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Calming the Storms of Our Times Photo by Paul Jeffrey. Used by permission. I’m grateful to be working with the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement (including Fossil Free UMC and the California-Nevada Climate Justice Minist…

Calming the Storms of Our Times

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Sun Day Together, we will change the future of climate change. Join the largest movement for climate action.

“Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy…

On Sep 21, we’ll celebrate the progress we’ve made and push for more. We’ll install new solar, host e-bike parades, give heat pump tours, and rally for change. “

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Open Letter to the Council of Bishops In this time of growing environmental and human rights urgency, the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with love and hope for people and creation, gathered to writ…

In this time of growing environmental and human rights urgency, the Coordinating Team of the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with love and hope for people and creation, gathered to write this letter to The United Methodist Council of Bishops.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Here Comes the Sun - Book Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility invites you to participate in a four-week discussion on Bill McKibben's book, HERE COMES THE SUN: A LAST CHANCE FOR THE CLIMATE AND A...

All are invited to participate in a four-week book discussion on Bill McKibben’s most recent book, HERE COMES THE SUN. Every Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m. CDT from September 19 to October 10, 2025 via Zoom. Register at the link:
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Follow the Mission, Not the Money Managers Follow the Money, Not the Money Managers by Mark Davies The transformation of the world does not mean the destruction of the world or the destruction of a livable cimate for all life on earth. The …

Divestment from fossil fuels will be made possible by The United Methodist Church living more fully into its mission to transform the world and not destroy it and to do no harm and do postitive good as John Wesley envisioned for the community of all creation.

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Moral Clarity for a Fossil Free UMC Reprinted from Mark Davies’ Moral Clarity for a Fossil Free UMC – One World House – Mark Davies Living in Oklahoma most of my life, I have had a front row seat to watch how fossil fuel compan…

Divesting from fossil fuels is not naive as some supporters of continued investment and engagement maintain, rather it is an expression of moral clarity that profiting from the companies that are knowingly destroying a livable climate for life on Earth is evil.

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Environmentalist McKibben Says the Sun Can Save Earth from Climate Disaster Often considered the godfather of the contemporary environmental movement, McKibben’s new book, “Here Comes the Sun,” argues that solar power is no longer an “alternative fuel” but has become the chea...

Excellent interview with Bill McKibben. We are so thankful for his relentless work for climate justice.

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The Road to Environmental Redemption and Reconciliation By the Reverend Christian DeMent, Pastor of La Mesa First United Methodist Church, on His Participation in California-Pacific Annual Conference’s Vote to Divest from Fossil Fuels I finally have som…

By the Reverend Christian DeMent, Pastor of La Mesa First United Methodist Church:

“I finally have some time to offer a reflection on my participation in the Fossil Free Legislation that passed at the Cal-Pac Annual Conference this year (2025).”

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Divestment Gains in the Western Jurisdiction | UMC Creation Justice Rev. Paul Mitchell, co-chair of the Pacific Northwest Commission on Environmental Stewardship addresses the conference body at the PNW annual conference in ...

Evidence of tremendous and joyful discipleship keeps rising in the Western Jurisdiction. As of the end of the 2025 annual conference season, almost all Western Jurisdiction annual conferences have taken steps to fully divest from fossil fuels.

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California Nevada and California-Pacific Annual Conferences Join Pacific Northwest and Desert Southwest in Divesting from Fossil Fuels After the passage of the fossil fuel divestment resolution, the Cal-Nevada Creation Justice Task Force and Summit Planning Team gather to celebrate. Photo by restaurant staff, used with permission.…

This article presents an overview of 2025 fossil fuel divestment resolutions passed by annual conferences in the Western Jurisdiction. It describes how they were passed in California-Nevada and California-Pacific conferences.

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Divestment Summit in Cal-Nevada Brings Action for Divestment “The core business of oil and gas companies is to extract, refine, and deliver oil and gas. Asking oil and gas companies to give up oil and gas is like asking United Methodists to stop worshi…

In March, the California-Nevada Conference organized a Fossil Fuel Divestment Summit. Over two days, at the in-person in Sacramento, and online over zoom, summit attendees zeroed in on the moral and financial questions of fossil fuel divestment. fossilfreeumc.net/2025/05/05/d...

Earth Day 2025: Practicing Jubilee for Our Planet, Our People, Our Future Earth Day is not simply about planting trees or recycling—although those actions have value. For people of faith, Earth Day is a sacred invitation. An invitation to reimagine our relationship with the...

Earth Day is not simply about planting trees or recycling—although those actions have value. For people of faith, Earth Day is a sacred invitation. An invitation to reimagine our relationship with the earth and each other.

