03/21/2023 - Cheshire Church, Faith Community Partners form Creation Care Group
Environment Local BuzzIn 2021, First Congregational Church of Cheshire, Conn. joined with people from their town’s Episcopal, United Methodist, and Reform Jewish ...
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10/05/2022 - October Environmental Ministry Calendar - and More!
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentJoin the 2022 Faith Matters Voting Challenge! Voting is one of the most - if not the most - powerful tools we have as people of faith. Voting takes ...
09/08/2022 - September Environmental Ministry Calendar – and More!
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentCurated by Victoria Guest, SNEC Environmental Ministry Team
08/15/2022 - August Environmental Ministry Calendar
By: Victoria Guest - EnvironmentCurated by the SNEC Environmental Ministry Team NEW! 2022 Faith Matters Voting Challenge starts now! Voting is one of the most - if not the most - powerful tools we have as people of faith. Voting takes your caring values into the public square and thereby into ...
07/06/2022 - July Environmental Ministry Calendar...and More!
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentCurated by the SNEC Environmental Ministry Team NEW! 2022 Faith Matters Voting Challenge starts now! Voting is one of the most - if not the most - powerful tools we have as people of faith. Voting takes your caring values into the public square and thereby into other ...
06/14/2022 - June Environmental Ministry Calendar and More!
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentCurated by Victoria Guest for the SNEUCC Environmental Ministry Team Spirituality in Nature Group Leaders’ Training Saturday, June 11, 1 – 4 PM Forming a Spirituality in Nature Group (SING) is a great way to connect with community, open up to spiritual deepening, and ...
04/27/2022 - SNEC Churches and Members Working to Save our Planet
Conference programming EnvironmentCongregations throughout the Conference demonstrated their commitment to care for God’s Creation through a variety of Earth Day actions and ...
04/01/2022 - Good Friday Service Available for Download
Environment Worship & SpiritualityPreview the service, or download it, from Vimeo here Members of the Southern New England Conference staff have recorded a Good Friday worship service, entitled The Passion of Christ and the Environmental Crisis which is now available for churches to download. ...
03/17/2022 - Video: Preaching Hope in a Climate Emergency
Conference staff EnvironmentIf the world’s average temperature will soon shoot past the 1.5ºC target to ensure climate stability, how do we preach about hope? How do we preach about taking moral responsibility for addressing climate change? Focused on these two questions Rev. Margaret ...
02/02/2022 - February Environmental Ministry Calendar
By: Victoria Guest - EnvironmentCurated by the Environmental Ministry Team of the Southern New England Conference UCC Urgent action on 5 MA climate justice bills! Please join Mass. Interfaith Power & Light and Mass Power Forward in urgent action on key bills that will die if not reported out of ...
01/26/2022 - Justice-Centered Lenten Resources – Plus Earth Day!
By: Noah Brewer-Wallin - Environment LentFor many of us, Lent is a time of intentionality. Sometimes, I find Lent is a time of intentionally setting aside: fasting from something that is not...
01/04/2022 - January Environmental Ministry Calendar
By: Victoria Guest - Conference programming EnvironmentJANUARY ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR – PLUS MORE! Curated by Victoria Guest for the SNEUCC Environmental Ministries Team Make your New Year’s low-carbon resolution! GreenFaith invites everyone who lives in global North countries to join in Time for Living the Change, a ...
05/25/2021 - SPOTLIGHT: Creation and Community
By: Andrew Page - Church Innovation Environment SpotlightRocky Hill (CT) Congregational Church Celebrates Creation and Creates Partnerships
12/01/2020 - A Win for Your Congregation and God's Creation!
EnvironmentTo pastors and other church leaders: Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to UCC General Minister and President (and retired Massachusetts Conference Minister) is inviting churches to sign up for this package offer: ten books; one sermon; and one ...
11/02/2020 - Social Media Presence for Environmental Ministry Team
EnvironmentThe Environmental Ministries Team of the Southern New England Conference is now active on social media, with regular new posts on climate justice ...
10/15/2020 - SNEUCC Environmental Ministries Recognizes 12 Leading UCC Churches
By: Ted Wade - Conference programming EnvironmentTwelve congregations have accepted the “Congregation Climate Justice Voter Challenge” and more are on the way! These churches have formally agreed to...
04/21/2020 - Mashpee Wampanoag Solidarity: Actions
Environment Justice and WitnessSocial Media Actions Earth Day April, 22: Post this picture on social media calling for the protection of Mashpee lands on Earth Day, with this message: "Happy Earth Day! The protection of Indigenous rights = the protection of Mother Earth. Join the good fight in ...
04/17/2020 - Actions You Can Take on the 50th Earth Day
EnvironmentGreetings and peace to you in this Season of Eastertide: During a recent webinar addressing both the pandemic and climate change, an online viewer asked the panelists, “People are so overwhelmed, how can we possibly talk about the environment now?” Pastor, professor,...
