This month's puzzle word focuses on stewardship of the environment.

Each row and each column contains one of the 8 letters from the word related to stewardship; each 2x4 block also contains each of the 8 letters once. The stewardship thought for this first month of the year 2008:

As faithful stewards of the earth, we look on the universe as God's creation (Psalm 24:1).  

Using the letters from the word CREATION, solve the word sudoku puzzle below.

Click on a square to enter a letter, if the letter you entered is correct it will appear in black, incorrect letters will appear in RED.

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Download a pdf copy of the puzzle.