Environment Archives

Solar panels at First Presbyterian Church near Ely in Iowa help put ecological stewardship into practice

Posted October 7th, 2022

First Presbyterian Church near Ely, Iowa, installed a solar array on Monday. The 26 panels will benefit the church for the next generation and beyond for the standard purpose of converting sunlight into electricity.

Chaplain and author discusses spiritual care needs young people are experiencing around the climate crisis

Posted September 28th, 2022

For last week’s installment of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast” (available here, beginning at 29:45), the question for the guest, the Rev. Talitha Amadea Aho, was straightforward: How should we try to offer spiritual care for young people around issues of climate change?

Presbyterian hymn writer the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette pens new lyrics following Hurricane Fiona’s impact

Posted September 24th, 2022

Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn, “O God of All Creation,” after Hurricane Fiona brought devastation to Puerto Rico and other islands in the Caribbean before turning toward the Maritime provinces in Canada.

Landmark legislation will aid not only stretched budgets but Planet Earth, too

Posted August 30th, 2022

It may be known as the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation signed this month by President Joe Biden aimed to lower prescription drug, health care and energy costs and adjust the tax code in an economy experiencing high inflation.

Taking our well-being into our own hands

Posted August 3rd, 2022

The Rev. Judy Slater has stress-reducing and anxiety-alleviating techniques at her fingertips. Following a webinar she put on last week, so do members of Presbyterians for Earth Care.

‘GA, Creation Care and You’

Posted July 22nd, 2022

Nearly 90 people tuned in to a Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar Thursday for a look back at what commissioners and advisory delegates to the 225th General Assembly did to care for God’s Creation.

Protecting the ‘center of the ancient world’

Posted July 1st, 2022

A Presbyterian pastor is coordinating an effort to protect the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwest New Mexico.

‘I feel like I really need a Jubilee and I’m guessing some of you do too’

Posted May 19th, 2022

After two days speaking about rest and restoration with the NEXT Church National Gathering, Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes on Wednesday shifted to one of God’s commands that’s likely never been followed: holding a Jubilee year every 50th year as spelled out in Leviticus 25:8-13 and 39-41.

An engaging approach

Posted May 5th, 2022

A half-hour Facebook Live broadcast highlighting Mission Responsibility Through Investment served to both look back at how socially-responsible corporate engagement efforts are helping to reduce climate change and look ahead at what’s in store during the 225th General Assembly.

Fill ‘er up at church!

Posted May 3rd, 2022

The 49 churches in Mid-Kentucky Presbytery are being offered grants on a sliding scale, depending on their membership, to help them install electric car charging stations.