Resources
God’s Creation, God’s People: Sermon at FPC Spruce Pine
The following sermon was preached by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree on July 7th at FPC Spruce Pine as a part of their recent series on creation care. The scripture for…
Read MoreAnimals on the Ark & at the Zoo: Sermon from FPC Spruce Pine
The following sermon was preached on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, by Rev. Michael Poulos of First Presbyterian Church of Spruce Pine as a part of a series on creation care…
Read MoreWith Presence & Space: Sermon for Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church
The below sermon was preached by CCA Director Sarah Ogletree on June 2nd at Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church in Swannanoa. The text for the day was Mark 2: 23-3:6. I’m…
Read MoreThis Here Flesh: Our Pick of the Summer
This summer, we invite you to join us in reading This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories that Make Us by the founder of Black Liturgies, Cole Arthur Riley.…
Read MoreCreated to Care: Sermon Series from FPC Spruce Pine
The following sermon was preached on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, by Rev. Michael Poulos of First Presbyterian Church of Spruce Pine. It marks the first sermon in a series on…
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 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 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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