Category Archives: Climate change

Bright Lights (July/August 2016)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Tara Barnes

Bluff Park United Methodist Church Holds Climate Justice Forum The United Methodist Women group at Bluff Park United Methodist Church in Hoover, Alabama, on Monday is holding a public forum on the topic of climate justice. Christ United Methodist Church … Continue reading →

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How to Use This Issue (April 2016)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by mbcoudal

When my kids were little, one of our favorite story collections was Frog and Toad. In one story, Toad receives seeds from Frog and is surprised when they don’t immediately grow. Frog tells Toad, “Leave them alone for a few … Continue reading →

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From the President (April 2016)

Posted on April 11, 2016 by umw2012

Let’s Do Our Part And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” John 6:12 (ESV) One of my lines at Assembly 2014 in Louisville, Kentucky, was to … Continue reading →

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From the Editor (April 2016)

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Tara Barnes

This issue of response focuses on climate justice and supplements the 2016 United Methodist Women mission study Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action edited by Pat Watkins. In the cold of winter you’ve likely heard someone joke, “Where’s … Continue reading →

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NEW: United Methodist Women Carbon Fund

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Tara Barnes

Attending Assembly? Thinking about the carbon footprint you’ll leave getting there? When you register for Assembly 2104, consider giving to the United Methodist Women Carbon Fund! You’ll find this option on the Assembly registration page. Proceeds will finance projects that permanently … Continue reading →

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response: Caring for Creation (March 2013)

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Tara Barnes

Originally posted on United Methodist Women:
Caring for Creation: Deaconess and Home Missioner Ministries With the Environment by Myka Kennedy Stephens A woman sits by the pond during an Advent retreat at Turtle Rock Farm. Photo by Pat Hoerth. About…

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Climate Change and the Church

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Tara Barnes

I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. Deuteronomy 30:19 Especially when it comes to the environment, as a society are we choosing life, or death? David … Continue reading →

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From the Editor (December 2013)

Posted on December 2, 2013 by ymoore2013

“For God so loved the world. …” That’s the heart of Christmas and the wonderful “tidings of great joy” that the angels heralded at Jesus’ birth and which continue to echo around the earth. During Advent we rejoice in the unfolding of … Continue reading →

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