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Minute for Mission: Earth Day 2022

Posted March 24th, 2022

It’s been more than 50 years since the first Earth Day (1970). Spurred by concerns from that time period about oil spills, polluting factories, and dangerous chemicals being used regularly (described in Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”), thousands of college students and concerned citizens came together in mass rallies, across political lines. Later that year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency was formed, and federal environmental laws soon followed: the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act. By 1990, Earth Day began to be celebrated globally. The first United Nations Earth Summit was held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro.

Minute for Mission: International Day of Peace

Posted August 25th, 2021

The International Day of Peace, which was established by the United Nations, is observed all around the world on Sept. 21 each year.

Giving generously in their golden years

Posted July 22nd, 2021

Behind the admittedly corny saying that graces many a collectable coffee mug, “Ministers never retire, but are simply put out to pastor,” there lies a grain of truth — retiring church workers face some very real challenges. Or so the Rev. Dennis Davenport and his Christian educator wife, Emma Sue, recently discovered.

Addressing systemic poverty globally through partnerships

Posted October 19th, 2020

The online Matthew 25 series continues with a fourth event scheduled for 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Oct. 28. This online event will address the global issues around eradicating systemic poverty, one of the three focuses of the Matthew 25 vision along with building congregational vitality and dismantling structural racism.