Posts from January 2025
Rising to the Call
Rising to the Call: 7 Big Questions is a study about the challenges and joy of discipleship with a focus on Climate Justice. Each week during Lent, the study group is invited to explore a big question whose foundation is in that week’s gospel reading from the Year C lectionary. The study was originally co-authored in 2022 by the chair of this Task Force, Rev. Joan Pell, while she was working for the British Methodist Church. It has been updated by…
Eco Justice Courses
Just Faith offer small group programs that advance peace, racial equity and a sustainable world for use at any time of the year. They currently have three Eco-Justice courses that you can organize and run. Each program in the eco-justice series includes eight 2-hour sessions, an immersion experience, and an optional get-to-know-you session. The eight regular sessions include prayer, dialogue, active listening, weekly spiritual practices, and relationship-building. The immersion experiences connect participants with people and organizations working on eco-justice issues; this…
Ideas for Lent Studies 2025
In this issue are four ideas for climate justice studies during Lent. “Rising to the Call: 7 Big Questions” is a FREE downloadable study using the Lent Year C
gospel Lectionary readings.
January 2025 Newsletter
God is making all things new. God is in the process of perfecting the world and each of us. So, we need to start practicing living like we have been made new! Like the magi, let us leave Christmas and enter the New Year by a different route.
10 Minutes Outside
One of the goals set by the Climate Justice Ministries Task Force for this year is to encourage every church member of the the California-Nevada Annual Conference to spend 10 minutes outside each day. We firmly believe that our actions –and our energy — for earth justice work must befed and empowered by nurturing our love for God’s creation, and this simple practiceis an important step in that direction.
Basics for churches
There are six 90-minute videos on our YouTube Channel that our Task Force created in 2023 on “Climate Change, Climate Justice, Climate Action: The Basics for Churches.” Most of the speakers are from our Annual Conference. Watching and discussing these videos is a good entry point to climate justice work.