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February 2014
2014 Preach In on Climate Change
Download your free kit for the 2014 National Preach-In on Climate Change over Valentine's weekend. From the comfort of your own congregation, you can join in spirit with thousands of religious leaders from across the country in preaching and teaching about climate change and love of Creation. Each Preach-In Kit includes activity ideas, printable postcards to senators, bulletin inserts, a global warming fact sheet, and other helpful resources. You can also order a print version of this kit, which…
Find out more »2014 Preach In on Climate Change
Download your free kit for the 2014 National Preach-In on Climate Change over Valentine's weekend. From the comfort of your own congregation, you can join in spirit with thousands of religious leaders from across the country in preaching and teaching about climate change and love of Creation. Each Preach-In Kit includes activity ideas, printable postcards to senators, bulletin inserts, a global warming fact sheet, and other helpful resources. You can also order a print version of this kit, which…
Find out more »April 2014
Advocating with Compassion – free workshop!
NCIPL invites you to join us for a free faith community workshop on the moral call to be good stewards of Creation. We will explore what it means to be an advocate and why the faith voice is so valuable in public policy. Presentations will also include how the policy process works, the current political lay of the land in NC, pressing environmental issues before the NC General Assembly, and ways your community can make a difference. Our presenters are: Ryke…
Find out more »Advocating with Compassion – free workshop!
NCIPL invites you to join us for a free faith community workshop on the moral call to be good stewards of Creation. We will explore what it means to be an advocate and why the faith voice is so valuable in public policy. Presentations will also include how the policy process works, the current political lay of the land in NC, pressing environmental issues before the NC General Assembly, and ways your community can make a difference. Our presenters are: Ryke…
Find out more »June 2014
Sabbath Economics and Watershed Discipleship: A Theology and a Practice for a New Day
June 16-20, 2014 Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa, NC sponsored by the Food, Faith, and Religious Leadership Initiative with support from Kalleiopeia Foundation The interlocking crises of deepening climate change, resource exhaustion, and social disparity are stalking our history. To truly face these crises is to commit ourselves, as Christians and citizens, to radical and urgent changes that are both profoundly political and personal. The “Transition Movement” is shorthand for perceptions and practices that center on ecological and economic resiliency,…
Find out more »Sabbath Economics and Watershed Discipleship: A Theology and a Practice for a New Day
June 16-20, 2014 Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa, NC sponsored by the Food, Faith, and Religious Leadership Initiative with support from Kalleiopeia Foundation The interlocking crises of deepening climate change, resource exhaustion, and social disparity are stalking our history. To truly face these crises is to commit ourselves, as Christians and citizens, to radical and urgent changes that are both profoundly political and personal. The “Transition Movement” is shorthand for perceptions and practices that center on ecological and economic resiliency,…
Find out more »October 2014
Protected: God Is Great, God Is Green: The Bible and Ecology
Mel & Pat Palmer Lecture Series, Peace United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Clint McCann Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri Friday, October 24, 2014 Lecture #1 (7:00 p.m.) "Why It Is So Important that Farmers Wrote the Bible!" Saturday, October 25, 2014 Lecture #2 (9:30 a.m.) "The Ecological Crisis: The Judgement of God? Or Just Plain Human Stupidity and Greed?" Lecture #3 (11:00 a.m.) "What to Say and Do? Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! Rejoice!" …
Find out more »Protected: God Is Great, God Is Green: The Bible and Ecology
Mel & Pat Palmer Lecture Series, Peace United Church of Christ Rev. Dr. Clint McCann Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri Friday, October 24, 2014 Lecture #1 (7:00 p.m.) "Why It Is So Important that Farmers Wrote the Bible!" Saturday, October 25, 2014 Lecture #2 (9:30 a.m.) "The Ecological Crisis: The Judgement of God? Or Just Plain Human Stupidity and Greed?" Lecture #3 (11:00 a.m.) "What to Say and Do? Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! Rejoice!" …
Find out more »Protected: God Is Great, God Is Green: The Bible and Ecology
Rev. Dr. Clint McCann, Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Eden Theological Seminary, will be preaching during the Sunday morning worship service at Peace United Church of Christ, 2714 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27403 He is also speaking Friday and Saturday, October 24-25, 2014, as part of the Mel & Pat Palmer Lecture Series. Click here for more information.
Find out more »Protected: God Is Great, God Is Green: The Bible and Ecology
Rev. Dr. Clint McCann, Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Eden Theological Seminary, will be preaching during the Sunday morning worship service at Peace United Church of Christ, 2714 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27403 He is also speaking Friday and Saturday, October 24-25, 2014, as part of the Mel & Pat Palmer Lecture Series. Click here for more information.
Find out more »February 2015
2015 National Preach-In on Global Warming
Starting this Valentine’s Day, join with North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light and thousands of other faith communities in proclaiming you and your congregation’s love for God’s creation through the 5th annual Preach-In on Global Warming. Global warming is getting worse; last year was officially the hottest year on record. That’s why we want to fill 2015 with our prayers, preaching, and action to help fight global warming and protect creation. Taking part in the Preach-In is a great way…
Find out more »2015 National Preach-In on Global Warming
Starting this Valentine’s Day, join with North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light and thousands of other faith communities in proclaiming you and your congregation’s love for God’s creation through the 5th annual Preach-In on Global Warming. Global warming is getting worse; last year was officially the hottest year on record. That’s why we want to fill 2015 with our prayers, preaching, and action to help fight global warming and protect creation. Taking part in the Preach-In is a great way…
Find out more »Global Divestment Day
From our friends at GreenFaith: More than anything else, fossil fuel divestment has re-energized the movement for action on climate change. It’s time to celebrate that! Global Divestment Day is taking place on Feb. 13-14. Over that weekend, we invite your faith community to explore the topic of divestment – in a sermon, a discussion group, a religious education class, or in other ways. Resources for Global Divestment Day. Talking about divestment is the best way we know to get people…
Find out more »Global Divestment Day
From our friends at GreenFaith: More than anything else, fossil fuel divestment has re-energized the movement for action on climate change. It’s time to celebrate that! Global Divestment Day is taking place on Feb. 13-14. Over that weekend, we invite your faith community to explore the topic of divestment – in a sermon, a discussion group, a religious education class, or in other ways. Resources for Global Divestment Day. Talking about divestment is the best way we know to get people…
Find out more »March 2015
Inaugural “Spring Into Action Celebration” with Rev. Sally Bingham
Mark your calendars to join NCIPL and friends on Tuesday, March 24 for a reception and remarks by Interfaith Power & Light's founder and President Rev. Sally Bingham. This inaugural event will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The Rev. Sally Bingham has brought widespread attention to the link between religious faith and the environment through her work on The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power & Light campaign. As one of the first faith leaders to fully recognize…
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