requests
A former emergency room physician, Dr. Matthew Sleeth felt like he was straightening deck chairs on the Titanic saving one patient at a time while the whole ship (Earth) was going down. Together with his wife and two teenaged children, he began to bring his lifestyle in line with his values, cutting back on their fossil fuel by two thirds and electricity use by nine tenths. Following a new calling, Dr. Sleeth resigned from his position as chief of the medical staff and director of the ER to teach, preach, and write about faith and the environment throughout the country. Dr. Sleeth is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine and has two post doctoral fellowships. He is the author of Serve God and Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Zondervan, April 2007), the introduction to the Green Bible (HarperOne, 2008), and a second book, The Gospel According to the Earth: Why the Good Book is a Green Book (HarperOne, 2010).
Dr. Sleeth is available to speak from the pulpit, at college chapels, and at faith-based and environmental conferences. Dr. Sleeth focuses on the scriptural call for creation care and the 24/6 life of Sabbatical rest.
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Nancy Sleeth, co-founder of Blessed Earth, is author of Go Green, Save Green: A simple guide to saving time, money, and God’s green earth. Nancy focuses on practical action. She leads two scripturally-based workshops:
- “Teach the Teacher” workshops, which equip churches to lead creation care classes and green teams using the Blessed Earth short-film curricula
- “Good Steward Workshop,” where participants leave with a specific, individualized plan for leading a more simple, sustainable life this day, this week, this month and this year
Nancy is also available to speak at college chapels and environmental and faith-based conferences, classes, and workshops. Prior to heeding her family’s spiritual and environmental calling, Sleeth served as communications director for a Fortune 500 company and as an educator and administrator, most recently at Asbury University. Sleeth is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a masters degree in journalism. Married to Matthew Sleeth for three decades, she is the mother of Clark, who is preparing for a calling in missionary medicine, and Emma, author of It’s Easy Being Green.
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Emma specializes in speaking to youth, teens and college students. She is available for college chapels, school assemblies, and youth conferences, a young person speaking to young people in the language they relate to.
Emma’s faith journey began as a result of her family’s conviction to serve God by saving the planet. In her book, It’s Easy Being Green, Emma outlines the changes her family has made and how those principles can be applied to young adult life.
Emma Sleeth is a leading voice in the Creation Care movement and shows other teens what it means to live a sustainable lifestyle.