Take Action with Creation Justice Ministries This March!

Check out these different ways for you and your congregation to get involved. Come back every month for new ways to take action!

March is Women's History Month!

Follow us on social media @CreationJustice for Women's History Month content, news, events, plus we will be highlighting people & organizations who are making women's history.

Take Action to Protect the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts

TAKE ACTION!

Take action to support reinstatement of protections for the North East Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument. Urge your representatives to consider signing on to the house sign on letter that is being circulated by Congressman Grijalva and the upcoming senate letter in support of President Biden’s Executive Order regarding the seamounts.

Creation Justice Ministries Event

March 25th at 6pm Eastern: Climate Justice on Sacred Ground: The Role of Church Lands in Resilience and Adaptation--Register here for March's climate resilience workshop.

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

• March 4-6th: In the Footsteps of Climate Migrants-- A Virtual Gathering with Christmount and Lexington Theological Seminary
• March 8th: International Women's Day
• March 9th & 23rd at 7pm: Join the American Baptist Churches USA Creation Justice Network for their Lenten devotional webinar series "Creation Reflects: Earth, Sea, & Sky". Email ABCUSA Creation Justice Minister: Rebecca Driscoll at Rebecca.driscoll@abc-usa.org to register.
  
• March 22nd: World Water Day
  
• March 28th: Holy Week Begins
  
• April 4th, 2021: Easter Sunday
  
• April 18-21, 2021: Ecumenical Advocacy Days-- Creation Justice Ministries will host six excellent eco-justice themes workshops.
• April 22nd: Earth Day

News & Reflections

• Creation Justice Ministries is Hiring an Executive Director
• "Black History Month Wrap-Up", Helen Smith, Creation Justice Blogs, 02/26/21
  
• "Water for Life: Not Guaranteed for the Indigenous People of the Navajo Nation", Annika Harley, World Council of Churches, 02/22/21
  
• "Courage Needed on Climate Change and Covid-19", Sister Ellen Dunn, Charleston Gazette-Mail, 02/19/21
• Eco-Palms: Creativity and Caring for Creation in Trying Times, Presbyterian Church USA, 02/12/21
• "Camp and Creation Stewardship: Perspectives from Three Lutheran Outdoor Ministry Leaders", Colter Murphy, 02/21

Latino Advocacy Week

Find more awesome events for Latino Advocacy Week centering around the environmental crisis.

Healthy Oceans & Coastal Communities Related Resources

1. Faithful Resilience Guide: Download the Faithful Resilience series for a guide to integrating teaching and action on climate resilience into your congregation. This 6-part guide will equip you with theological reflections for sermons or bible study, questions for reflection or conversation, action steps for your church, and examples of churches who are building resilience in their community.
2. Toolkit for Taking Action to Protect the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts: Learn about the many ways the faith community has taken a stand to protect God's marine creation and find ways to get involved.
   

More Resources

• Creation Justice Ministries Lent Calendar
  
• Sign up HERE to be notified when the Earth Day Sunday 2021digital resource "A New Heaven and a New Earth" is available for download. Read the Letter from the resource's editor Susu Lassa HERE.
  
• Would you like to order a printed hard copy of the Earth Day Resource? Order yours HERE.
• Download the 52 Ways to Care for Creation March Bulletin Insert. Each week you can find a new tip for how you and your congregation can be stewards of God's creation. Want to see the full year of tips? Check out the full article on our blog here.
• ResiLENT Worship: Preaching Our Way to Climate Resilience-- A Creation Justice webinar recording. Learn how the church might become a hub of resilience in the midst of the spiritual and physical storms of the climate crisis.
• The Face of God: The Orthodox Church and Climate Change-- A Pan-Orthodox Film by the Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration

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