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  • Obstacles to Strong Climate Action

    Obstacles to Strong Climate Action

    Image used with permission by the Climate Reality Project “We affirm our sacred calling to be responsible stewards and to lovingly tend all that God has wrought. We recognize the inherent worth of God’s creation, celebrate earth’s abundance and diversity, and, along with the entirety of the cosmos, give praise to its Creator. We recognize… Read more

  • The Fierce Urgency of Now in Response to Climate Change

    The Fierce Urgency of Now in Response to Climate Change

    Image used with permission, World Resources Institute, Creative Commons. The Fierce Urgency of Now in Response to Climate Change “See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!” — 2 Corinthians 6:2 “We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is… Read more

  • Speak From the Floor on Divestment

    Speak From the Floor on Divestment

    Every year annual conferences meet to do the work of the church and conference, seeking to live faith through worship and agreements about how to live a life together as people of God. The worship part fills the soul while the agreements part, which begins by bringing legislation or a resolution (same thing) to the… Read more

  • 2026 Annual Conference Model Resolutions: Divesting as an Annual Conference from Fossil Fuels

    2026 Annual Conference Model Resolutions: Divesting as an Annual Conference from Fossil Fuels

    Two Optionsof Model Resolutions from Fossil Free UMCand the United Methodist Creation Justice Movementare below. These two model resolutions are focused on annual conferences studying about and/or divesting their own conference portfolios from fossil fuels. See also another divestment resolution focused calling on on our UM Board of Pensions, Wespath, to divest from fossil fuels:… Read more

  • A 2026 Model Annual Conference Resolution: Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment of All Denominational Funds at Wespath 

    A 2026 Model Annual Conference Resolution: Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment of All Denominational Funds at Wespath 

    This is a Model Annual Conference Resolution for 2026 calling on the United Methodist Church’s investment agency, Wespath, to add fossil fuels to its investment screens for all its portfolios in response to the damage caused by climate change. Any annual conference is welcome to use the model resolution as is or to change it… Read more

  • Making the Right Decisions for the Wrong Reasons

    Making the Right Decisions for the Wrong Reasons

    Thoughts on Climate Finance After the Conclusion of COP30 Around the venue, (Photo: © UN Climate Change – Diego Herculano)Used under License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. By Rev. Joan Pell. Also published by United Methodist Insight and Texas Impact. You can read more about COP30 on the California-Nevada conference COP30 web pages Have you ever made the… Read more