Posts Categorized: Oil Spill
‘Defend the Gulf’ Raises Awareness of Continuing Gulf Coast Clean-Up
After the Spill Gulf Coast Update Call June 30
Call for Restoration and Renewal for the Gulf
The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action alert: Through the waters of our Baptism we are reborn into the spirit and the community of Christ’s Holy Church. As faithful members of that community we are called…
Read more »One Year Anniversary of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
One year ago today, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and started an oil spill that lasted almost three months. Though the mainstream news focus long-ago…
Read more »April 2011 Eco-Notes
Eco-Notes is the e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries that is delivered approximately monthly. Sign up to receive Eco-Notes. The April edition of Eco-Notes is below. Celebrate Earth Day Sunday We’re called to work for environmental justice for God’s earth and people…
Read more »Food and Faith Posts
Food and Faith, the blog of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, recently posted a moving essay by Dr. Ellen Davis “A Living Creature: A Biblical Perspective on Land Care and Use,” which links our treatment of the land, our industrialized food…
Read more »Help Heal the Gulf Coast
The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action alert: It’s been more than six months since the beginning of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Even though the well has been capped, communities are still suffering, God’s creatures…
Read more »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 »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…
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