February 2024 Newsletter

February 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...
January ’24 Newsletter: 2023 in Review

January ’24 Newsletter: 2023 in Review

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...
December 2023 Newsletter: Advent and Christmas

December 2023 Newsletter: Advent and Christmas

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...
November 2023 Newsletter: Engaging the Local Church

November 2023 Newsletter: Engaging the Local Church

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...
October 2023 Newsletter: Solar

October 2023 Newsletter: Solar

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...
September 2023 Newsletter: Young Adult Ministries

September 2023 Newsletter: Young Adult Ministries

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...