by umcjnews | Oct 8, 2025 | Newsletter
October NewsDear Friends, For those of us concerned about creation justice, our work too often involves fighting to stop ecological destruction and environmental injustices. While we must take time to lament and call out the damage that is being done, we also roll up... 
by umcjnews | Sep 29, 2025 | Blog
In the midst of one of the wealthiest counties in the state of Tennessee and even in the US lurks food insecurity. For people shut-in from age, frailty, or disability to people living with cancer to African American and Hispanic populations, poverty is served up... 
by umcjnews | Sep 29, 2025 | Blog
It all started with a field of grass. For eight months out of every year, the field of grass was mowed. Occasionally, the field was used to throw a frisbee or play a game of kickball or even to take city kids on a hayride. The neighbors worried that the field,... 
by umcjnews | Sep 24, 2023 | News
Every five years Congress passes a huge Farm Bill (likely over one trillion dollars this time) that has huge impacts on all aspects of creation (land, water, forests, air) and human communities here and throughout the world – those who produce the food and all of us... 
by umcjnews | May 9, 2021 | Blog
Caption for photo at the top from left to right: E Albertina McGirt, Karlah Burton, Adrian Fleming (seated) Happy Summer! On behalf of the Creation Care Ministry (CCM) and Community Garden at Saint Matthews United Methodist Church (SMUMC) we are delighted to...