How to Get Straight A’s in Climate Citizenship (AAA) It’s too easy to think that there is little we can do as individuals to help alleviate our planet’s current climate concerns. But actually there is much we each can do to be part of the climate solution, and not just
Read more →You! Yes, You! Yes, you CAN! with Climate Action Now Much has been written about the very serious nature of the growing climate crisis here on Planet Earth. But perhaps not enough has yet been written to spur us to bold, clear and consistent advocacy on behalf of this place we call
Read more →Lift Every Voice Oregon (LEVO) Lift Every Voice Oregon is a coalition of faith-based groups that have organized to reduce gun violence in Oregon (CLICK HERE for the LEVO website to find out more about this organization). They have filed two state-wide initiative petitions for Oregon’s November 2022 ballot
Read more →Climate “Denial-ism” vs. “Doom-ism” vs. “Do-ism”… Okay, maybe that’s stretching the alliteration just a bit too far, but let us explain. *There are those who deny that climate change is real. We beg to differ. *There are those who acknowledge climate change, but who think that things are
Read more →Reflections on Earth Day, 2022 As we observe Earth Week this week, let us take a moment to reflect on the condition of our planet in Spring, 2022. As trees leaf out, flowers bloom and the sun comes out from behind the clouds, it would be easy to
Read more →“Kids might be a small percentage of the population, but we’re 100% of the future.” (Cash Daniels, age 12, Environmental Activist, Time Magazine’s “Kid of the Year”) Now there’s some youthful wisdom we can get behind! Kids like Cash Daniels, Greta Thunberg (the Swedish teen and prominent climate
Read more →“The eyes of the future are looking back at us and praying that we can see beyond our own time.” –Terry Tempest Williams, American author The “eyes of the future” belong to our children, our grandchildren and all future generations. Imagine their concern – their angst, their alarm –
Read more →Restoring Nature: What People of Fatih Can Do to Heal the Earth Wednesday, March 23 ~ 10 a.m. Douglas Tallamy’s books have awakened thousands to the problem of wildlife decline and the solution that resides in habitat restoration. This is a solution of which you and your
Read more →Active Hope From “HEAT!” to “HELP!” to HOPE! No doubt most of us have some level of anxiety about all the news these days regarding global warming. We’ve had some historically high temperatures in recent years, and this leads us to hope that someone will step up to help the situation. Good News! The “some-ones”
Read more →The war in Ukraine has created 2 million refugees, an unbelievable number in just 12 days. The FCC Social Justice and Witness Committee voted last week to contribute $1,000 from our church’s allocated Global Mission fund to the UCC Global H.O.P.E. and Global Ministries program. According to ucc.org, our gift will
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