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A Model Fossil Fuel Divestment Resolution for Annual Conferences This post is a Model Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment from Fossil Free UMC and the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with a substitute resolution to present as an amendment or substit…

This post is a Model Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment from Fossil Free UMC and the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with a substitute resolution to present as an amendment or substitute if Resolution 1 is strongly opposed and likely to fail.

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How to Take Next Steps Toward Divestment | UMC Creation Justice “We see a lot of churches moving their money.”  —Julia Frisbie, Executive Director of the Faith Foundation Northwest The February Café featuring Fossil Free ...

We see a lot of churches moving their money.”
—Julia Frisbie, Executive Director of the
Faith Foundation Northwest

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Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC
Register Here: www.palestine.events/12March2025

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“Divestment with Fossil Free UMC” Movement Cafe Video Watch the Recording Here. Fossil Fuel Divestment is the focus of this first Movement Cafe of 2025. This conversation connects the dots as to why divestment is an important tool to fight climate cha…

“Divestment with Fossil Free UMC” Movement Cafe Video

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Wednesday, February 19th

Next Step for UMC Net Zero Agencies: Divest from Fossil Fuels By Sharon Delgado Published in UM Creation Justice Movement’s February 2025 Newsletter “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21). In the above passage, Jesus tel…

As a denomination we have long acknowledged the dangers of climate change and have called for a just transition away from fossil fuels toward a clean energy future. Yet many United Methodist individuals and institutions continue to invest in fossil fuels…

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Movement Cafe: Divestment with Fossil Free UMC To find out more and to register, go to the original post at United Methodist Creation Justice Movement: Movement Cafe: Divestment with Fossil Free UMC. Join us February 19th for the first Movement…

Join us February 19th for the first Movement Cafe of 2025. The focus is fossil fuel divestment, and conversation will help connect the dots as to why divestment is an important tool to fight climate change

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ENGAGING THE UMC IN CLIMATE CHANGE by William (“Bill”) Myers and Kenneth Lynn Jobe Introduction How did the UMC get from its declared mission of discipleship of Jesus Christ, “to transform the world”, to cont…

How can the timidity with which The United Methodist Church now shrinks from fully confronting the climate crisis be transformed into more courageous efforts to promote a stable climate and the healing of humanity and the biosphere?

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Net Zero Needs Fossil Fuel Divestment By Jaydee Hanson The United Methodist Church cannot meet its net zero goals unless it diversifies from investments in fossil fuels. The net zero goals are targets that all of the agencies of the ch…

The United Methodist Church cannot meet its net zero goals unless it diversifies from investments in fossil fuels. The net zero goals are targets that all of the agencies of the church and our bishops agreed to meet by 2050.

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California-Nevada Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment March 25-26, 2024 “Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness. Such investments will soon be stranded assets — a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment port…

The California-Nevada Conference Council on Finance and Administration is organizing a Summit on Fossil Fuel Divestment to be held at the Conference Center on March 25th through 26th.

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February 2025 Newsletter | UMC Creation Justice “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). These are difficult times for people who seek peace, justice, and healin ...

The February edition of the UM Creation Justice Movement newsletter is very inspiring focusing on the work of Fossil Free UMC and more.

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A Theological Reflection on Divestment from Fossil Fuels by The Reverend Pat Watkins God told Adam to “till and keep” the garden, the first vocational call laid upon humanity that we know of.  God asked Noah to preserve all the animals that God had …

A Theological Reflection on Divestment from Fossil Fuels

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Hey UMC, let’s take some
notes from our Episcopal Church siblings and also become Fossil Free!

Climate Justice and COP29 “We confess that the negative impacts resulting from the degradation of the natural world have fallen disproportionately on marginalized communities, including indigenous tribes, religious and ethn…

While the primary work of Fossil Free UMC is to promote the divestment from fossil fuels in the United Methodist Church, this focus is part of our larger concern for climate justice and the phaseout of fossil fuels for the sake of God’s creation.

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Helpful Starter Pack for faith and climate folks on Bluesky.
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Celebrating the 150 of you who are now following the work of Fossil Free UMC here on Bluesky. Please spread the word about our mission to divest all United Methodist related funds from the fossil fuel industry.

Fossil Fuel Divestment as Climate Change Strategy A Cobb and Friends Presentatiowith Sharon Delgado YouTube recording of Fossil Fuel Divestment as Climate Change Strategy, October 15, 2024. United Methodist preacher, author, and long-time climate …

United Methodist climate justice activist Sharon Delgado proclaims God’s tangible presence in and through creation and the glory of a sacramental universe, but she contends that we face a reckoning as climate change advances and fossil fuel profits multiply.

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About us Our faith demands us to act for a just clean energy future. Our mission: To build on the stated commitments of The United Methodist Church to faithfully address climate change. To act by screening …

We are thankful for all of our new Bluesky followers. Learn more about the work of #FossilFreeUMC at our website.

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