Climate Change: Working Towards Hope with Dr. Sharon Collinge, Dr. Lisa Dilling, and Dr. Jana Milford Several FUMC Green Team members met for a picnic and climate change discussion on […]
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Climate Connect
A blog written by First Church’s Green Team
Plastic Free July 2021
A post for Climate Connect, the blog of First Church’s Green Team. I love that one person, or one group of people, can come up with an idea, and it […]
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First Meeting of the Mountain Sky Conference Creation Justice Task Force
A post for Climate Connect, the blog of First Church’s Green Team. The first Mountain Sky Conference Creation Justice Task Force met on June 24, 2021, on Zoom. Twenty Mountain […]
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We are Called to Live in Right Relationship with One Another and All Creation
by Rev. Beverly Fest I recently took a course on the Franciscan Way, looking at the life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. Most people know St. Francis as […]
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Reducing Food Waste
There are concrete steps you can take to reduce food waste! Thank you to Becky O’Brien, Director of Food & Climate for Hazon, The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, for sharing […]
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Ideas to Save Water
Written by Bonnie S., a member of the 11th Hour Calling monthly bell ringing group calling for action on climate change. We offer ideas for climate action through saving water […]
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Plastic Free July and Beyond
Plastic waste and pollution is one of our generation’s biggest challenges. It may feel overwhelming, but there are many things that we all can do! I started reducing our family’s […]
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A Story for Earth Day
April 22, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day! To celebrate this special day, Family Life Director Stephanie Moffitt has made a short video to share one […]
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Affecting Climate Change with What We Eat
Are you as frustrated as I am with our elected leaders and their inability to move the needle on climate change? So many things regarding the climate seem “big” and […]
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Stewardship for the Environment: FUMC Then and Now
Stewardship for the environment is not new at FUMC. The worship theme for Sunday, April 18, 1970, was based on “Earth Day,” and many members were recycling newspapers at that […]
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