Community Events
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2025 CCA Summit: Faith-Based Organizing & Theological Action in the Wake of Helene near Asheville, NC-POSTPONED
Montreat Conference Center-Anderson Auditorium 303 Lookout Rd., Montreat, NCWhile we remain deeply excited about this training, we have decided to postpone the event as we continue the process of hiring two key staff members: an Organizing Director for MountainTrue and an Organizer for the Creation Care Alliance. We believe these roles are essential to fully supporting our covenant partners and making this training as impactful and meaningful as possible.
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MountainTrue & NECHAMA Reverse Tashlich river clean-up & celebration near Asheville, NC 9/28
Join Jewish disaster relief organization, NECHAMA, and MountainTrue for a river clean-up and celebration of Reverse Tashlich. Reverse Tashlich, an initiative by Repair the Sea, invites communities to take hands-on, meaningful action during the High Holidays by cleaning up our waterways. Clean-up will focus on Hurricane Helene Debris and will be land-based.
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Green Riverkeeper Community Listening Session – MountainTrue
Columbus Library 1289 W Mills St, Columbus, NC, United StatesMountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper, Erica Shanks, will host the second of two community listening sessions highlighting the past, present, and future work of MountainTrue on the Green and Pacolet rivers. This session is free and open to the public. The listening session will begin with a showing of the brief PBS segment featuring MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper in…
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Live Staking Workday with Reems Creek – Beech Presbyterian Church and Native Plant Giveaway 3/14
Reems Creek - Beech Presbyterian Church 4 Sugar Cove Rd., Weaverville, NCJoin us Saturday, March 14th for a special day dedicated to restoring our creek banks and supporting native plant populations in our community. In the morning, we will partner with Reems Creek – Beech Presbyterian Church to live stake areas along Reems Creek, up and down Blackberry Inn Road. All tools will be provided, and staff…
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Native Plant Propagation Volunteer Event
Cullowhee Community GardenThe work will include (shallow) digging, cutting rhizomes with pruners, mixing potting soil, and packing the rhizomes into bags. Drop in when you can or stay for the whole event. We will provide some snacks and drinks. All ages and abilities are welcome.
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Remembrance: Honoring Creation, Land and Community. An Earth Day Musical Event supporting Creation Care Alliance in Asheville, NC 4/22
Alexander Chapel United Methodist Church is pleased to announce a special Earth Day musical event featuring Appalachian musical artist Murphy Campbell. This community event is free and open to all. In the spirit of Earth Day and faithful stewardship of creation, there will be an opportunity to make a voluntary monetary donation to support the work of the MountainTrue’s Creation…
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National Faith & Climate Forum – Asheville Hybrid Host Site
Land of the Sky United Church of Christ 15 Overbrook Place, Asheville, NC, United States🌈 Creation Care Alliance and Land of the Sky United Church of Christ will host the National Faith & Climate Forum, a free, live-streamed conference on Saturday, April 25 in Asheville at 15 Overbrook Place. One of the nation’s largest and most diverse gatherings at the intersection of faith and climate, the Faith and Climate…
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Creation Care Alliance Symposium 2026: “Building Resilience: Congregations in a Climate-Changed World”
Montreat Conference Center-Anderson Auditorium 303 Lookout Rd., Montreat, NCCCA WNC With natural disasters increasing in frequency, faith communities are attending more to the natural world and to finding our true place within it. As a union of climate connected congregations, MountainTrue’s Creation Care Alliance is working to strengthen and expand its network of Covenant Partner Congregations, helping them become lifelines of resilience, compassion,…
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Rivercane for Resilience
370 Lavender Rd, Old Fort, NC, 28762 370 Lavender Rd, Old Fort, NC, United StatesCULTIVATE LOCAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE WITH COOPERATE WNC Spend the day digging rivercane rhizomes (underground stems that prevent erosion, improve water, and support wildlife)! We’ll pack rhizomes with soil to send to local nurseries, where they’ll grow into plants for spring restoration projects. Drop in anytime! Snacks and drinks provided. All ages and abilities welcome. More…
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Repurposed Bag-Making Event in Clyde, NC
Cullowhee United Methodist Church, 1055 Lee Road , Clyde, NC, United States, 28721 1055 Lee Road, Clyde, NC, United StatesRepurposed, reusable bags made by volunteers with BYOB - Haywood You are invited to a community sewing event happening in Clyde NC on July 22nd, sponsored by the Environmental Action Community (EAC) Bring Your Own Bag Haywood (BYOBH) group. If you are wanting to learn, or just to gather to create in community with others…
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“Love Your Mother: Climate Stories of Life, Death, and Earth”
First Presbyterian Church of Waynesville, NC 305 N Main St, Waynesville, NC, United StatesClick here for event flyer
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Microplastics and WNC Waterways
St. James Episcopal Church - Hendersonville 766 N Main St, Hendersonville, NCMark your calendar for Thursday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m. for the 3rd presentation this year by Creation Care Ministry of St James Episcopal Church of Hendersonville. Enjoy some healthy snacks and a presentation by Anna Alsobrook of Mountain True's "RIVERKEEPERS." This program of Mountain True focuses on water quality in WNC with Clean Water Teams,…
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