Upcoming Webinars:

Caring for Creation from the Kitchen

Oct. 27, 2025

7:30 pm Eastern/ 4:30 pm Pacific

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Coming Home to Your Ecological Self

Nov. 3, 2025

7:30 pm Eastern/ 4:30 pm Pacific

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How much do selective building materials, roof colors, awnings, and other temperature-reducing measures make a difference in saving energy and money when cooling built structures? Join us for a discussion about the summer HEAT and how to reduce the temperature at our church buildings and our homes through our choices.

Webinar Date: Monday, August 26, 2024 | Slide Presentation | Value of Trees

This webinar explains concepts ranging from Direct Pay to the Investment Tax Credit.

Webinar Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | Slide Presentation | Restoring Creation Loans – Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program (PILP) | RE-volv Solar Financing for Faith Communities | Interfaith Power & Light Solar Directory | Lawyers 4 Good Government Clean Energy Tax Navigator | Clean Energy Tax Navigator + Project Finance Hub | NYSERDA’s (for New York state) Inflation Reduction Act website.

In 2024, Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church won the Interfaith Power & Light Cool Congregations Renewable Role Model Award for developing a Community Solar project with newly installed solar on the roof of their facility whose output exceeded their needs.

Webinar Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | Slide Presentation with Notes | Presbyterian News Service article by Mike Ferguson | Interfaith Power & Light – Congregational Solar | Restoring Creation Loans – PILP

Energy conservation, solar panels, heat pumps, new grants for churches from Inflation Reduction Act, planet-healthy potluck suppers for churches, lawn care, electric vehicles charging stations, Christmas ideas for family and friends, and more ideas for a difference.

Webinar Date: December 25, 2022 | Sign Up for Notices from Interfaith Power & Light | IP&L Spreadsheet of IRA Resources for Congregations | Recording of IPL’s December 8th webinar: Federal Funding Resources for Nonprofits and Houses of Worship Briefing | Cornerstone Fund | Restoring Creation Loan | Rewiring America | Climate-Friendly Cooking: 111 Recipes to Help Save the Planet (cookbook)

It is more crucial than ever to find ways to stop burning fossil fuels. We can do this by fully electrifying our homes, churches, and transportation. In this webinar, Trisha Tull will introduce the ins and outs of electrification and the benefits available for doing so.

Webinar Date: July 10, 2025 | Presentation Slides |List of Resources

In his presentation, Dr. King will show how climate change takes away from billions of people the ability to provide for their human needs.

Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Slide Presentation | Recommended publications on water & climate issues, written by Peter Gleick | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report, Summary for Policy Makers | War Has Become a Force of Planetary Destruction (New York Times Article, Feb. 18, 2025)

Different yet parallel perspectives on the profound effects of climate change on migration will be the topic of this very important and timely webinar.

Webinar Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | Gregg Brekke Slide Presentation | Andrew Kang Bartlett Slide Presentation | Presbyterian News Service Article by Mike Ferguson 1/14/25 | Migrant Media Monitoring Project (WACC-NA) |

Many wonder why we continue to experience brutal cold snaps across the country, even as the global climate warms. Colin will explain this phenomenon, as well as share evidence that shows that the climate is in crisis regardless of extreme local weather evidence to the contrary.

Webinar Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | Presbyterian News Article

“The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing. The warnings are echoing through the drenched mountains of Vermont, where two months of rain just fell in only two days.”

Webinar Date: August 1, 2023 | Slide Presentation (PDF) | Project Drawdown | Climate Migration Statistics | NY Times Essay on Climate Migration

This webinar will provide a summary and insights into the latest report and the need for us all to act now to address the climate crisis.

Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 11 2023 | Webinar Slideshow | Christianity and Climate Change

The 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report provides the most up-to-date sea level rise projections available for all U.S. states and territories. Sea level along the U.S. coastline is projected to rise, on average, 10 – 12 inches in the next 30 years, which will be as much as the rise measured over the last 100 years.

Webinar Date: Tuesday, April 21 2022

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterians for Earth Care present a webinar on natural disasters being supersized by climate change, how PDA is responding in the USA and overseas, and ideas for working to counter climate change in our homes, churches, communities and through national legislation advocacy.

Webinar Date: March 23, 2023

Dr. Mark Eakin, well-known oceanographer and contributor to past IPCC reports, explains the current situation with global warming, projected trends, and potential solutions to counter climate change, as discussed during the meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. A COP26 attendee joins us to describe the experience.

