06/15/2022 - Announcing Environmental Justice Youth Retreats and New Environmental Justice Intern
By: Emma Brewer-Wallin - EnvironmentLillian Steinmeyer, Environmental Justice Intern Nature & Neighbors is an ...
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06/14/2022 - Guilford Church Sounds the Alarm for Climate Action
By: Nancy Leckerling - Environment Local Buzzby Nancy Leckerling, Co-Chair of the Environmental Ministry Team of First Congregational Church of Guilford, CT The First Congregational Church of Guilford, CT – the ...
03/23/2022 - Take Action Against Nuclear Fallout & the Climate Crisis
By: Peter Kakos - EnvironmentGiven the rising tensions about the possibility of a nuclear attack by Russia, we citizens and church members of Massachusetts and the Southern New England Conference, ...
01/24/2022 - Living Out the Gospel in Each and Every Election
By: Jessica McArdle - Conference programming Environment“It’s very much a part of our tradition, as Christians, to be engaged in the public square….When people say, ‘Let’s not get political in the church,’ [it helps to ...
11/18/2021 - From Blah, Blah, Blah to New Life: A Message from Rev. James D. Ross II
By: James Ross - Conference staff EnvironmentThis is adapted from a sermon that Rev. Ross delivered at Christ Church Dracut (MA) on Sunday, November 14. Greta Thunberg, the 18-year-old Swedish environmental ...
11/15/2021 - Giving Nature a Reason to Sing: What can a Church Do?
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentSee new Green Congregation resources In a very short time, it will be the first Sunday in Advent and the beginning of a new church year. We’ll soon be hearing “Joy to ...
10/27/2021 - A Reflection on People vs. Fossil Fuels
By: Rev. Rob Mark - EnvironmentThese are parched days. We thirst for something to quench the chaos. Our waters, soils, and air are in turmoil. And we long for impactful ways to counter our climate’s ...
10/20/2021 - People vs. Fossil Fuels: A Reflection
By: Emma Brewer-Wallin - Conference staff EnvironmentEmma Brewer-Wallin, second from right, participates in the People vs. Fossil Fuels week of action in Washington, D.C. During the week of Indigenous Peoples’ ...
09/08/2021 - Green Congregation Testimony: First Congregational Guilford (CT)
By: Nancy Leckerling - EnvironmentThe SNEUCC Environmental Ministry Team invites 21 congregations to commit to the Green Congregation Challenge - having an initial conversation or taking a first step by ...
08/30/2021 - Green Congregation Spotlight: Church of the Covenant
By: Barbara Darling - EnvironmentThe SNEUCC Environmental Ministry Team invites 21 congregations to commit to the Green Congregation Challenge - having an initial conversation or taking a first step by ...
08/26/2021 - 21 in 21: A Green Congregation Challenge
By: Victoria Guest - EnvironmentThe Southern New England Conference UCC is launching 21 in 21 this fall, challenging 21 congregations to commit to creating a greener world by joining the Green ...
08/10/2021 - The Climate Crisis: How Churches Can Respond
By: Emma Brewer-Wallin - Conference staff EnvironmentPerhaps you, like me, woke up Monday morning to every news outlet alerting you to the latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report on the catastrophe ...
10/15/2020 - Just Breathe: Weaving Together the Creation Narrative and Communities of Color
By: Katherine Schofield - Environment Justice and Witnessby Katherine Schofield, Old South Church On October 11, Old South Church in Boston hosted...
08/20/2020 - Congregation Climate Justice Voter Pledge
By: Barbara Darling - Environment Justice and WitnessI was delighted to see that Rev. Traci Blackmon, UCC Associate General Minister for Justice and Local Church Ministries and Pastor of Christ the King UCC in Florissant, ...
07/27/2020 - Carrying One’s Faith onto the Public Square: Voting and Faithfulness
By: Jessica McArdle - Environment“ Whoever is faithful in a very little, is also faithful in much...” Luke 16:10 When serving in the parish, I quickly learned that the chief task facing a Stewardship ...
