The PC(USA) Washington Office sent the following Action Alert as a part of its recent Witness in Washington Weekly email. Tell Congress to Please Help the Victims of the Gulf Oil Spill As Congress prepares to depart Washington, DC for…
Read more »Environmental Ministries sends out a monthly e-newsletter, “Eco-Notes,” to update PC(USA) churches and members about eco-justice programs, resources, and events. Subscribe to Eco-Notes. Become an Earth Care Congregation Environmental Ministries is introducing the Earth Care Congregations program to encourage churches…
Read more »Last week over 5,000 Presbyterians gathered at Purdue University for Presbyterian Youth Triennium. Environmental Ministries hosted a booth in the exhibit hall. Youth and adult leaders alike expressed great interest in environmental issues. It was a great opportunity to make…
Read more »Presbyterians for Earth Care (formerly Presbyterians for Restoring Creation), an Eco-Justice Network, will hold its biennial conference on August 31 – September 3, 2011 at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center in Allenspark, Colorado. The theme of the conference will…
Read more »Stony Point Center in Stony Point, New York will be hosting a two-day seminar entitled “Energy Stewardship for Congregations: A Practical Guide to Taking the Next Steps” on October 29-30. The conference is for faith communities and non-profits that want…
Read more »From Swords into Plowshares, the blog of the Presbtyerian Peacemaking Program Early Registration for the 2010 Peacemaking Seminar Extended until August 6 Re-membering Peace: Still the Believers’ Calling 2010 Peacemaking Seminar Presbyterian Peacemaking Program August 25-28, 2010 (depart on August…
Read more »The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following message concerning safe cosmetics, entitled “Do Dolphins Use Soap?” I have never seen a dolphin wash their flippers with soap, but triclosan, an anti-bacterial chemical ingredient found in soaps is…
Read more »Bruce and Carolyn Gillette, pastors of Limestone Presbyterian Churchin Wilmington, Delaware, have written and shared “The Lord’s Prayer and Creation Care: A Litany of Confession.” The litany connects Jesus’s teachings about prayer, environmental degradation from the oil disaster, and our…
Read more »Earth Care Congregations is a new program to encourage churches to care for God’s earth and to honor churches that have committed to this important mission. The goal of the program is to inspire churches to care for God’s earth…
Read more »The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which met in Minneapolis in early July, approved four environmental-related business items. An overture from the Presbytery of Charlotte entitled “On Lifting Up the ‘Call to Restore’ Creation” reaffirms the Call…
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