July 2023 was the hottest month recorded in global history, yet it seems this is just the beginning. What can we do to make our communities more heat resilient? How can local churches prepare to love our neighbors in the years ahead? Join Dr. Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub of the […]
Climate change has been described as the greatest threat the human race has ever faced. As this cataclysm looms, many are reporting feeling anxious, afraid, sad, guilty and even paralyzed. The threat of climate change has already started impacting our mental health and our hope for the future. Psychiatrist Dr. Brendan Johnson will be joining […]
Summer is winding down and our book discussion group will reconvene on Monday, September 25 at 10:30 a.m. Our featured book is The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg. In digging into the book, we're discovering that it is dense. So we think it will be better to cover it over 2 months. September: […]
What measures can individuals and congregations take to save energy and reduce carbon waste? What renewable and sustainable energy options are out there? How are the Bible and God’s teachings connected to our power bills? Join us on September 26 to learn answers to these questions and more. Our time together will be led by […]
We began our discussion of The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg. Bookshop.org, Amazon.Barnes & Noble. We will continue our discussion of this book in October: Monday, October 23 at 10:30 a.m. Parts 4 & 5 of The Climate Book Part 4 is "What We've Done About It" and Part 5 is "What We Must Do Now." […]
On November 27 at 10:30 a.m. we will discuss The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklöf and Elizabeth DeNoma. Amazon. Bookshop.org Barnes & Noble. Ebook Contact Tracy Sexton: tclayton@nccumc.org
On January 22 at 10:30 a.m. we will discuss: Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Scott Momaday. It's short -- only 80 pages and was published a few years back, around the end of 2020. Amazon. Bookshop.org Barnes & Noble. To join this discussion, email tclayton@nccumc.org for the Zoom link.
Our February 26, 2024 discussion will be of Organic Wesley: A Christian Perspective on Food, Farming, and Faith by William C. Guerrant, Jr. Amazon, Seedbed Email tclayton@nccumc.org for Zoom information.
Our Monday, March 25, 2024 discussion will be of: Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Amazon I heard this author on an NPR interview on 1A: link She had a sentence or two in the 2/25/24 NPR story about de-influencing for sustainability. Email Tracy Sexton at tclayton@nccumc.org for the […]
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 local churches, both Conferences have rolled out a collaborative training workshop across the state. Rev. Jarrod Davis, Creation Ministries Coordinator for NCC and WNCC, will […]
Faith communities have new options for making significant upgrades to their places of worship. As nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations have long been excluded from government incentive programs, but that has now changed. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes certain tax credits available to nonprofits. (Yes, that is correct, tax credits for nonprofits even though they […]
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 local churches, both Conferences have rolled out a collaborative training workshop across the state. Rev. Jarrod Davis, Creation Ministries Coordinator for NCC and WNCC, will […]
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