Creation Justice
Movement Café
Introducing the UM Creation Justice Movement
Through the Movement Café, the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement now has an informal, virtual space to facilitate connection and conversation about creation care and justice issues. The once-a-month Wednesday meetings are an opportunity to listen, learn, and share joys, successes, questions, concerns, and possibilities. Each third Wednesday (10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET), and occasional evenings, the Café will feature a topic and/or a speaker and generate hope for our good earth.
Everyone is welcome—from local churches, districts, jurisdictions, green teams, agency teams. Everyone. By connecting, we become stronger! That’s what the Café can do. This webpage will provide updates on speakers, topics, and recordings.
Upcoming and Past Cafés
May Movement Café: Camping and Retreat Ministries
May Movement Café: Camping and Retreat MinistriesMay 17th 2023 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ETSponsored by the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, the informal, virtual space of the Café facilitates conversation, connection, and community focused on...
April Movement Café: Annual Conference Action
April Movement Café: Annual Conference ActionApril 19th 2023 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ETSponsored by the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, the informal, virtual space of the Café facilitates conversation, connection, and community focused on...
March Movement Café: Creation Justice Is Discipleship
March Movement Café: Creation Justice Is DiscipleshipMarch 15th 2023 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ETSponsored by the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, the informal, virtual space of the Café facilitates conversation, connection, and community focused on...
Meet the Movement Café Team
Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
has served UMC churches in Oregon and Washington state. She chairs the Creation Justice Committee for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, and Oregon Interfaith Power and Light, and cofounded the nonprofit Circle Faith Future.
Cathy Velasquez Eberhart
is a commissioned UM EarthKeeper and has worked in communities of faith addressing creation justice and climate change in different roles, including previously on the board of Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light. Cathy helps convenes the grassroots effort that is the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement.
Dawn Lewis
splits her time between the southwest and the southeastern U.S. A longtime United Methodist with a passion for creation, she has experience in small groups and with organizations that seek good in the world and lends her expertise to the effort.