Eco-Justice Team

The Eco-Justice Team is nested within the Peace and Justice Committee.

Eco-Justice Mission of our Church

Being faithful to the Biblical call to care for God’s Creation and promote environmental and economic justice for all God’s children around the world and into the future, we will direct an Eco-Justice Team to educate, advocate, and inspire members of the First Presbyterian Church of Newport, Oregon to follow this call.

Genesis 1:31- God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

 If You Love the Creator, Take Care of Creation.

News

• Make a Faith Exploration in a Kayak Saturday, July 23rd 
•  Dr. Coakley's climate talk slides, with his notes, from Jan 30th "Soup, Salad, & Speaker"
• Websites related to global warming/climate disruption issues - both scientific and religious
• Portland seminary offers class on merging the Bible with environmentalism
• Great artcle on the connection between spirituality and working toward sustainability of the Creation
• "Plant a Row" program at 12th Street Community Garden next to our church 
• Some thoughts on ecological theology 
• Ecological Theology conference to be held June 2011 -- in Greece!

Resources

• 2010 Annual Report of Newport First Presbyterian Eco-Justice Team
• 2010 Eco-Justice Mission, Goals, and Actions of 1st Presbyterian Church 
• Summary from Dr. Hales presentation on ocean acidification, January 2010
• "Internet Cafe/Website Lesson" available on DVD at church office
• January 2008 Energy Mini-Audit of First Presbyterian Church
• Stories of Green Congregations Caring for God's Creation
• Earth Day Faith Message Contest Winners, Oregon 2008:  read their sermons here
• Bustin' Myths about Christians and Creation Care
• Good Earth Keeping Ideas
• "Back-to-back" resource cards that focus on Water, Air, Land, Creatures, and People
• The new "Green Bible" high-lighting Creation Care verses
• How to connect congregations with Creation through field trips
• Tips on starting an Eco-Justice Team at your church
• National Mission Yearbook features Eco-Justice Team of our Presbytery August 28, 2009
• "Holy Ground: Landscape of the Sacred" featuring author Jane Kirkpatrick, Saturday, Sept 19, 2009
• The Green Gospel: Will Seminaries Equip Church Leaders for an Age of Environmental Crisis?

Meetings

The Eco-Justice Team meets at the church from 7-8 p.m. on the 1st Wednesday of the month.  All are welcome. 

• Notes from March 2, 2011 meeting
• Notes from February 10, 2011 meeting
• Notes from September 1, 2010 meeting
• Notes from August 4, 2010 meeting

Field Trips and Fun Stuff   

• Photos & report from salmon stream tour on 12-6-09 (large PDF file)
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•  Photos & report from 10-10-09 field trip to Hatchery Research Center, Gathering Together Farm, and Tyee Wine Cellars (large PDF file). 
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• Photos from Beaver Cr. kayak trip 8-17-09 (large PDF file)
  
• Beaver Cr. Natural Area 6 mi s. of Newport (boat there or hike past gate that's 1 mi up S. Beaver Cr Road) 
     
  * Photos of 5-17-09 field trip to Beaver Creek Natural Area (9 of them)
• Photos from kayak trip 7-28-08
  

If you are interested in joining our team, please contact Barry McPherson at 541-574-6111 or bdmcpherson@coho.net . If you would like to subscribe to our email list you can subscribe at http://lists.newportfpc.org/listinfo.cgi/eco-justice-newportfpc.org or you can send an email with "Subscribe" in the subject line to eco-justice-request@lists.newportfpc.org . 

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