Latest Updates
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Creation Care District Trainings
Last year, both the North Carolina and Western NC Conferences passed similar resolutions urging local churches to form creation care teams or begin (or continue) creation care ministries. To assist […] Continue Reading→
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Caring for God’s Creation: Peacebuilding Through Holy Conversations
Pastors are invited to join the NC Conference Creation Care Committee and Dr. Nina Balmaceda from the Duke Center for Reconciliation for a day of learning on July 11, 2024, […] Continue Reading→
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Upcoming Creation Care Opportunities
The North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church has been a leader in the denomination when it comes to taking care of God’s Creation. We are one (in partnership […] Continue Reading→
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Local Church Creation Care Grant Application Now Open
The Creation Care Committee is seeking to assist local churches in creating a new local church Creation Care team or to assist existing local church Creation Care teams with a […] Continue Reading→
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Our Health, Our Changing World
In all the years I’ve been a pastor, there is one thing I can count on Sunday after Sunday: when I ask the congregation if there are prayer requests, we […] Continue Reading→
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Farm Bill Advocacy in North Carolina
The creation care committees of the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conferences have recently taken on the task of advocating with our federal legislatures who are at work on […] Continue Reading→
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A New Thing
“Behold! I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not see it?” Isaiah 43:19a Several years back, I shared this line from Isaiah with […] Continue Reading→
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Season of Creation in North Carolina
September is the Season of Creation. The North Carolina Conference has been participating in this global, month-long focus on God’s creation in our ministries since 2020. This year, with the […] Continue Reading→
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Planning Ahead: Summer and Fall Creation Care Events
“We want to do something, but we don’t know where to start.” I’ve heard this over and over in my creation care ministries. The threats of climate change, environmental justice, […] Continue Reading→