Conference Workshops
2023 Conference Workshops
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20
Welcome: Bruce Gillette
Worship: Diane Moffett
Bible Study: Patricia Tull
THURSDAY, SEPT. 21
Workshop 1:
(1) Youth Ministries and Earth Care, Colleen Earp
(2) To Be Determined
(3) To Be Determined
Workshop 2:
(1) Going Carbon Neutral as a Church, Rick Person & John Crampton
(2) TBD
(3) Government Support for Church Energy Improvements: The Latest IRA
Rollout Information, Tiffany Hartung
Worship: Diane Moffet
Bible Study: Patricia Tull
Workshop 3:
(1) A Womanist and Interfaith Response to Climate Change in Religion
Sustainability and Place: Moral Geographies of the Anthropocene, Faith Harris
(2) The Tortoise & the Hare: A discussion of the upcoming Farm Bill & & the
Inflation Reduction Act, Josh Svaty
(3) TBD
Workshop 4:
(1) Rooted Woman: One Black Woman’s Story at the Intersection of Earth,
Faith, and Action in Walking through the Valley: Womanist Explorations in
the Spirit of Katie Geneva Cannon, Faith Harris
(2) TBD
(3) TBD
Plenary Talk: Matthew 25, Diane Moffett
FRIDAY, SEPT. 22
Workshop 5:
(1) Climate and Oceans, Mark Eakin
(2) TBD
(3) TBD
Workshop 6:
(1) Carbon Credits, Linda Racine
(2) TBD
(3) TBD
Worship: Diane Moffet
Bible Study: Patricia Tull
Workshop 7:
(1) Electric Vehicles & Changing Rules, Zack Hurst
(2) Deepening Our Emotional Capacity, Talitha Amadea Aho
(3) Spiritual and ethical based approaches to Environmental Communication and Hope, Ron Amundsen
Workshop 8:
(1) TBD
(2) Ubuntu Philosophy and Ethics: We are All Siblings from Mother Earth, Fr. Fikiri Deogratias, SJ
(3) Eating and Living for a Healthy Climate, Suzanne Jones
Workshop 9:
(1) TBD
(2) The Crisis of Biodiversity Loss: The Climate Crisis’s Urgently Important
and Often Overlooked Twin, Cherie Holcomb
(3) Witnessing Typhoons, Seeking Justice, AG Saño
Plenary Talk: Carbon is Changing Our Planet: Consequences & Actions, Jeffrey Reimer
SATURDAY, SEPT. 23
Bible Study: Patricia Tull
Closing Worship: Diane Moffet