Presbyterians for Earth Care Archives

Presbyterians sharing their experiences at UN climate conference

Posted November 8th, 2021

A group of Presbyterians has been joining global leaders and activists at the 26th gathering of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, also known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland.

New hymn lyrics support efforts to counter climate change

Posted October 29th, 2021

Ahead of Sunday’s opening of climate talks to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written “The Climate is Changing,” new lyrics set to the hymn “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise.”

In praise of Earth Care Congregations

Posted August 18th, 2021

During the dinner break on the final day of the Presbyterians for Earth Care Conference Sunday, participants were treated to images of a minister in a clerical collar blessing a crawfish, a seven-person congregation that installed solar panels on its church building, a woman tending her church grounds with Earth-friendly lawn-care equipment and more.

Speakers bring ‘code red’ and hope to Earth Care conference

Posted August 17th, 2021

From Tampa, Florida to Spokane, Washington, the primary speakers at Sunday night’s opening worship for the third and final session of the 2021 Presbyterians for Earth Care Conference could easily find reasons to lament the state of Creation.

Creating creative Creation care worship elements is good for congregants and good for the planet

Posted August 13th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Janet Adair Hansen is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) serving an interim ministry at a United Church of Christ church near Acadia National Park in Maine.

New group aims to coordinate Earth care between Latinx congregations

Posted August 11th, 2021

As Latinx communities in the United States and abroad experienced the surging impacts of climate change, particularly Hurricane Maria’s devastating blow to Puerto Rico in 2017, Presbyterian churches in those communities began to explore how they could address the growing crisis.

Activists need a break too

Posted August 6th, 2021

he Rev. Emily Schwenker suggested practices for activists to engage in for their own spiritual health during this year’s Presbyterians for Earth Care conference, which is taking place on three consecutive weekends of this month, continuing Aug. 8 and 15.

Earth Care Conference spreads out buffet of events online

Posted July 22nd, 2021

Presbyterians for Earth Care has a reputation for presenting its conferences every two years in appropriately picturesque locations such as the Presbyterian conference centers Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, Montreat in North Carolina and Stony Point in New York.

Small group leads big solar projects at Kansas church

Posted May 3rd, 2021

The numbers are kind of eye-popping. A total of 207 solar panels installed over four phases in as many years They generate 64.575 kilowatts of power 364 megawatt-hours of energy annually That offsets 70.33 tons of carbon or 1624 trees.

Belarus, Ukraine, Russia Mission Network talks climate change

Posted March 29th, 2021

At its recent virtual meeting, the Belarus, Ukraine, Russia Mission Network (BURM) invited an internationally recognized Presbyterian to brief partners on the impacts of climate change and the importance of the work faith-based communities are doing to bring about change.