04/16/2020 - Creation Care E-News: 50th Earth Day Edition
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Environmentby Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Missioner for Creation Care This special edition of Creation Care Network e-news is brought to you in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth ...
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04/16/2020 - Inescapable Lessons Offer Invaluable Opportunities – Earth Day 50th & COVID19
By: James Antal - EnvironmentThis is not a dress rehearsal. The entire world is immersed in unrelenting, ...
03/26/2020 - Six Lessons Coronavirus Can Teach Us About Climate Change
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Conference staff Environment Justice and Witnessby Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and Leah D. Schade, co-editors of the book Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis Earth Day 2020 comes at a ...
02/06/2020 - Environmental Ministries Team Demonstrates Against Proposed Compressor Station
By: Barbara Darling - Environment Justice and Witnessby Barbara Darling and Ted Wade, Co-Chairs Historic Massachusetts Conference Environmental...
12/10/2019 - Wake Up, Turn Around, Enbridge
By: Gretchen Elmendorf - EnvironmentToday stirred some theology in my mind and spirit. Here’s a spiritual essay. I write out of my faith tradition with full respect for those of different faiths or no ...
11/12/2019 - "Unless" - Looking at an alternative to Fossil Fuel
By: Lois Happe - Environment"Our dependence on fossil fuel, if left unchecked, will eventually render much of our world uninhabitable." — Rev. Lois Happe
08/02/2019 - Our Planetary Cathedral on Fire
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentThe fire in Notre Dame – literally, “Our Lady” – is over. But the fire on Mother Earth rages on.
05/10/2019 - U.S. Religious Leaders Issue “Religious Declaration of Unprecedented Human Emergency”
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - Environment...The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars trying to make the climate ...
04/25/2019 - Taking Action on Environment at Immanuel
By: Dorothy Lovett Buckley - EnvironmentDorothy Lovett Buckley shares thoughts on attending a conversation with Environmental Leader and Former MA Conference Minister the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal.
04/24/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: Common Bond
By: Jennifer Kronholm Clark - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Outdoor Ministries Together, As One"Once a pair identifies the common bond on their cards, they share with each other to discover a common bond between themselves." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
04/12/2019 - Cherish the Earth!
By: Barbara Darling - EnvironmentEarth Day is this month! April 22 is the day set aside—for almost 50 years—to raise awareness of the fragility and vulnerability of our planet.
03/20/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: Cultivating Connections
By: Pamela Arifian - Church Innovation Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"The magic is in connecting their hearts and minds with wonder and beauty of the planet..." — Pam Arifian
11/16/2018 - Tackling the Climate Crisis Now: Clear Mind, Open Heart, Strong Hands
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentI brought two props with me: a globe and an icon.
11/14/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: It Happens Outside
By: Jennifer Kronholm Clark - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Outdoor Ministries Together, As One"God gave Creation over to humans as stewards, and it seems we’ve forgotten our duty to care for it." — Jennifer Kronholm Clark
10/31/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: Actions Matter, Now
By: Pamela Arifian - Church Innovation Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"The interconnectedness of justice issues and climate impact means that your action at every level matters." — Pam Arifian
10/16/2018 - Climate Change [Interferes] With What We…Care About *
By: Jessica McArdle - Environment* Quote from Professor Katherine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist and Evangelical Christian A blog by Rev. Dr. Jessica McArdle A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture ...
06/11/2018 - Religious Leaders’ Symposium on Climate Crisis – A Few Takeaways
By: James Antal - EnvironmentWhen the leader of one of the world’s major faith traditions convenes two hundred leaders who have given their lives to combat climate change, an endless flow of creative...
06/11/2018 - World Religious Leaders Confront Climate Crisis
By: James Antal - EnvironmentJim Antal presents His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with his book Last week, the religious leaders of a quarter of the world’s population confronted ...
05/18/2018 - The 8th Annual Water is Life Walk Begins on the Housatonic (Howsatunnuck) River
By: Pamela Arifian Lindsey Peterson - EnvironmentEvery year, Grandmother (Uncí) Carole Bubar-Blodgett, of Wabanaki lineage, takes four ...
05/10/2018 - Is Carbon Pricing a Spiritual and Ethical Imperative?