Webinar Date: November 19, 2021

There is no landscape on earth like the awe-inspiring heart of the Colorado Plateau in Utah. And, it is one of the most threatened areas of our national public lands in the US, including rampant off road vehicle use, mining, oil and gas development.

Webinar Date: May 23, 2025 | Webinar Video Resource

Our faith values call us to demonstrate love of neighbor in the public sphere. We are at a hinge moment for the environment. People of faith are a hinge voting group. Good fruit comes from good trees.

Webinar Date: October 14, 2024 | Slideshow Presentation | Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Our faith values call us to demonstrate love of neighbor in the public sphere. We are at a hinge moment for the environment. People of faith are a hinge voting group. Good fruit comes from good trees.

Webinar Date: October 14, 2024 | Slideshow Presentation | Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Watch this webinar with a variety of talented speakers to hear about the way that climate change impacts older adults.

Webinar Date: January 24, 2023 | Older Adults and Climate Change Resources

Voting this November is one of the most important actions we can do to care for God’s creation. This webinar will look at key concerns about climate change and voting for the best leaders to counter climate change.

Webinar Date: October 25, 2022 | Environmental Voter Project | IPL Faith Votes Campaign | How to Vote for the Planet – Guide | Climate Church, Climate World

On August 25, 2022, experts on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and various initiatives to fight climate change provided an overview of opportunities for you and your church to make a difference.

Webinar Date: August 25, 2022 | Presentation Summary |

What if congregations understood their stewardship of land to be a primary missional calling in our world today? Most congregations own some amount of land, some own large swaths of lawn.

Webinar Date: June 12, 2025 | Webinar Slideshow | John’s Recommended Reading List

This webinar will explain the science behind the threats posed by neonicotinoid pesticides, aka “neonics,” to pollinators, biodiversity, and our own health as well as neonics’ surprising prevalence in our environment.

Webinar Date: March 25, 2025| Webinar Slideshow | John’s Recommended Reading List

The presentation covers the benefits of trees to building climate resilient communities in historically marginalized areas, the value of fruit-bearing trees, integrating edible plants into a landscape, regenerative agriculture practices in small urban spaces, and sharing fresh local food with populations facing food insecurity.

Webinar Date: September 25, 2024| Summary Handout – Benefits of Trees to Building Climate Resilient Communities | Summary Handout – Build Resilient Communities Trough Urban Agriculture | Slide Presentation – Benefits of Trees | Slide Presentation – Urban Agriculture | Gardening in Small Spaces – Presbyterian Hunger Program Handout

Natalie and Danielle will share the important role native plants have in building a more resilient environment, give examples from churches actively involved in the program, and outline how to utilize the Sacred Grounds program with your congregation.

Webinar Date: May 9, 2023 | Sacred Grounds Program | Native Plant Finder | Keystone Plants by Eco-Region | Webinar Slide Presentation | Soft Landings

Tree planting gives us an opportunity to act out our faith. While the thought of going out and planting trees everywhere sounds appealing, success depends upon an informed plan. This virtual workshop will introduce the idea of spiritual formation through the planting of trees, as well as the important steps towards planning successful planting projects for your church, group, or family.

Webinar Date: October 12, 2021| Tree Selection and Placement (Brochure) | Benefits of Trees (Poster) | Inhabitance: Ecological Religious Education, Jennifer Ayres (Book) | Reforesting Faith, Matthew Sleeth (Book)

This presentation discusses the ecological issue of world-wide deforestation, what we can do about it, and ways to lessen our impact on the earth. A special focus will be given to One Tree Planted’s updated list of 15 ways to celebrate the holidays with more of a focus on caring for our natural environment.

Webinar Date: November 14, 2023|Presentation Slides | One Tree Planted Sustainable Gift Ideas | Introduction to Reforestation | PEC 2023 Advent Daily Devotional | Article About Biochar

Those who register for the webinar will be asked to use the Cool Climate Calculator in advance to calculate typical travel distances, including hypothetical travel from home to the September PEC National Conference at Massanetta Springs Camp & Conference Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This webinar will also include a presentation on the carbon offset option by the Presbyterian Tree Fund.

