Friday, July 17, 2026

Presbyterians for Earth Care - Call for Haiku Writers + Upcoming PEC Programs

Writers Needed for PEC’s Earth Care Haiku Compilation

Calling ALL Poets! Have your work shared in our Earth Care Haiku Compilation!

We invite you to contribute one or more original haiku for a Presbyterians for Earth Care compilation celebrating the beauty, wonder, and sacredness of Creation.

Here is the link to sign up, so we can keep you updated on any additional details and deadline: CLICK HERE

Haiku Writing Guidelines: CLICK HERE

After signing up, please email haiku submissions by August 16th to presbyearthcare@gmail.com.

AUGUST WEBINAR

Plug-In Solar: Power Your Home

for Cheap

Our presenter will be giving an easy to understand presentation on plug-in solar. She will cover what it is, how it works, and why policymakers and consumers are embracing the technology here in the United States.

WEBINAR DATE: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
TIME: 7:30 pm Eastern / 4:30 Pacific
PRESENTER: Carynton Howard, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Webinar Recording Available:

227th PC(USA) General Assembly

Climate & Environmental Justice Overture Recap

CLICK HERE for RECORDING

SAVE THE DATES!

You're Invited: Climate Ambassador Training

Join us for free! We will host one-hour, in-person Climate Ambassador training sessions (over 4 total dates). Learn to talk about climate change with confidence, explore real solutions, and take action in your community.

Dates: Sept. 27, Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 8
Time: 7:00-8:00 pm Eastern (4:00 Pacific)
Facilitator: Jane Laping, PEC Member & Climate Ambassador

Registration opens in August!

I want to invite you, or someone in your faith community, to consider the 2026-2027 EcoPreacher Cohort. I just finished this program in June and got lots of good information, heard from amazing speakers, authors, preachers, and teachers, and made wonderful connections with new friends who care for creation. This ten-month program, co-facilitated by Creation Justice Ministries, The BTS Center, and Lexington Theological Seminary, equips preachers and lay leaders who work in theological, spiritual, intellectual and physical ways with caring for our earth. The program offers theological grounding, practical tools, and peer community to preach environmental justice with honesty and hope. Registration for the 2026/27 cohort is open now; no application required, just sign up to join.

In Peace,

Rev. M. Courtenay Willcox

PEC Moderator

How can we help you care for God’s creation? Drop us an email and let us know at presbyearthcare@gmail.com

Help us grow! Please let us know if there is anyone we should add to our list! Just reply to this email. Thank you!

Please help us to continue to assist individuals and churches in creation care work by donating to PEC through our website by CLICKING HERE. Thank you!

Gun Violence Prevention News for Congregations July

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Gun Violence Prevention

News for Congregations

July 2026 Welcome, New Readers

Below are 2 Action Deadlines for Preventing Gun Violence

1.. "Skip the Counter" Gun Sales

Aug. 4 is the last day to submit a comment to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) opposing 30 new rules that put gun lobby profits before public safety. One rule allows gun buyers to "skip the counter" to purchase an estimated 3.28 million additional guns online per year. This will increase the danger of mass shootings, gun suicide and other risks to public safety.

Please click HERE by Aug. 4 to take action. Thank you.

2.. Aug. 25 is the last day to register for gun violence prevention training at the Atwood Institute, Sept. 15-18 near Kansas CIty, MO.

Whether you are a seasoned faith activist or want to explore gun violence prevention for your congregation, please join us in September for training in the practical, pastoral and prophetic calling to help save lives.

Frequently Asked Questions HERE.

See the Atwood Institute Schedule HERE.

Meet the Faculty HERE.

Why Come? Because we all need to learn how to effectively communicate about this issue, from the adult education class to sharing our own stories to the pulpit to the public square. Learn what's working in the urban centers of the midwest, including the role of congregations with community violence interruption programs. Learn how to help your community heal from the trauma and fear of gun violence. And, together, let's learn what steps can best prevent gun violence now. Plus, find a spiritual community to keep us all going --and transform a gun into a garden tool!

Learn More & Register Here.

Find a kit HERE to share Atwood in social media, newsletters, etc.

See a 1 minute video HERE

on what last year's participants took home to their churches.

Photos below from Atwood Institute 2024 and 2025.