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentIt’s unusual to see a scientist, a politician, an economist, and a religious leader sitting together at one table to discuss climate change. Yet that’s just what happened...
04/18/2018 - Many Voices, One Mission: Collective Power
By: Pamela Arifian - Conference programming Environment Many Voices, One Mission"We are partners with each other, and with God, in the co-creation of earth, every day."— Pam Arifian
02/10/2018 - What if scientist and faith leaders form a coalition on climate?
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentThe Archdiocese of Boston hosted an extraordinary conversation on February 8-9, 2018, as leaders drawn from religious and scientific communities gathered to discuss the ...
01/23/2018 - All of Us or None of Us: Women's March 2018
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentMargaret Bullitt-Jonas and Marisa Brown-Ludwig Every rally has its own energy, a particular mood or spirit that propels it along. That was the case in Northampton, ...
12/20/2017 - Working Toward a Green Guilford Green
By: Jon Leckerling - EnvironmentFirst Congregational Church Guilford already had its Connecticut Conference Level 3 Green Church designation thanks to the hard work of its long time Environmental ...
11/22/2017 - #StandUpCharlie: Risking arrest for climate justice
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentA crowd inside the Boston State House listens to speakers Under threatening skies, a group of men and women gathers in the basement of the Paulist Center, less than ...
09/29/2017 - What on Earth is Happening?
By: Donald Remick - Disaster Relief EnvironmentThe earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it ~ Psalm 24:1 Hurricane Harvey produced a level of rainfall and flooding that "hasn’t ...
09/27/2017 - Join Me - Fridays at the State House
By: James Antal - EnvironmentEvery Friday beginning October 6, I will lead a UCC witness at the State House inviting Gov. Charlie Baker to issue an Executive Order halting the construction of or ...
09/07/2017 - Building the interfaith climate movement: Let go, hold on, and stay faithful
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentFor the interfaith climate movement in Massachusetts, this is a day for lament, gratitude,...
08/31/2017 - Hurricane Harvey: Rising up as the waters rise
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentLike many Americans, I have been gripped by news of the disaster now unfolding along our nation’s Gulf Coast. As torrential rains bear down on Texas and Louisiana and the...
07/10/2017 - United Church of Christ Declares a New Moral Era
By: James Antal - Environment General SynodIt was a big claim: “Imperatives for a New Moral Era.” It was a big ask: to “resist all expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and demand new sources of renewable ...
05/04/2017 - From a Powerful Moment in D.C.: A Movement Continues
By: Pamela Arifian - EnvironmentThe People’s Climate March on Saturday, April 29th did not disappoint. There were many actions leading up to the big day, including lobbying at Capitol Hill and direct ...
04/26/2017 - Resurrection People Marching For God's Creation
By: James Antal Pamela Arifian - EnvironmentCreation is at a turning point. We are headed toward a climate unseen in 50 million years. Realizing this, what if the church were to begin to act like the earth was the ...
04/26/2017 - The Church is Leaving the Building!
By: Wendy Vanderhart - Church Innovation EnvironmentA reflection and details on the MBA leadership's decision to change the venue and program for the MBA spring meeting.
04/22/2017 - Science on Screen: Before the Flood
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentToday is Earth Day, and along with millions of people around the world, I am praying for our blue-green planet, our common home. As part of Amherst Cinema’s “Science on ...
04/02/2017 - Lazarus, come out! A Christian response to the climate crisis.
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentSermon for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, April 2, 2017, delivered by the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas at The Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA. John 11:1-45 What a blessing ...
03/22/2017 - Earth Day Resources and the April 29 People's Climate March
By: James Antal - Environment Justice and WitnessPreserving God’s creation is perhaps the greatest theological madate of our time. As climate change worsens – as creation offers chaos in place of continuity - ...
11/14/2016 - We Are The Earth: Public Prayer for the Planet
By: Margaret Bullitt-Jonas - EnvironmentLast Tuesday, Americans voted into office a Presidential candidate who has embraced fossil fuels, called climate change a hoax, and vowed to withdraw from the Paris ...