Annual Conference Connections
Annual Conferences are a foundational part of the structure of the United Methodist Church. These connectional bodies can also be places where we take creation justice action together. Below is an incomplete list of Annual Conference Creation Justice related teams.South Central Jurisdiction
Great Plains Creation Justice Team
Horizon Texas Green Team (contact Mel Caraway)
Rio Texas Creation Care Network (contact Rev. Mark Brechin)
Southeastern Jurisdiction
Florida – Creation Care Task Team
North Carolina – Creation Care Ministry Team
Western North Carolina Creation Care Ministry
Tennessee-Western Kentucky – Creation Care Ministry
Virginia – Creation Justice Work Group
Holston Conference – Creation Care Coordinator
Western Jurisdiction
California-Nevada – Climate Justice Ministries
Mountain Sky Conference Creation Justice Task Force
Desert Southwest Earth Care Team
Pacific Northwest Conference: Commission for Environmental Stewardship
Oregon-Idaho Conference: Website upcoming, click here for now for information
California-Pacific Conference: Eco-Ministry Task Force
Please contact us umcreationjustice@gmail.com if you would like your annual conference team listed or the information updated.
Annual Conference Resources
The UM Creation Justice Movement has formed an Annual Conference Organizing Team to help foster initiatives at the Conference level. Below you’ll find resources that are emerging from the UM Creation Justice Movement that we hope will support you in joining, supporting or starting efforts in your home conference.
Toolkit for Annual Conference Tabling
A collection of resources to promote Creation Justice at Annual Conference and other events. Posters, business cards, display ideas and more.
Creation Justice Model Resolution Collection
The Creation Justice Movement has drafted models for possible resolutions that you can introduce in your annual conference to start the conversation.
2026 Model resolutions
Creation Justice Resolutions at 2025 Annual Conferences
2025 Model resolutions
Resolutions Passed at General Conference 2024
Resolutions Proposed at General Conference 2024
Here are examples of Creation Justice-centered resolutions passed by other annual conferences.
UMC Annual Conference Organizing Workshops
The UM Creation Justice Movement offered this 7-part workshop series focused on building and strengthening Conference-level Creation Care ministries and teams in 2021-2022.
Annual Conference Stories
Here you will find stories from Conferences highlighting successes, obstacles, ideas, and plans. Look here for inspiration and advice for your conference’s initiatives.
Creation Care Picture Book Recommendations
By Tura Foster Gillespie Picture books capture the attention of all generations—it’s amazing how quiet a room can get when someone starts to read a picture book aloud. Picture books are also a great way to distill big ideas into smaller understanding, start...
Engaging Youth and Young Adults in Creation Justice: Christ UMC – Kettering OH
By Bob Downs Located in the West Ohio Conference, our church draws membership from a largely suburban community. Our Green Team is over 15 years old and actively promotes creation justice in the congregation, conference, and community. In 2020 we established...
September 2026 Tips: Slow Down
Slow down. Move through the world in a way that truly sees God’s creation. Breathe deeply, opening to the Spirit.September Tips Plan a congregational art show. Invite all ages to contribute the ways they see God’s creation through their photography, painting, poetry,...
Interested in starting a Creation Justice team in your annual conference? Have one already but could use some inspiration? We’ve posed questions to several Creation Justice leaders across the connection and captured their answers and this growing Q&A document. Share your own Annual Conference Action stories here in this Discussion Forum.