From the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness in Washington, DC: Register Online for the Webinar: Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons on the 219th General Assembly (2010) Please join us for the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness (OPW) Webinar in Washington, DC:…
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Make Peace with God’s Earth: Collect the Peacemaking Offering and Remember the Gulf Coast
On October 3rd many Presbyterian Churches collect the Peacemaking Offering. Also on October 3, the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program is asking churches around the country to participate in a “Seeking God’s Grace for the Gulf: A Day of…
Read more »Fair Food and Christian Vocation Sunday
Just before Christian Vocation Sunday and Labor Day, the Campaign for Fair Food of the Presbyterian Hunger Program has announced that the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has come to a fair food agreement with Sodexo. The Campaign for Fair Food…
Read more »Two Upcoming Earth Care Events
Are you looking for a way to be involved in a movement to care for creation, create a just society, and speak out against the injustices of mountaintop removal? “The Cross in the Mountains: An Ecumenical Prayer Service to Renew…
Read more »August Eco-Notes E-Newsletter
Subscribe to Eco-Notes, the monthly e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries. Below is the August edition of Eco-Notes. Join a webinar on Earth Care Congregations and Energy Star PC(USA) Congregations that are interested in working on earth care are invited to participate…
Read more »Montevallo Presbyterian Church Earns Energy Star Label for Houses of Worship
You have likely seen products such as computers, refrigerators, and other electric items with the Energy Star seal on them. Energy Star, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency, has a new program that grants the Energy Star label to…
Read more »Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Thank you to my colleague Leslie Woods for sharing the following reflection and resources on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Resources and Reflections from Across the Faith Community Remembering Katrina: A Reflection…
Read more »‘Coming home’ five years after Katrina struck
From Swords into Plowshares, the Blog of the Presbtyerian Peacemaking Program NBC special on August 29Watch a preview For many Americans, August 29 marks an anniversary that has scarred both bodies and souls. That was the day, five years ago,…
Read more »West Virginia Churches As Guardians of Creation
Churches throughout the Presbytery of West Virginia have been strengthening their commitment to act as stewards of God’s earth through the “Churches As Guardians of Creation” program, which was launched by the Stewardship of Creation Ministry Team in March 2010….
Read more »Webinar on Earth Care Congregations and Energy Star
PC(USA) Congregations that are interested in working on earth care are invited to participate in a webinar from PC(USA) Environmental Ministries and ENERGY STAR for Congregations called “Earth Care Congregations and How ENERGY STAR Can Help” on Wednesday, October 6…
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