Webinar Date: August 24, 2023|Presentation Slides | 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth | Car Rental Charging Routes

What are the relationships between label date confusion, wasting good food, and methane emissions from landfills? In the U.S., a staggering estimated 38% of all food goes unsold or uneaten – the equivalent of 149 billion meals annually. Join PEC for a webinar with ReFED, a national nonprofit that leverages a holistic view of the food system to collaborate with key audiences and generate large-scale, meaningful impact.

Webinar Date: June 29, 2023

This presentation will explain how food is contributing to the climate emergency, and offer science-based guidelines for making everyday dietary choices to reduce our climate “foodprint”. By being mindful of the environmental impact of our diets, our meals can become a joyful expression of our Christian values, honoring the right of children and all Creation to a safe climate and a livable future, all for the glory of God.

Webinar Date: November 15, 2022 | Climate-Friendly Cookbook

In this webinar, Jessica Maudlin will introduce the Earth Care Congregation Certification, explain how churches are certified, and share examples of activities churches are already doing. Carol Dunn, an elder of an Earth Care Congregation, will share her experience of becoming certified. The webinar will highlight resources and ways the program is available to support interested churches.

Webinar Date: November 3, 2022 | Webinar Powerpoint | Lent Resource | Earth Care Pledge | EcoPreacher Blog

On Monday, May 23, 2022 PEC hosted a webinar on the growing popularity of electric vehicles, what it is like to buy and own an EV, and the story of a church that has installed two charging stations to encourage the purchase and use of EVs.

Webinar Date: May 23, 2022

Climate activism narrowly focused on electrifying our economy and reducing emissions, even if successful in those areas, still leads to ruin. On the other hand, by integrating climate justice and food sovereignty into our climate work, we have the potential to change the playing field itself. This approach can create pathways that circumvent and restructure the systems that created the crises we face.

Webinar Date: January 18, 2022 | Food and Climate Resources | Food and Climate Change Slides | Recorded Workshop Q&A

The overtures supported by Presbyterians for Earth Care at the 2024 PCUSA General Assembly are Env 02 on removal of investments in and subsidies for fossil fuels, Env 03 on becoming free from plastic pollution, Env 01 Adoption of the Sustainable Peace Pledge declares “Sustainable peace entails the physical, material, psychological, cultural/religious, and ecological well-being of all peoples, and on adopting “Protecting Utah’s National Monuments and Wildlands for Ecology and Justice” DOE 08.

Webinar Date: July 11, 2024 | Slideshow Presentation | Wild Utah

Webinar Date: January 21, 2024 | Overtures: Removal of Investments for Fossil Fuels | Overture: On Becoming Free from Plastic Pollution | Draft Transmittal Letter

PEC hosted a zoom chat about the actions by our national governing body with several people along with a time for questions of answers. The selective divestment from fossil fuels action got lots of attention, but there were many other actions worth our consideration and responding to personally, in your church and presbyteries.

Webinar Date: July 25, 2022

Since 2013, Presbyterians around the country have been working to have the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Foundation and Board of Pensions divest their multi-billion-dollar investments from the fossil fuel industries as a way to counter the growing climate change crisis. Others have opposed these efforts, so divestments have not happened.

Webinar Date: May 12, 2022

She Church and our planet need your help. We need to get many more people involved in caring for creation to help counter climate change. A top biblical teacher, an award-winning scientist, activists and pastors – all Presbyterians – worked together to create an overture that we hope local congregations’ sessions and presbyteries will consider sponsoring as an overture to our upcoming General Assembly.

Webinar Date: February 5, 2022 | COP 26 Slideshow Video |

This webinar will help individuals and congregations think more deeply about the ways that plastics impact our lives and God’s creation. This PEC webinar intends to equip people of faith to take actions to address the plastic pollution epidemic in faithful and practical ways.

Webinar Date: March 14, 2024 | Webinar Slideshow | Plastic Jesus Resource | Becoming Free from Plastic Pollution | Beyond Plastics Toolkit | MicroPlastics and Heart Health

In our webinar, which coincides with “Plastic-Free July”, Rev. Dr. Robert E Shore-Goss from the Florida Conference and Rev. Robert Grabill of the New Hampshire Conference will join us to discuss these resolutions, the results of the 2023 General Synod vote to approve, and how Presbyterians and all people of faith can help to tackle this crisis.

