UMC Annual Conference Organizing Workshops

To build and strengthen your Annual Conference Creation Justice impact

For inspiration, information and ideas to move ahead with vision and energy, invite your current team and potential recruits to view these recordings with you.

The UM Creation Justice Movement offered this series of seven online workshops focused on building and strengthening Conference-level Creation Care ministries and teams in 2021-2022. These workshops were designed to focus on the particulars of your own context. They should be useful for anyone currently or hoping to be on a UMC Creation Care Ministry team. The workshops are designed both as a series and as stand alone workshops.

Workshop 1

Why is this our Mission?: Creation Care and Wesleyan Theology led by the Rev. Pat Watkins.
(Nov 1, 2021)

What is our Mission Context for Creation Care? It was led by Daniel Joranko and Pat Watkins.
(Nov 15, 2021)

What is our vision for Creation Care led by Laura Kigweba James from the Board of Church and Society.
View the presentation slides HERE
(Jan 10, 2022)

Starting and/or growing a Conference Ministry with an emphasis on methods for inviting, recruiting and retaining people and congregations, led by Dr Daniel Joranko.
(Jan 24, 2022)

How to Structure Your Annual Conference Creation Justice Ministry led by Bob Downs and Daniel Joranko. This workshop provides insight in how to structure an effective creation justice ministry and suggestions for working with the larger conference, communications and funding for the ministry. View the presentation slides HERE
(Feb 7, 2022)

Moving to Our Mission: Action on the Ground led by Dr. Daniel Joranko. This workshop explored effective action at the local, District, and Conference levels including activities centered around education, conservation, service and advocacy.
(Feb 21, 2022)

How Might We Restore Ourselves in Mission? led by Laura Kigweba James from the Board of Church and Society.
(Mar 21, 2022)

Other resources shared during these workshops can be found HERE.

For more information contact Dan Joranko at NashvilleCreationCare@gmail.com