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The BTS Center offers theologically grounded programs of continuing education and spiritual formation, including workshops, retreats, learning cohorts and more. https://thebtscenter.org/
SAVE THE DATE!π² Join us for our 2026 Green Team Summit on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, from 10 a.m.β 4 p.m. at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. This yearβs theme: Let Justice Grow. π Download calendar links today: gipl.org/gts26 #FaithInAction
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Guided by faith and a shared responsibility to care for creation, we join leaders across sectors in urging federal action that puts health and safety first and builds a clean energy future. ecoamerica.org/an-america-t...
#climatechange #creationcare #climatecrisis #hope
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How do we honor the questions without answers? π±
In this Behind the Scenes episode, Madeline Bugeau-Heartt leads a meditation for tending to your βimpossible questionsβ as holy, not solvable.
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#climatechange #podcast #meditation #ecospirituality #hope #contemplative
Applications for the 2025β2026 EcoPreacher Cohort are due by August 11!
Now more than ever, Creation needs thoughtful, prophetic preaching. And #preaching needs a deep, grounded relationship with the natural world.
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#climatecrisis #creationcare #clergy #church
πΏβ¨ Do you have a story of transformation, courage, or community connected to our climate-changed world? We're inviting 6 storytellers to share their experience at Convocation 2025 β October 16β17 in Hallowell, Maine (and online).
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#ecospirituality #creationcare
π£ We're Hiring an Intern! π£
The BTS Center is seeking a Climate Conscious Chaplaincy Intern to play a vital role in providing support to this initiative for this evolving aspect of spiritual care. Remote. Part-time, flexible hours, approximately 8-10 hours per week.
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Feeling grief about the climate crisis? You're not alone. Join us as we explore ecological grief and the power of collective lament in our latest episode. π§π
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π Convocation 2025: Registration is Live!
Flipping the Script: Claiming Our Voices, Telling Our Stories
Thursday & Friday, October 16 & 17, 2025
Two days of music, poetry, ritual, plenary sessions, small-group conversation and opportunities to engage with nature.
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JOIN OUR TEAM: We're hiring a STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
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#communicationsdirector #nonprofit #leadership #climatechange #creationcare #churchleaders #hiring #nonprofitjobs
πΏ Faith + Climate Action πΏ
Join us June 21 in Freeport, ME for the Green Teams Gathering β a day of workshops, music, farm tours & bold conversations on resilience + climate justice.
ποΈ Register: thebtscenter.org/green-teams-...
#ClimateChange #CreationCare #MaineEvents #church
π New from the Climate Changed podcast:
Hope: Itβs Complicated.
Host Jessica David talks with Ben Yosua-Davis & Madeline Bugeau-Heartt about communal hope, grief, & redefining meaning in uncertain times.
π§ Listen now - thebtscenter.org/climate-chan...
π€ Convocation 2025: Flipping the Script β Claiming Our Voices, Telling Our Stories
π Music, ritual, small-group conversations, nature & contemplative practices.
β¨This year, you are the keynote! β¨
ποΈ Oct. 16β17 | π In-Person (Maine) + Online Options
π Learn more thebtscenter.org/convocation-...
Lately we've been listening to: "The Keep Going Song" by The Bengsons β first released in the early days of the pandemic, the lyrics and spirit still ring true today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-j...
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π Join our FREE online Summer Fiction Book Club 2025! π
3 monthly sessions, powerful novels, rich climate conversations + guest reflections. Starts June 26. One-time registration:
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#ClimateChange #BookClub #summerreads
#EarthDay2025: this article offers framing & ideas for ministry amidst #climategrief that requires connection to God, each other & Creation @patheos.bsky.social @thebtscenter.bsky.social @greenchalicedoc.bsky.social @greenfaith.bsky.social @lutheransrc.bsky.social www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...
14.04.2025 19:09 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0ποΈ In Ep. 1 of Climate Changed: BTS @ The BTS Center, Rev. Dr. Allen Ewing-Merrill and Debra Coyman talk with intern & @harvarddivinity.bsky.social student Jessica David about spiritual leadership in a time of climate crisis. ππ thebtscenter.org/climate-chan... #climatechange #creationcare #podcast
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Tagging some pastors: you're invited to take this nat. survey on preaching & social issues. Responses are anon; 15 minutes @pastorjim.bsky.social @pastorrichenda.bsky.social @broclen.bsky.social @peternimmo.bsky.social @oldmacharrev.bsky.social www.surveymonkey.com/r/PreachingS...
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"The panel highlighted that the wealthiest 10% of the global population generates approximately half of all emissions while controlling more than half of global income and three-quarters of wealth." www.oikoumene.org/news/faith-l... @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
04.04.2025 00:41 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0The Common Whitethroat darts into our #SpringArrivalSpotlight today, arriving from Africa throughout April.
Sporting - you guessed it - white throats, these warblers are widespread summer visitors.
Have you ever seen one?
ππ Lament With Earth: Via Transformativa ππ
Grieve, reflect, & find strength together. This spring, we explore Waterβa force of loss & renewal in our climate-changed world.
π April 2, 2025 | β° 7:30-8:30pm ET | π» Online
π§ Theme: Via Transformativa, Element of Water
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"As the frost melts and brave buds emerge from the soil, we wonderβwhatβs been your sunlight, your steady root, your sprout of courage? πΏβ¨ Tell us, how are you finding strength and courage in these early days of spring?"
#hope #courage #spring #resilience #courage #community
Season 3 of Climate Changed just wrapped! π Help us shape Season 4 by taking our 4-min listener survey π§ π¬
As a thank-you, youβll get free access to our upcoming event with Sherri Mitchell πΏπ«
π Take the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/BQZ6PL6
#podcast #listeners #climatechange #creationcare
ποΈ New special episode! Letters from the Ecotone πΏ
Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd & Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson reflect on ecology, theology & the interconnectedness of life.
π§ Listen now: ClimateChangedPodcast.org
#ClimateChange #climateaction #Ecology #creationcare #Theology #FaithAndClimate #faithandscience
In chaotic times, itβs comforting to look toward something bigger than ourselves:
19.03.2025 00:00 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0ππ Lament With Earth: Via Transformativa ππ
Grieve, reflect, & find strength together. This spring, we explore Waterβa force of loss & renewal in our climate-changed world.
π April 2, 2025 | β° 7:30-8:30pm ET | π» Online
π§ Theme: Via Transformativa, Element of Water
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"Cultivating Earth-Shaped Leaders: Ecological Imagination in Organizations" an article by Ben Yosua-Davis, Director of Applied Research at The BTS Center published in the Humanistic Management Journal
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#climatecrisis #climatechange #climateaction #earth
In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation on the Climate-Changed Podcast, Elizabeth Rush and Sophia Cheng discuss how climate change shapes their perspectives as parents.
π§ Listen now - thebtscenter.org/clim.../podc...
#parenting #children #climatechange #climategrief #podcast
Great TBR list!
06.03.2025 09:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for these wonderful resources.
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Lent invites us to slow down and journey with Jesus who taught love in a time of empire & injustice. We share this sacred season with our Muslim siblings in Ramadan and our Jewish kin preparing for Pesach. As spring emerges, weβre called to deepen our kinship with the world.
#Ramadan #Lent #Pesach
