Corridor Creation Care District Team
Planning continues for celebrating the 2023 Season of Creation. Your District Creation Care Team challenges every church to do at least one thing in September to grow creation care discipleship in your church. A great place to start, if your congregation is new to this, is the District-wide Bible study using “Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action” by Rev. Pat Watkins. Take a look at the latest updates below for dates and times available for the Bible study, along with some other ways to celebrate SOC 2023 in the Corridor District and beyond.
- Bible Study – You’re invited to join the church closest to you for this very popular study on “Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action” by Rev. Pat Watkins. Zoom options are available. Here is the current status of scheduling:
- FUMC-Elon: Tuesdays at 4 pm starting Oct. 3, in person with Zoom option
- Fletcher’s Chapel: Mondays at 7:30 pm starting in October, by Zoom
- TBD: Mt. Sylvan, Bethany, University, FUMC-Graham, Parkwood, Central Durham Mission Cooperative
- Worship Service – Mt. Sylvan UMC is hosting a district-wide worship service at 4:00 pm on Sunday, September 17. DS Mike Frese and Rev. Steve Murphy are preaching.
Other opportunities in the NCCUMC and beyond:
- Webinars – Click here for details and registration for the webinar series offered on Tuesdays at 7 pm in September. Topics include advocacy, heat resilience, eco-grief, and energy use.
- Advocacy Training – Rev. Keith Sexton has developed a 3-part process to prepare creation care advocates for a Zoom meeting in August or September with key US House legislative aides to express environmental concerns from the church’s perspective. Everyone is welcome to help with the research and join the Zoom in a show of solidarity. Contact Keith at ksexton@nccumc.org for details on how to participate. Excellent learning opportunity for youth!
- Disaster Mission Training at Lake Junaluska – Sept. 22-24 Learn to lead mission trips where participants learn about community culture, economy, and ecology as well as doing repair work.
- Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle: Youth Leaders Initiative Kickoff – Sunday, August 20, 3:00-4:00 pm at Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham. Empowering youth to take practical steps toward a more sustainable future. Contact Liz Becker at ICCTliaisons@gmail.com or 919-599-3404 for more information.