09/22/2019 - UCCers Take Part in Global Climate Strike
Environment Justice and WitnessPeople from across the three conferences supported the youth-led Global Climate Strike in places all over the region on Friday, Sept. 20.
09/21/2019 - Southern New England UCC Staff Strike for Climate
Environment Justice and WitnessMembers of the Southern New England conferences staff took to the streets on Friday, Sept. 20, for the Global Climate Strike called for by youth.
09/09/2019 - Call to Action: Global Climate Strike Week
EnvironmentLinks: Global Climate Strike Website Find an Event Near You Let Us Know How Your Church is Participating List of Southern New England UCC Events The following Call to Action was sent to churches and clergy on Sept. 9, 2019: Call to Action: Global Climate...
07/17/2019 - Madison Offers Plastic Bag Buy-Back
Church Innovation EnvironmentMadison church offers to trade reusable bags for single-use plastic bags that can be re-purposed as sleeping mats.
01/17/2019 - Siladi and Arifian Discuss Impacts of Climate Change
Environment Justice and WitnessConnecticut Conference Minister the Rev. Kent Siladi and Pam Arifian, the Director of the Northeast Environmental Justice Center at Silver Lake ...
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06/17/2018 - Six Churches Receive Green Congregation Awards
Annual Meeting Environment Justice and WitnessWhile there was much to celebrate at the Annual Meeting Recognition Lunch this year, the Environmental Ministries Task Team was very happy to recognize six churches for their tremendous effort around environmental protection and climate justice!
05/29/2018 - Interfaith Religious Leaders and Scientists Join Together To Fight Climate Change
Environment Justice and WitnessFaith leaders and scientists flank Cardinal Seán O’Malley at the release of the Faith and Science Joint Appeal for Climate Action Photo credit: ...
02/14/2018 - Cardinal O’Malley Convenes Climate Symposium at which Antal and Bullitt-Jonas Speak
EnvironmentConference Minister & President Rev. Dr. Jim Antal presents Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley with a preview copy of his forthcoming book, Climate Church, ...
12/20/2017 - Conference Office Goes Green
EnvironmentThe Massachusetts Conference office now has 83 solar panels installed on the roof of the office building, which will generate clean energy while allowing the Conference to reduce spending on electricity.
11/20/2017 - Antal Among 25 Demonstrators Charged at Statehouse
EnvironmentMassachusetts Conference Minister President The Rev. Dr. Jim Antal was one of 25 environmental activists detained at the Statehouse on Thursday, after staging a sit-in calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to ban the new construction of all fossil fuel infrastructure in the ...
10/24/2017 - Antal, Other Religious Leaders "Take a Knee" for Climate Change
Conference staff EnvironmentWASHINGTON, DC -- The Rev. Dr. James Antal was one of a dozen religious leaders of Protestant, Catholic, Evangelical and Jewish traditions who ...
09/20/2017 - MACUCC Joining Other Organizations in State House Climate Action
Environment Justice and WitnessThe Massachusetts Conference is partnering with several other organizations to ask Gov. Charlie Baker to issue an Executive Order halting the ...
06/02/2017 - UCC, Episcopal Leaders Issue Statement: An Opportunity for Which the Church Was Born
EnvironmentThis historic moment provides Christian communities with a powerful opportunity to bear witness to the sacredness of God’s creation and the urgent ...
05/24/2017 - Empowering Youth in Environmental Justice
EnvironmentA new and engaged community was formed at the 4th Annual Environmental Justice For All! Retreat, which took place at Silver Lake Conference Center this past weekend.
05/03/2017 - Antal Helps Lead UCC Contingent at People's Climate March in D.C.
EnvironmentOn President Trump's 100th day in office, 200,000 people from all walks of life ringed the White House to send him a message about climate change.
04/20/2017 - Environmental Justice Retreat Alum, Director, Speak at Press Conference
EnvironmentTyra DeBoise, a three-time alum of the Conference's Environmental Justice For All! Retreat, and UCC Envirornmental Justice Center Director Pam ...
03/29/2017 - UCC Leaders Issue Statement on Administration's Climate Actions
EnvironmentThe national officers of the United Church of Christ and The Council of Conference Ministers last week issued a statement in response to the March 28 ...
01/21/2016 - Bring the Water of Relief and of Justice to Flint
Disaster Relief Environment Southern New England CollaborationThe following letter was issued by the leaders of the Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island conferences.
06/11/2014 - Youth of Color Explore Environmental Justice & Faith at Camp
By: Pamela Arifian - Environment Justice and Witness"I felt at peace and closer to God," reported one teen about her experience at the Environmental Justice For All! Retreat, held at Silver Lake the ...