Creation Care Alliance

Join us on September 23 for a conversation between Reverend Tami Forte Logan, Missioner of Faith4Justice Asheville, and Scott Hardin-Nieri, Director of the Creation Care Alliance. They will be exploring issues of faith, ecology and race while talking about how their individual programs and efforts to promote justice in our community complement each other's efforts. These two individuals have been partnering in various ways for the last few years and the discussion promises to be both rich and timely! Sign up to receive the zoom link to join the webinar.

Thursday, January 28 - Friday, January 29 with morning and afternoon Zoom sessions each day. Our time together will include some connection with like minded neighbors, lay leaders and clergy, prayer and ritual, stories of creation care and resilience from congregations practicing right relationship and practical steps for caring for our neighbors and the earth. We will include time for regionally based brainstorming and discussion.

This easy-to-moderate trail climbs one mile through the lovely mountain forest and opens up onto a large grassy field at the top. This spectacular summit will be the site for some guided reflection before looping back down the mountain. MountainTrue's Ecologist & Public Lands Director, Bob Gale, will offer some ecological insights along the hike. Once we reach the top of the Mountain Creation Care Alliance director Scott Hardin-Nieri, will provide some spiritual context around caring for our ecological neighbors.

Although we are unable to gather in person this year, we are excited to host a virtual Earth Day Vigil over Zoom in celebration of Earth Day! The vigil will be focused on the idea of loving people and place and will include readings, prayers, songs, and information about creation care from speakers from throughout Western North Carolina. The vigil will run from 6-7:15 pm and will include regional breakout rooms that will begin directly after the Vigil ends.

MountainTrue, CCA, and NCIPL will offer a free webinar about Duke Energy's draft Carbon Plan from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. The webinar will feature MountainTrue Central Regional Director Gray Jernigan and NCIPL Program Director Susannah Tuttle, M.Div as guest speakers. Webinar attendees will learn about the implications and shortcomings of Duke Energy's Carbon Plan and leave with the information they need to take action in support of our state's clean energy future at the upcoming NCUC hearing on July 27.

This retreat is designed with creation care professionals, volunteers, lay leaders, and clergy in mind. Whether you're new to creation care or a long-time advocate, you'll gain new language and tools to inspire your congregation and community to care for the environment (people, non-human creatures, and the planet) interwoven with space for rest, relationship, and prayer.