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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-...

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🌿 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...

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🌍🔥 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

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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.

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🌍💔 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

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🌿 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

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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

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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/...

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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.

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

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🌙 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

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"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)

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“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

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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

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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

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🌍🎙️ 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. ⬇️

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🌍 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

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“We know and feel in our bones that something primal is amiss. Our extended home is being eroded. It is essential that we stop and recognize these losses...to respond with sorrow, outrage and apology at these places touched by so much loss.” — Francis Weller thebtscenter.org/lament-with-...

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🌍✨ Join us for “Chaplaincy for Climate and Earth: Doing the Work” with eco-chaplain Lauren Van Ham as she explores the role of climate-conscious chaplaincy in these challenging times. 🌎💚 thebtscenter.org/chaplaincy-f... Tues. Nov. 26 12-1 PM Eastern Online & free to attend

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🌍 New #ClimateChangedPodcast episode! Join us as Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, Beverly G. Ward, and Derrick Weston discuss how the Bible guides us in climate action. Don't miss it: www.climatechangedpodcast.org #creationcare #ecotheology

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We’re thrilled to join the conversation here on Bluesky! 🌍✨ Guided by our vision of renewed hearts, established justice, and restored creation, we’re excited to connect with this community and share in the journey toward a brighter future. Let’s imagine and build together! 💙🌱 #climatechange

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