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Announcing 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 MoreTrinity UMC Increases LED Lighting, Funded by CCA Grant
Trinity United Methodist Church in West Asheville recently updated their six Sanctuary chandeliers (with six bulbs each) to LED dimmable bulbs. “It was a huge labor of love that will not only save money but serve Trinity and creation for years to come! Thank you, CCA!”
Read MoreCCA Covenant Partner Congregation Wins Sacred Grounds Award
Congratulations to CCA Covenant Partner Congregation, Grace Episcopal Church In The Mountains in Waynesville. Interfaith Power and Light honored their garden with a Sacred Grounds Award. When you learn about all that the…
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…
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…
Read MoreRemembering Who We Are: Becoming Ourselves
This sermon was preached by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree at The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Saluda, North Carolina, on Sunday, October 17th, 2021. The sermon text is Psalm…
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