August 23, 2016
Posts By: Rebecca Barnes
August 10, 2016
World Day of Prayer for Care of All Creation
Last year, Pope Francis joined Orthodox communions in an observation of September 1 as a day to pray for God’s creation. Within a few days, the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches of Christ of the USA, and Creation Justice Ministries also affirmed September 1st as World Day of Prayer for the… Read more »
August 5, 2016
Read about General Assembly environmental conversations
In June, many earth-care Presbyterians gathered at the PC(USA) General Assembly in Portland, OR. Presbyterians learned about the local environment on various mission trips offered by Cascades presbytery, gathered with other passionate individuals at the Presbyterians for Earth Care luncheon and walked the halls of the LEED certified Oregon Convention Center with recycling, energy efficient,… Read more »
July 25, 2016
Teens Gather Around Environmental Racism
What is environmental racism? What constitutes environmental “justice” for all? The discussions of these and other questions with the fabulous teens at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium last week were lively, stimulating, and meaningful. More than 85 young people made their way to this workshop on the Friday morning of Triennium, even as they had… Read more »
June 24, 2016
Greetings from the General Assembly
In a few hours, the PC(USA) General Assembly will discuss various items of business from the environment committee. You can follow along with live-stream of the PC(USA) General Assembly here or read through the various environmental business assigned to this Assembly on the environment-immigration committee agenda here. Meanwhile, we’ve enjoyed being in Portland and the… Read more »
May 16, 2016
Earth Care Congregations celebrating Earth Day 2016: Trinity Pres, McKinney (TX)
Members of Trinity Presbyterian Church in McKinney (TX) used April as an opportunity to focus on their commitments to care for God’s creation. They hosted a large Earth Care Sunday celebration on April 10, after the previous week’s “Texas Trash Off” where 12 church members helped the city clean up trash in a creek bed…. Read more »
May 11, 2016
Coal Terminal Victory
May 8, 2016
Earth Care Congregations celebrating Earth Day 2016: Hunter Presbyterian Church of Lexington KY
May 7, 2016
Earth Care Congregations celebrating Earth Day 2016: Westminster Presbyterian Church (Wilmington)
In a variety of ways, all across the country, Presbyterians celebrated Earth Day. In small and large congregations, in community celebrations or in church worship, certified Earth Care Congregations used the opportunity of Earth Day as a way to care for God’s good creation. Westminster Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, DE), Earth Day Extravaganza Westminster’s Earth Care… Read more »
May 6, 2016