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Posts Categorized: Environment
February 14, 2013
PCUSA General Assemblies have time and again urged us to seek environmental justice, particularly for those in low-income communities. One of the most critical environmental justice issues in our country right now is to stand for justice for the people and environment of Appalachia, by standing against mountaintop removal coal mining. Today, gathering as… Read more »
February 11, 2013
Beginning this year, PCUSA Environmental Ministries (now as a part of the Presbyterian Hunger Program) is supported by the One Great Hour of Sharing. All the support and connection Environmental Ministries is able to provide to you is thanks to the generous gifts of congregations that want to ensure that the national church continues to… Read more »
February 8, 2013
GreenFaith Certification Program to offer interfaith approaches to caring for earth; Feb. 25 webinar will explain more Today (Feb. 8), GreenFaith and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Environmental Ministries announce a collaboration to invite Presbyterian churches into the GreenFaith Certification Program. The program offers an opportunity to enhance and expand the earth care ministries of… Read more »
February 8, 2013
The 2013 daily calendar “Tread Lightly for Lent” is now available for download. Click here to learn more. Individuals and congregations alike are invited to use this resource as a daily reminder that drawing close to God and caring for God’s earth go hand in hand. May your Lenten season be blessed!
February 7, 2013
Presbyterian congregations as well as many others are participating this weekend in a national “preach-in” on global warming. In addition to raising the issue of climate change in worship and preaching, churches may send postcards or petitions to President Obama to “love” God’s earth (this close to Valentine’s Day). My home church is participating in… Read more »
November 27, 2012
Right now, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is meeting in Doha, Qatar for the 18th Conference of the Parties. As Christians and as global citizens, we are invited to follow along. During these two weeks, will you: learn more, by reading about the conversations at the UNFCCC web… Read more »
September 21, 2012
Last Thursday, September 13th, I joined other PCUSA colleagues, Leslie Woods (Office of Public Witness) and J Herbert Nelson (Office of Public Witness), at a fabulous EPA ENERGY STAR program on “Greening America’s Congregations through Energy Efficiency” at the White House. Members of 5 local Earth Care Congregations also attended, as well as an Earth… Read more »
July 12, 2012
Scriptural calls to confession and active repentance/turning Isaiah 5:8 Ah, you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is room for no one but you, and you are left to live alone in the midst of the land! Job 28:9-12 They put their hand to the flinty rock,… Read more »
June 20, 2012
Scripture: Genesis 1:31a God saw everything that God had made, and indeed, it was very good. Psalm 104: 1-4 Bless the Holy One, O my soul….you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers… John 3:16-17 For God so… Read more »
June 20, 2012
News and perspectives from diverse conversation partners at the People’s Summit: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (official web site) Clic here to read the Rio+20 Outcome Document being discussed for adoption by heads of states. Video of NGOS speaking at the United Nations, feeling that Rio+20 is not the future we want…. Read more »
