Keeling Curve Prize Announcement
The UCC's efforts are cited by the World Council of Churches in becoming one of ten winners for the prestigious Keeling Curve Prize. The...
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Stay updated on the interfaith climate movement. Read on for the latest on religion, organizing, and climate change.
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Jim Antal
- Jul 3, 2019
- 1 min
Press Coverage of UCC's Endorsement of Green New Deal
Religion New Service: https://religionnews.com/2019/07/02/ucc-general-synod-endorses-green-new-deal/
Jim Antal
- Jul 3, 2019
- 1 min
Bill McKibben Congratulates UCC
Watch the brief video of McKibben congratulating the denomination of his youth on its endorsement of the Green New Deal
Jim Antal
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
HOW TO PREACH on the Green New Deal
Here are suggestions for how to preach on the Green New Deal!! https://www.ucc.org/preachinggreen
Jim Antal
- Jun 19, 2019
- 1 min
UCC National Synod Endorses Green New Deal with 96% vote
Read the resolution: https://bit.ly/2X5OKbE UCC becomes the first national Christian denomination to endorse the Green New Deal!!! Read...
Jim Antal
- Jun 1, 2019
- 1 min
Antal Receives Social Prophet Justice Award from national UCC
At the June 2019 UCC National Synod, Jim Antal was presented with the Social Justice Prophet Award. More details will be posted when...
Jim Antal
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
Hosting Katharine Hayhoe: from climate crisis to moral imperative
Climate scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe offers a terrific youtube presentation suitable for church groups, pastors...
Jim Antal
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
The Singular Vocation of the Church - John Dorhauer on saving the planet
Every pastor should read or listen to this compact witness by @JohnCDorhauer. Saving the planet must become the singular vocation of the...
Jim Antal
- May 8, 2019
- 1 min
Green New Deal Resolution going to UCC Synod in June
http://www.ucc.org/news_emergency_resolution_calls_for_endorsement_of_green_new_deal_05062019
Jim Antal
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Steward of Creation Award to Jim Antal, Katharine Hayhoe and Gerald Durley
On May 6, 2019 the National Religious Coalition for Creation Care presented the 2019 Steward of Creation Award to Jim Antal, Gerald...
Jim Antal
- Mar 21, 2019
- 1 min
Christian Century Mag Reviews Climate Church, Climate World
In this kairos moment, will the church embrace a #GreenReformation? @WesleySnedeker reviews @JimAntal. ow.ly/kShN30nYFL4
Jim Antal
- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY asks: What Power Do We Have To Combat Climate Change?
"The power we learned in church: the power of the word...." Professor Patricia Prijatel finds hope and discovers both mission and...
Jim Antal
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
UCC Leaders Endorse Green New Deal
http://www.ucc.org/news_the_green_new_deal_legislating_environmental_justice_02082019 With the release of the Green New Deal Resolution,...
Jim Antal
- Dec 29, 2018
- 1 min
Hope Stubborn as a Weed
SOJOURNERS magazine (Jan. 2019) features article by Jim Antal declaring that the climate movement is as unstoppable as a weed (Matthew...
Jim Antal
- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
1,000 sermons on #youthvgov climate #NoOrdinaryLawsuit
In the months leading up to the trial phase of Juliana v. United States, Clergy are preaching about climate change. They are invoking the...
Jim Antal
- Jul 30, 2018
- 2 min
Environmental Justice & Human Rights Solidarity
I had never been in a room where such courage had been concentrated. President Carter and his wife Roslyn were responsible for the...
Jim Antal
- Jun 16, 2018
- 1 min
UCC churches of New England work to organize progressive ‘Christian voice’
The Boston Globe recently covered a major shift for the UCC in New England. The article begins, United Church of Christ churches in...
Jim Antal
- Jun 8, 2018
- 1 min
Climate Advocates Find Ally in Orthodox Church Leader
ABC News recently published an article highlighting events at a climate change conference in Greece that Rev. Antal recently attended....
Jim Antal
- May 24, 2018
- 1 min
Chicago Tribune features 'Climate Church, Climate World'
The Chicago Tribune recently featured a piece titled "Do you believe in God? Then you have a moral duty to fight climate change, writes...
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