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July 12, 2018
One of the best parts of the General Assembly week for me is often worshipping in a local congregation. On Sunday, June 17, I was able to worship with the PC(USA) certified Earth Care Congregation LoveJoy United Presbyterian Church. We were transported from the convention center in downtown St. Louis to Wood River, IL to… Read more »
July 12, 2018
By Sue Smith, Vice Moderator of Presbyterians for Earth Care and Stated Clerk of Monmouth Presbytery. Sue is grateful to her colleagues in the Coalition for Healthy Ports and the NJ Environmental Justice Alliance for teaching her everything she knows about environmental racism. Over the last two years, the Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly,… Read more »
June 28, 2018
For the first time, General Assembly had an entire committee devoted to Environmental Issues. This committee learned about, discussed, and gave advise to the plenary around topics such as: environmental racism, preaching and teaching about climate change and other environmental concerns, the Precautionary Principle, carbon pricing (fee and dividend), and the most debated and crucial… Read more »
May 12, 2018
This spring, Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, AR hosted a state-wide Earth Care Gathering in partnership with Arkansas Interfaith Power & Light. A key focus was on drawing down one’s carbon footprint and making an active difference in the world. Scharmel Roussel, an Environmental Stewardship leader at SPC, explained, “We learned that food waste, refrigeration,… Read more »
May 10, 2018
Hot off the press, read how YOU are helping to make a difference around the world through your gifts to the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Go to https://www.presbyterianmission.org/resource/2017-php-impact-report/ in order to download and share this piece to celebrate with us some wonderful accomplishments in 2017!
May 7, 2018
Riding the Blue Marble by Dave Wasserman The book is an illustrated meditation on faith, science and hope and it relates to Wasserman’s volunteering around a new resource from NOAA called Science on a Sphere. The sphere displays images of earth and its various systems, using data from our satellites and mathematical projections about climate… Read more »
April 22, 2018
The Earth Care Congregation Certification is one of the many ways that the Presbyterian Hunger Program seeks to be faithful to our responsibility to care for Creation. The goal of the ECC program is to inspire churches to care for God’s earth in a holistic way, through integrating earth care into all of church life…. Read more »
April 17, 2018
How do you plan to celebrate Earth Day 2018? Some congregations may have already hosted an Earth Day Sunday or community Earth Fest while others are still planning their environmental film series, earth care lectures, or outdoor experiences. We hope you have seen two new resources to help you celebrate: Earth Day Sunday “A Sense… Read more »
March 15, 2018
You may have met Rev. Kate McGregor Mosley at a Presbyterians for Earth Care event, or crossed paths with her in her work with Greater Atlanta Presbytery’s earth care ministry, or maybe across the state of Georgia as she became the director of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light. PC(USA) Earth Care Congregations in Georgia have… Read more »
February 27, 2018
Presbyterian environmental ministries work and the Earth Care Congregation program are a part of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Our primary support comes from the denomination-wide “One Great Hour of Sharing” offering. This offering is collected on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. If you appreciate our church having a voice of caring for God’s creation, and/or… Read more »