Webinar Date: July 11, 2023 | Zero Waste Church | UN Faith for Earth | Plastic Consumption Calculator

During this Zoom event, Rev. David Williams will be discussing his book OUR ANGRY EDEN. As temperatures move inexorably upward, living with our angry Eden will mean sustained difficulty and disruption. Williams beckons readers toward a faith and a purpose resilient enough to face the effects of the unfolding climate crisis.

Webinar Date: October 13, 2022 | Our Angry Eden Reflection Guide | Care for our Common Home | The Myth of Scarcity | Spiritual Practices for Advocates

Today’s climate crisis calls people of faith to a communal spiritual practice of care, especially for those who are more vulnerable because of their youth–the children, youth, and young adults of Generation Z. Whether you are a Gen Z peer or a caring adult of any other generation, this webinar will show you how to offer ecologically informed spiritual care.

Webinar Date: September 27, 2022

Are you feeling Burnout: drained emotionally, physically, mentally, socially, even spiritually by the demand for action and leadership? Join us in Building Resilience: Empowering Tools for Reducing Burnout, Stress and Trauma as Close as Your Own Hands.

Webinar Date: July 26, 2022 | Finger Holds for Emotions | Capacitar Emergency Kit

The Revelation to John–the last book of the Bible, and sometimes the first book to capture eyes and ears of people and cultures across time. This study enables groups to learn together about messages to first century (CE) churches and how these speak to churches today. Explore visions conveyed in apocalyptic style that provoke faithful wonder and how symbols and metaphors illustrate God’s character and purpose as well as the consequences of evil.

Webinar Date: April 25, 2025

The contemplative worship service will observe the theme of darkness at Winter Solstice and prophetic proclamation of the birth of light from Advent. When the darkness seems most threatening, how does Christ give us courage to continue? If you are experiencing disquiet, depleted energy, and fears for the future, join with others on Saturday evening Dec. 21st for this special Zoom gathering. We are not alone.

Webinar Date: December 21, 2024 | Slide Presentation | Restoring Harmony with the Earth | Waiting in Darkness | Winter Solstice Stomp

The focus for the workshop will be Earth Day worship resources from 2 sources: Creation Justice Ministries and the National Association of Conservation Districts. For Earth Sunday April 21st, Creation Justice Ministries chose the theme “Plastic Jesus: Real Faith in a Synthetic World.” Since the 1950s. NACD has urged faith communities to observe “Soil and Water Stewardship Week.”

Webinar Date: April 10, 2024 | Liturgical Resources PDF | Lutherans Restoring Creation | Big City Gardener | Creation Justice Ministries

The service will be a more quiet worship service blending observance of the winter solstice and Advent, with notes of light and darkness; words, images, music, and contemplative space. Those who attend might wish to bring a candle, so that their own space and our gathered space might be a space of luminous darkness.

Webinar Date: December 21, 2023

Presbyterians for Earth Care presented a webinar to discuss the new papal document, Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum (“Praise God”) of Pope Francis to all people of good will on the Climate Crisis, that was released October 4, 2023 as a sequel to Laudato Si and to discuss its importance for churches and God’s creation.

Webinar Date: October 10, 2023 | Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation: Laudate Deum (English version) | EXHORTACIÓN APOSTÓLICA LAUDATE DEUM DEL SANTO PADRE FRANCISCO | Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter: Laudato Si | PCUSA Approved General Assembly Overture 2016 | Bill Brown Slide Presentation

This informative and insightful webinar will both offer a theological orientation to the importance of the earth in Scripture and worship and provide practical commentary on planning worship that recognizes the importance of the earth in worship services from Palm Sunday to 1st Sunday of Easter.

Webinar Date: March 9, 2023 | Powerpoint Presentation | Water Walk Video | A Journey through Lent with the Earth

This Autumnal Equinox Devotion Service is led by the Rev. Dr. Susan Gilbert Zencka. Watch the recording of this service!

Webinar Date: September 22, 2022

Join us for this service let by Rev. Dr. Susan Gilbert Zencka!

Webinar Date: September 1, 2022 | Prayer for the World Day of Creation | Church Bulletin

On Thursday, June 30, 2022 PEC hosted a webinar led by PEC Treasurer Rev. Dr. Susan Gilbert Zencka, who led her congregation in celebrating the Season of Creation during the fifteen years she served that church before her recent retirement. The workshop presented some of the basic information about the Season of Creation, along with examples of variations and workshop resources!

Webinar Date: June 30, 2022 | Presentation Slides | Presentation Notes | Resource List