Stewardship of the Land: a Christian Community Gathering will take place on May 21-23 at Bluestone Camp and Retreat near Hinton, West Virginia. This weekend retreat will include workshops, discussions, outdoor activities, and worship that will inspire us to act…
Read more »Earth Day takes place each year on April 22. PC(USA) churches are encouraged to celebrate Earth Day Sunday the Sunday before or after Earth Day to remember the glory of God’s creation and to explore how we can serve as…
Read more »Recently I stumbled upon Anna Lappè and Bryant Terry’s book Grub. Over the past few months I had been learning a lot about our food system and trying to integrate what I was learning into my life by changing the…
Read more »The following is a message from Noelle Damico, Associate for Fair Food Concerns with the Presbyterian Hunger Program, PC(USA): Modern-day slavery is alive and well in the tomato fields of Florida. Seven cases involving over 1,000 workers has caused US…
Read more »There are several exciting upcoming faith and environment events coming up in the next few months. Stewardship of the Land: A Christian Community Gathering will take place on May 21-23 at Bluestone Camp and Retreat near Hinton, WV. This weekend…
Read more »Please join us for Stewardship of the Land: A Christian Community Gathering, a weekend retreat on May 21-23 at Bluestone Camp and Retreat near Hinton, WV to encourage individuals and organizations to grow in faith and their commitment to earth…
Read more »Tread Lightly for Holy Week. Here are some ideas: See if anyone at your church would like to organize a care for creation group to integrate earth care into all facets of church life. Environmental Ministries can help you get…
Read more »March 27 action: Be mindful of how much food you waste & decrease this. On average, Americans waste 1400 calories of food a day, while 49 million Americans were food insecure in 2008. Sources: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007940 and http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR83/ERR83.pdf Throughout the Lenten…
Read more »This past weekend I attended Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington D.C. It was an inspiring weekend full of people of faith who are concerned about fixing our country’s broken immigration system. I learned a lot this weekend about immigration, displaced…
Read more »I was away for a conference at a hotel where the internet cost too much to use, so here are the past few days of Tread Lightly for Lent: Day 32-34 actions: March 20: Compost food scraps & use them…
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