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11/28/12 - For the past year and a half I have been serving as the Lilly Resident Minister at Mayflower UCC in Minneapolis, MN and in-part working to energize a faith-based movement in response to climate change locally, statewide, and nationally (UCCers you'll be seeing a Carbon Neutral Church Buildings Resolution at the next General Synod). It has been awesome work and I have found it to be work that energizes the local church. So if you are looking for something to revitalize a congregation or your next big thing, check out connections between faith and sustainability. It is work that directly impacts so many spheres of life - economics, equity, education, employment, health - and, as a result, so many spheres of pastoral care. To my LTS UCC colleagues: I hope you are planning to jump on board with Mission 4/1 Earth (and go beyond it with long-term goals).

Here are two stories telling how we have been approaching climate change at Mayflower. I hope they are just a springboard for imagining the work our faith communities can accomplish:
http://www.ucc.org/news/minnesota-church-plans-to-be.html
http://www.mn350.org/a-spark-to-dream-mayflower-ucc/

Peace and Blessings,
Rev. Gretchen Deeg

gdeeg@mayflowermpls.org