Presbyterians for Earth Care - Important Climate Action Letter Needs Your Signature & Registration Open for Food Waste/ Climate Change Webinar

PLEASE READ AND SIGN: Presbyterian Letter on Climate Action You may be aware that last summer, the General Assembly of PC(USA) passed a number of overtures related to restoring creation and made some bold statements about the need for action.  We are encouraged not only to be faithful stewards within our homes and churches, but to advocate for policies that  help build a safe, just, and sustainable future for all. The Presbyterians 4 Carbon Dividend team, in partnership with Presbyterians for Earth Care Advocacy Team, has launched a Presbyterian Letter on Climate Action.  Our goal is to reach out to Presbyterian Members of Congress and encourage them to support policies aligned with recent actions by our General Assembly.   You can add your voice in this advocacy for God's creation by signing the letter here.  And please feel free to share this email with others who might be interested.  We will be hand delivering this letter to Washington DC offices in early June.

WEBINAR REGISTRATION OPEN: Labels, Food Waste & Climate Change Presenter: Minnie Ringland, ReFED Climate Fellow Date: Thursday, June 29th Time: 7:30 pm EDT (6:30 CDT, 5:30 MDT, 4:30 PDT) What are the relationships between label date confusion, wasting good food, and methane emissions from landfills?  In the U.S., a staggering estimated 38% of all food goes unsold or uneaten – the equivalent of 149 billion meals annually. It’s valued at $444 billion, roughly 2% of U.S. GDP, and it has the same climate footprint as the entire U.S. aviation industry (passenger, commercial, and military). Join PEC for a webinar with ReFED, a national nonprofit that leverages a holistic view of the food system to collaborate with key audiences and generate large-scale, meaningful impact. Confusion over food labels can lead to food waste, increased organic waste in landfills, rotting food in landfills, and methane emissions. In addition to environmental concerns, perfectly good food could be going to feed hungry unsheltered people through our food pantries if label confusion could be addressed. Join us to learn what we can do about food waste in our communities, homes, and places or worship.  Please plan to join us for this FREE Webinar!

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“The Climate Crisis & Empowering Hope” is our theme for our 2023 national conference. The conference will deal with the greatest moral issue of the day and practical ways that our faith can guide us to act for creation care. We will gather in person in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and at three satellite locations (California, Arkansas and Minnesota) and we will also stream all presentations online. We will learn from top church leaders, gifted biblical and theological teachers, activists, pastors, and one another. This important conference will make a difference for God’s creation and the Church. Please plan to join us and ask your Presbytery to include this information in your Presbytery newsletter.

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This Sunday, June 4, has the Revised Common Lectionary texts of Genesis 1:1-2:4a and Psalm 8 - two great texts for creation care.  “Psalm 8: The Ecology of “Dominion” in the Context of God’s Majesty: Exegetical Reflections” by William P. Brown of Columbia Seminary is an excellent article by a gifted biblical teacher posted on the PEC website.  “Retranslating Genesis 1–2: Reconnecting Biblical Thought and Contemporary Experience” by Theodore Hiebert of McCormick Seminary states “translations in Genesis 1–2 from the Common English Bible illustrate a more integrative understanding of the human and nonhuman, recognize the presence of nonhuman agency, and capture a more accurate representation of the human place in the world as Genesis’s authors conceived it (Gen 1.9-12; 1.26-28; 2.7). A tradition of translation has inscribed the dualistic, anthropocentric, and hierarchical cast of Western philosophy and theology into the biblical text. Careful attention to the world of the text, and translations that reflect that world authentically, can open up new (“old”) readings that are more ecologically sound and sensitive.”   “O God, Our Sovereign” by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, is a hymn based on Psalm 8 to the tune of LOBE DEN HERREN 14.14.4.7.8 ("Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty"), that lifts up creation care in verses 3 and 4, which some other hymns on Psalm 8 do not mention.

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