by umcjnews | Feb 25, 2024 | Newsletter
February NewsPray AND Speak The General Conference of the UMC is now just a few months off: April 23–May 3, 2024. Each of us has ways we can prepare and contribute even if we are not planning to attend. Be aware of and in prayer for key issues before the General...
by umcjnews | Jan 9, 2024 | Newsletter
January News2023 has given us much to celebrate as a creation justice community. In this issue are reminders of where we’ve been working and where you can continue to find helpful resources for your efforts with solar, green teams, net-zero, annual conference...
by umcjnews | Dec 17, 2023 | Newsletter
December News As Advent begins in the church, in the Midwest over 37,500+ people are following the daily trek of a young moose making his way through birch forests and harvested fields back to his kin and homelands in northern Minnesota or Canada. Rutt—named...
by umcjnews | Nov 24, 2023 | Newsletter
November News The leaves are changing color, but in this month’s edition of the Creation Justice Movement’s newsletter and at the Movement Café, we are focusing on GREEN—specifically learning about Green Teams and their important role in caring for God’s...
by umcjnews | Oct 11, 2023 | Newsletter
October News No More Standing Alone Did you hear about the October UM Café totally focused on how we can solarize the denomination? What?!? Seriously? As retired pastors of the Oregon-Idaho Conference, my wife Debbie and I couldn’t have imagined such a...
by umcjnews | Sep 4, 2023 | Newsletter
September News Hope for the Future “It meant so much to me that a decision-maker was listening to our stories and understands what’s going on.”—Rikki Held, 22-year-old plaintiff in the winning first-ever climate trial “I got involved with creation justice...