Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina
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Last week to register for the Winter Retreat & Symposium!
This week marks the last week to register for our February 6th and 7th winter retreat and symposium. We hope you’ll join us then! Led by faith leaders, activists, counselors, nonprofit professionals, scientists, and artists, this event will provide meaningful learning and…
Read MoreWe’re hiring: Interim CCAWNC Coordinator
Creation Care Alliance of WNC & MountainTrue: The Creation Care Alliance of WNC (CCAWNC) is the faith-based program of MountainTrue. MountainTrue is a non-profit organization that works with communities across 26 mountain counties in western North Carolina and in Towns…
Read MoreLamenting & Doing Good: Lessons from Jeremiah for Confronting Ecological Crisis
This sermon was offered by CCA director, Sarah Ogletree, on Sunday, September 11th, at St. Mary in the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock. The lectionary passage for the day was Jeremiah 4: 11-12, 22-28. Written during one of…
Read MoreEco-Grief Circle starting soon
Join us on September 21st at 12:00 pm for our first meeting of our fall eco-grief group. Meeting weekly on Wednesdays, this seven-week online experience will be offered in sessions that last about 1 hour and fifteen minutes. Together we…
Read MoreBook Study of Making Peace with the Land beginning this fall
Join us in reading Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation by Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba this fall! We will offer two reading groups for this study: one virtual and one in-person. Each group will…
Read MoreOur Love Led Us Here: A Reflection on 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 made by volunteers Jan Williams Ritter and Kaete Syed. Thank…
Read MoreWhat’s So Bad About Plastics?
It may be August, but this piece written by CCA steering team member and covenant partner congregation congregant is too good not to share again. Written by Enrique Sanchez, this article outlines the dangers of plastic and how we can…
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Join us for the 2023 Winter Retreat and Symposium!
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After a break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our winter retreat and symposium are back! We’re so excited to gather this winter and hope you will join us. This time is designed with creation care professionals, volunteers, lay leaders, and…
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