SAVE THE DATE!🌲 Join us for our 2026 Green Team Summit on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, from 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. This year’s theme: Let Justice Grow. 🗓 Download calendar links today: gipl.org/gts26 #FaithInAction

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 @ecoamerica.bsky.social

How do we honor the questions without answers? 🌱 In this Behind the Scenes episode, Madeline Bugeau-Heartt leads a meditation for tending to your “impossible questions” as holy, not solvable. thebtscenter.org/climate-chan... #climatechange #podcast #meditation #ecospirituality #hope #contemplative

Applications for the 2025–2026 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. thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-... #climatecrisis #creationcare #clergy #church

🌿✨ 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 — October 16–17 in Hallowell, Maine (and online). thebtscenter.org/convocation-... #ecospirituality #creationcare

📣 We're Hiring an Intern! 📣 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. thebtscenter.org/job-opportun...

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. 🎧🌍 #EcologicalGrief #ClimateAction #creationcare thebtscenter.org/climate-chan...

🎉 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. thebtscenter.org/convocation-...

JOIN OUR TEAM: We're hiring a STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR thebtscenter.org/job-opportun... #communicationsdirector #nonprofit #leadership #climatechange #creationcare #churchleaders #hiring #nonprofitjobs

🌿 Faith + Climate Action 🌿 Join us June 21 in Freeport, ME for the Green Teams Gathering — a day of workshops, music, farm tours & bold conversations on resilience + climate justice. 🎟️ Register: thebtscenter.org/green-teams-... #ClimateChange #CreationCare #MaineEvents #church

🌍 New from the Climate Changed podcast: Hope: It’s Complicated. Host Jessica David talks with Ben Yosua-Davis & Madeline Bugeau-Heartt about communal hope, grief, & redefining meaning in uncertain times. 🎧 Listen now - thebtscenter.org/climate-chan...

🎤 Convocation 2025: Flipping the Script — Claiming Our Voices, Telling Our Stories 📚 Music, ritual, small-group conversations, nature & contemplative practices. ✨This year, you are the keynote! ✨ 🗓️ Oct. 16–17 | 📍 In-Person (Maine) + Online Options 📝 Learn more thebtscenter.org/convocation-...

📚 Join our FREE online Summer Fiction Book Club 2025! 🌎 3 monthly sessions, powerful novels, rich climate conversations + guest reflections. Starts June 26. One-time registration: thebtscenter.org/summer-ficti... #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...

🎙️ 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. 🌍💔 thebtscenter.org/climate-chan... #climatechange #creationcare #podcast

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...

"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

The 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?

🌊💔 Lament With Earth: Via Transformativa 💔🌊 Grieve, reflect, & find strength together. This spring, we explore Water—a force of loss & renewal in our climate-changed world. 🗓 April 2, 2025 | ⏰ 7:30-8:30pm ET | 💻 Online 💧 Theme: Via Transformativa, Element of Water thebtscenter.org/lament-with-...

"As the frost melts and brave buds emerge from the soil, we wonder—what’s been your sunlight, your steady root, your sprout of courage? 🌿✨ 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! 🎉 Help us shape Season 4 by taking our 4-min listener survey 🧠💬 As a thank-you, you’ll get free access to our upcoming event with Sherri Mitchell 🌿💫 👉 Take the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/BQZ6PL6 #podcast #listeners #climatechange #creationcare

🎙️ New special episode! Letters from the Ecotone 🌿 Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd & Rev. Andy Nagy-Benson reflect on ecology, theology & the interconnectedness of life. 🎧 Listen now: ClimateChangedPodcast.org #ClimateChange #climateaction #Ecology #creationcare #Theology #FaithAndClimate #faithandscience

In chaotic times, it’s comforting to look toward something bigger than ourselves:

🌊💔 Lament With Earth: Via Transformativa 💔🌊 Grieve, reflect, & find strength together. This spring, we explore Water—a force of loss & renewal in our climate-changed world. 🗓 April 2, 2025 | ⏰ 7:30-8:30pm ET | 💻 Online 💧 Theme: Via Transformativa, Element of Water thebtscenter.org/lament-with-...

"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 thebtscenter.cmail20.com/t/y-l-cdtjyj... #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. 🎧 Listen now - thebtscenter.org/clim.../podc... #parenting #children #climatechange #climategrief #podcast

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, we’re called to deepen our kinship with the world. #Ramadan #Lent #Pesach

🌿✨ A Mary Oliver Poetry Retreat ✨📖 June 12–14 | Schoodic Institute, ME Step away, slow down, & reconnect—with nature, poetry, & the Mystery. 🌊 Guided by Greg Rose, a personal friend of Mary Oliver. Lodging + meals included 🔗 thebtscenter.org/a-doorway-to... #MaryOliver #Retreat #poetry

Join Us In Person for "Walking the Wild Edges" In addition to our online circles, we’re offering an in-person Spiritual Accompaniment Circle in Cape Elizabeth, ME, with Wanda Stahl. 📅 Second Saturdays | Apr–Oct 2025 📍 Cape Elizabeth UMC (indoor & outdoor spaces) thebtscenter.org/walking-the-...

🌿 Weaving Threads in a Time of Unraveling 🌿 Join Sherri Mitchell (Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset) for a conversation on decolonization, interconnection & right relationship with creation. Apr 8 | 7-8:30 PM ET | Online Music by non-binary transfemme composer, Pax Ressler thebtscenter.org/weaving-thre...

