Faith Climate Action Week Calls to Protect our Climate
Faith Climate Action Week is focused on preaching, learning, and taking action to protect our climate. Previously known as "The Preach-In on Global Warming," this year’s event is the ninth time that Interfaith Power & Light has organized this opportunity. Spanning the week leading up Earth Day (April 14-22), its theme this year will be Charged with Faith: Leading the Way to a Clean Energy Future. Join in with congregations all around the nation in preaching, pra
Earth Day Sunday 2018
(The Rev. Dr.) Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Western MA Missioner for Creation Care, reminds us that Earth Day (April 22) falls this year on the FourthSunday of Easter. She asks, "What better day than Good Shepherd Sunday to preach about God’s love for all creation?" She also recommended The United Church of Christ's terrific resource page for EarthSunday worship services. This year Earth Day falls on Sunday! On April 22nd, you can bring the sacred to Earth Day. Here are four diffe
Sustainable House of Worship Workshop
Leading by example can be a powerful part of our moral responsibility to care for creation. By reducing the carbon footprints at our houses of worship we also lower energy bills and free up funds needed for other important purposes. Participants will learn what to do about: Electricity — How to recognize the major energy hogs — and what to do about them. Solar Power — Is solar an option for your congregation? Heat & Air Conditioning — Is it time for an upgrade? Building Enve
Justice for #EACHGENERATION
A Call for a Thousand Sermons in Solidary with the Youth Awakening the Nation to Climate Change In 2015, 21 youth took our federal government to court over its "role in causing climate change and violating their rights to life, liberty, and property, while also failing to protect essential public resources." This landmark case, Juliana v. US, continues to unfold. On December 11, 2017, a three-judge panel heard oral arguments by the youth plaintiffs and by Eric Grant, represen
