Posts by Julie Lehman
UCC Tryon is Hiring a Climate Hope Fellow!
Our covenant partner congregation, The Congregational Church of Tryon, NC, is hiring a Climate Hope Fellow to join their team this summer! The full job description and link to apply…
Read MoreJoin the MountainTrue Board
The Creation Care Alliance is a program of MountiainTrue, and MountainTrue is currently looking for new board members! We seek a diverse board representing our service areas, including different areas…
Read MoreYouth Art Contest: Deadline May 24th!
Calling all budding artists aged 10-14. In Honor of Earth Day, MountainTrue is hosting our first Kid’s Merchandise Design Contest. The winner will receive the chance to work with a…
Read MoreSolar Panels Installed at FPC Asheville
This blog boat was submitted by our covenant partner congregation, First Presbyterian Church Asheville! Learn more about their journey to solar below. The Creator is all-powerful, as demonstrated in the…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024 Winter Symposium
The theme of our 2024 Creation Care Alliance Symposium is “Sacred Symbiosis: Relationships for Eco-Justice.” Our presentations, workshops, and conversations will explore the relationships needed to build and nurture justice…
Read MoreOur Love Led Us Here: A Reflection of the NCUC Carbon Plan Hearing
This post was written by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree. She is pictured here (right) beside CCA summer intern Liz Richardson (left). The posters being held by Sarah and Liz were…
Read MoreListening Ears & Enough For All
This sermon preached at First Congregational Church of Hendersonville on May 8th, 2022, was adapted from a sermon preached in October 2021. The text referenced is Psalm 104: 1-9 from…
Read MoreThe Climate Crisis Needs Your Joy (and Grief)
We really did have everything, didn’t we?” These words, spoken by Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the now four-time Oscar-nominated Netflix film ‘Don’t Look Up,’ hit me like a train and…
Read MoreHoliday Reflection: Finding the Divine Amidst the Quiet
December is here. As a practicing Christian, this season is special because of Advent and the upcoming Christmas holiday. Advent, the beginning of the Christian liturgical year, is when we…
Read MoreThin Places: Waterrock Knob
This reflection was written by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree on Oct. 24th 2021 for the national Presbyterians for Earth Day newsletter. In my work, I often speak to congregations about…
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