Newsletters

Newsletters

View our Climate Justice Ministries current and past newsletters and occasional other updates here.

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March 2026 Newsletter

Our March newsletter includes articles about the conference Lenten Devotionals, spring Earth Connect Retreat, Eco Farm award, Earth Day, Green Teams, Climate Ambassador training, and three Advocacy opportunities.

December 2025 Newsletter

Our December newsletter includes articles with some Advent ideas, reflections on COP30, a response from the Council of Bishops on creation care, the Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action, and ideas for advocacy & education.

November 2025 Newsletter

Our November newsletter includes articles about a new book, green teams, a UWF grant, the FEMA Act of 2025, SunDay, new Earthkeepers, and some health benefits of being outside.

COP30 Newsletter

This special newsletter issue features the upcoming COP30 with background information, prayers, and news about updates during the conference.

October 2025 Newsletter

Our October newsletter includes articles about a new book, green teams, the US farm bill and a reflection on last month’s Earth Connect Retreat.

September 2025 Newsletter

Our September newsletter includes articles about an Open Letter to the Council of Bishops, Season of Creation, Action Alerts, Monthly Prayer Points, new Church & Society Resources and more.

Open Letter to Council of Bishops

In this time of growing environmental and human rights urgency, the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with love and hope for people and creation, gathered to write this  letter to The United Methodist Council of Bishops. Given the importance of the Episcopacy as denominational leaders, our hope is that our bishops will not only read the letter but take it to heart and seriously contemplate how they, and we as a denomination, can incorporate creation justice…

August 2025 Newsletter

Our August newsletter includes articles on our Fall Earth Connect Retreat, Divestment, a new book, the Green Step project, the August Recess Toolkit and more.

July 2025 Newsletter

Our July newsletter includes articles on ACS, plastic-free July, new worship resource, Earth Connect retreat, extreme heat resources, and EPA regulations.

June 2025 Newsletter

We have four pieces of climate justice legislation that will be voted upon during the Annual Conference Session and you can find more information about them in this newsletter.

May 2025 Newsletter

It was with sadness that I learned of the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. As the Vatican News said on the day of his death …

April 2025 Newsletter

Earth Day is celebrated this year just two days after Easter. As I was thinking about what to say, I came across these words by Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas in a sermon that she delivered in 2022.

Protect the NorthWest Forests

Trees and healthy forests have massive climate, environmental, and spiritual benefits. We need to be planting more trees and protecting our standing forests as invaluable carbon sinks. But now, the US Forest Service is proposing to open up 800,000 acres of previously protected Northwest Forest.

March 2025 Newsletter

Lent begins with a call to re-pentance, which means to turn around. Perhaps we can think about this in terms of re-cognizing. Cognition is to learn, to see, to discover, to perceive. So, what do you need to re-learn, to re-see, to re-discover, to re-perceive in this Lenten season?
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