News from CCA & our Covenant Partners

Announcing the 2024 Winter Symposium

October 20, 2023

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…

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Trinity UMC Increases LED Lighting, Funded by CCA Grant

June 7, 2023

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!”

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CCA Covenant Partner Congregation Wins Sacred Grounds Award

March 31, 2023

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…

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Lamenting & Doing Good: Lessons from Jeremiah for Confronting Ecological Crisis

September 13, 2022

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…

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Our Love Led Us Here: A Reflection of the NCUC Carbon Plan Hearing

August 8, 2022

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…

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Listening Ears & Enough For All

May 10, 2022

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…

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