Working within and across communities of faith to urgently fulfill our sacred duty to love and protect Creation, address our changing climate and ensure justice for all life.

We are guided by faith, informed by science, and focused on environmental justice

Earth Care Practices Survey for Faith Communities

Many of our faith communities have responded to a survey detailing their earth-friendly practices. We are happy to present the collected responses, along with a dynamic map locating the congregations that have responded.

Reflecting the Sacred Through Our Creation Care Practices

Today, as the climate crisis calls us to consider what it means to be good stewards of creation, it also asks us to consider how that sacred care can be reflected in where we worship and what we do there. Earth care practices are bubbling up throughout the 90 ICCT faith communities—from solar installations and upgraded HVAC systems to rain gardens and prayer services. From the modest to the more elaborate, all of these matter.

If you feel called to engage your congregation in creation care work, or if your community is already doing such work, we want to hear from you! Take our Earth Friendly Practices survey. You can also reach out to other faith communities via our contact form: learn about their projects, and share information and expertise. Join us!

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Climate and Our Money

DIVEST–INVEST

Forum on How to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

Amazing Resources and the Recording Now Available

Forty people joined our local forum on how individuals and faith communities can help push back against climate change with their financial decisions. It was presented by the Earth Care Witness Committee of the Durham Friends Meeting (Quaker) and cosponsored by ICCT on November 2, 2023. Author Jennie Ratcliffe and Dale Everts, a climate activist formerly with the EPA addressed our spiritual grounding, the scope of current and planned fossil fuel investments, who’s funding them, and tips on how to divest our money.

Learn more and access the recording, Presentation,
and How-To Guide here.

ICCT Youth Leaders Gaining Momentum

Youth environmental advocacy group — Interactive program for the youth group at Hayes Barton UMC in Raleigh, led by the Youth Creation Care Leaders from Durham

Youth Creation Care Leaders, sponsored by ICCT, has been gaining momentum since its inception in 2023. Today there are two high school age leader groups serving Durham and Raleigh by offering youth-to-youth presentations on Creation care to groups in faith communities. The interactive programs have been very well received. Both groups welcome new youth members as well as contacts from faith communities wishing to schedule a presentation.

More information on the youth leaders & scheduling a presentation here

Recap of the 2024 Convention

Celtic Symbol of the Spirit

The Spirit-filled ICCT Action Traction Convention

Reverend Megan M. Pardue set the stage by reminding us that “hope is not a thing you feel, but a thing you do.” To keep from despair and maintain hope, she suggests that we “sow the seeds together” and “sow the seeds even when you don’t feel like planting.” Se e Megan’s inspirational message on the ICCT YouTube channel.

Over 90 people sowed a lot of seeds, together, on January 27. If you missed it, or if you lost your notes, or just want a refresher, we have the full story.

I enjoyed the excellent meeting yesterday. I like to attend meetings that provide new thought-provoking information. It gave me ideas of what our church might be able to do….

~~Joe Burton, ICCT Liaison to Highland United Methodist Church

See the recap here

Christian McIvor, Minister of Music, Greystone Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC

Earth: Beloved Community

Christian McIvor, Composer and Minister of Worship, Music and the Arts Greystone Baptist Church, Raleigh What a joy to hear Christian sing his composition, Earth: Beloved Community, at the ICCT meeting on April 26, 2022. He said, "I feel that I have begun to live into the song I wrote, as I have done my best to make creation justice one of the main areas of my ministry.
Read more, listen to the recording, and access the words, lead sheet, and chord sheets for the song generously offered to us and to our faith communities.

Earth: Beloved Community

Lenten Resources 2023

Greener Lent invites you to discover or rediscover the beauty and value of Lent with a new approach to the practice of fasting. It offers a simple way to adopt a plant rich diet while reducing or abstaining from meat while leading to spiritual and environmental wellbeing. There are four fasting levels, allowing people choice in their level of abstaining and offering doable challenges for everyone, including those who currently eat meat almost every day.
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