🌍🔥 The Nutmeg’s Curse: A Book Study to explore Amitav Ghosh’s powerful work on #colonialism, #extraction & #renewal. 📖 5 weeks w/ Nicole Diroff & Blair Nelsen 🗓️ Tues., Mar 4 – Apr 1 | 4–5:15pm ET 📍 Online, interactive & contemplative Sign up → thebtscenter.org/the-nutmegs-curse-a-book-study

Are you reading Robert Hubbell’s Substack, “Today’s Edition Newsletter”? It’s informative and insightful, and I recommend it. Consider it your companion to Heather Cox Richardson. Stay grounded. Stay awake.

🌍💔 Climate Trauma & Hope: A Chaplaincy Conversation 🗓 Tues, Feb 25 | ⏰ 12-1 PM ET | 📍 Online, Free How does the climate crisis deepen trauma? How can chaplains offer support while caring for themselves? thebtscenter.org/climate-trau... #climatechange #ecogrief #chaplaincy #spiritualcare

🌿 Lectio Terra w/ Ben Yosua-Davis 📅 Wed, Feb 26 | ⏰ 12-12:45 PM (ET) 📍 Online & Free In uncertain times, let’s turn to the land for wisdom. 🌍✨ Join us for a practice of listening to nature as sacred text. thebtscenter.org/exploring-le... #climatecrisis #contemplativepractice #creationcare #earth

Episode Drop 🚨 New Episode! Parenting in a Climate-Changed World w/ Elizabeth Rush & Sophia Cheng. How do parents balance love, fear, & action in the face of climate uncertainty? Listen now 🎧👉 thebtscenter.org/climate-chan... #climatechange #parenting #nature #community

Have you had a chance to check out Episode 5 of this season's Climate Changed Podcast? This episode begins with a grounding reading, shared by Peterson Toscano and Madeline Bugeau-Heartt, from Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, written by Pope Francis. www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Something more hopeful, perhaps? In just a few days we will arrive at Imbolc, St. Brigid’s Day, the midway point of winter, and gradually, gradually, new life and light will return. May the rhythms of Earth and the steadiness of the seasons keep us grounded amidst the chaos and turmoil of our world.

“Nature is the living, visible garment of God.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

🌙 Exciting news! GIPL grants are now available for all hosting Zero-Waste Iftars this #Ramadan, thanks to Can'd Aid's Crush It Crusade! ♻️ Apply by Feb. 11 to receive compostable supplies and training to reduce waste. Let’s practice Khilafah and care for Creation. Learn more: gipl.org/funding/ramadan

"Creation care at its core is worship, is discipleship – an opportunity to love more fully and deeply what we have been gifted by God – each other and the richness of creation." (2020)

“The Creator does not abandon us. Humanity can work together to build our common home.” - Laudato Si Join Jose Aguto on Climate Changed Podcast to explore how faith can guide climate action. #climatecrisis #LaudatoSi #environment

Join Rev. Dr. Allen Ewing-Merrill, Director of The BTS Center, for a "Let’s Talk!" chat with Sue Inches, author & environmental activist. Explore how people of faith can act for justice & the earth in challenging times. 🌍✨ thebtscenter.org/lets-talk-fe... #climatecrisis #activism #creationcare

Committed to Listen: MLK Day 2025 📅 Jan 20📍HopeGateWay Church, Portland, ME Experience Antonio Rocha’s powerful solo performance The Malaga Ship: A Story of Maine and the Middle Passage. Free tickets, limited space! 🎟️ Register: thebtscenter.org/committed-to... #MLKDay #TheMalagaShip #AntonioRocha

🌍🎙️ The Climate Changed podcast is back! In S3E4, Ben Yosua-Davis & Nicole Diroff explore chaplaincy in a climate-changed world w/ Terry LePage & Rev. Alison Cornish. 💔 Resilience, ecological grief, & grounding practices. climatechanged.podbean.com/e/the-possib... #climatecrisis #creationcare

Tending the Wounded Healers - The BTS Center is creating sacred spaces for chaplains, spiritual leaders, and seekers to find grounding, hope, and courage in a climate-changed world. Check out our autumn newsletter at the link below. thebtscenter.org/autumn-newsl... #SpiritualCare #ClimateChange

Advent invites us to prepare for the inbreaking of Universal Peace. 🌟 This week, let’s: 🌳 Sow kindness & nurture relationships. 🌟 Pray for harmony with creation. 🙏 Practice peace through sustainable habits. How are you preparing the way for Peace? 🌎💖 #Advent #Peace #Creationcare

The first theme of Advent is hope—how do you see this reflected in nature? The quiet strength of winter trees? The hidden promise of spring beneath frosted ground? We'd love to know your thoughts and observations! 🌱✨ #Advent #HopeInNature" #climatechange #creationcare #hope

As we begin our journey through Advent, perhaps an episode of the Climate Changed podcast would be nice for deepening your relationship with Creation. Link includes resources to support your exploration of The Bible & Climate Change. thebtscenter.org/.../podcast-... #climatecrisis #creationcare

Nearly 60% of people live in cities, and 70% of the world's GHG emissions come from urban areas - so I'm delighted to co-curate a new starter pack with urban planner + smart city advocate @brenttoderian.bsky.social! It's full of people & organizations at the nexus of cities and climate action. ⬇️

🌍 Conversation Circles: Being Chaplains in a Climate-Changed World 🌱 February – July 2025 ❤️ Sacred spaces in the emerging field of climate-conscious spiritual care. ✨ Companionship & support ✨ Inspiration & shared practices ✨ Skill-sharing & personal growth bit.ly/3OwuWa0 #climatechange