The Community United Church of Christ will celebrate 10 years of our Justice in a Changing Climate work and will decide whether to recommit to this mission.

Rev. Dr. Sadler advocates for a “Cleaner, Greener, Better” world.   We will create a Cleaner earth with decreased climate change via a move from a fossil-fuel-based to a Greener, renewables-based energy system.   He argues that in a new, Better economy, the resulting massive infrastructure re-engineering and job creation can provide meaningful work for currently underemployed men and women.

The same themes are intertwined in Community UCC’s work on climate change.  The JCC was created in 2007 to work to decrease climate change and its impact on people with fewer resources, both local and international.  We recognized that the climate is changing, largely as the result of our fossil fuel use.  The changes resulting from this warmer earth will be a disaster for everyone, but their biggest negative impact will be on those people with the fewest financial resources.  Over the last 10 years, we have been learning about and working to decrease climate change.  On the way, we have focused on decreasing its impact on those with few resources and sharing the journey with others in the community.

Schedule:

Saturday, Nov 11

• A variety of celebration, fellowship, advocacy and learning opportunities.

Sunday, Nov 12

• 9:30 AM:  Adult forum class discussion led by Rev. Dr. Sadler and members of the JCC.
• 10:30 AM:  Climate change-based worship service with Rev. Dr. Sadler preaching

Dr. Rodney S. Sadler is Associate Professor of Bible at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina.