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Weekly Update 4/30

WHAT IS GOING ON AT CHURCH –

This Sunday, as every Sunday, Rev. Kim Wells will be at church from 10:30-11:30.  The peace candle is lit, there is quiet music composed and performed and recorded by Music Director Hilton Jones.  Usually 2-4 people are there.  After a time of quiet, concerns are shared and prayers are said.  This Sunday is the first Sunday of the month, so it was requested that communion be available at the church on Sunday morning.  This will be done in the most health conscious way possible given the circumstances.  Please know that you are welcome to drop in and receive communion between 10:30 and 11:30 on Sunday.  Social distancing will be maintained.  Masks encouraged.

Communion Sunday 

The first Sunday of the month is a Communion Sunday.  That means the communion offering will be received.  This offering is used to help people in the church and the community with basic needs such as rent and utility assistance, bus passes, prescriptions, etc.  There has been heavy need for these funds in recent weeks.  Please consider how you can help the community through this offering. Communion will be offered Sunday and this is also an opportunity to make a contribution to the Communion Offering.  These funds are helping people in the congregation and in the community with basic needs in this especially difficult time.  Your donations are making a difference.

Financial Ministry 

This is also a reminder to continue your giving to the church.  While there is no service on Sunday morning, the ministry of the church is continuing and even expanding.  The accessing of materials on the church website and social media has increased during these corona days.  Much of the staff is still in place and finding new ways to serve.  

In addition, the grass still needs to be mowed, the buildings are still being maintained, there is still light usage that requires electricity and water.  Insurance still needs to be paid.  The phone and the internet are still on.  All of this means that there are still bills that need to be paid.  

In conjunction with this situation, the church is not being used by the regular renters at this time, so there is no rental income coming in.  

In addition to regular giving, please consider making an extra offering in this time when the spiritual support, social outreach, and message of hope that are being provided by the church are so important.  One person from the church family has donated a stimulus check.  Many thanks for that inspiration!

One last note:  Deposits at church are being made once or twice a month, not weekly, so there may be a delay in the depositing of checks.  This is to reduce risk for those who are involved in doing the banking.

Pictures of Mothers and More

Music Director Hilton Jones would like to prepare another music video featuring pictures of mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, and those who have been mothering figures.  The LUCC family is invited to submit pictures electronically to hilton.kean.jones@gmail.com.  Pictures are needed by Sunday May 3.  Many thanks for your assistance with this project.

Permaculture Training at Church

While the church is basically closed down, this weekend, the permaculture training class will meet in the Fellowship Hall.  There are fewer than 10 people, they will stay 6 feet apart, and they will sanitize and disinfect.  So if you see cars at church, that is the event that is going on this weekend.

Father Adrian 

During our Christmas celebrations 30 years ago, LUCC had a special guest in our midst from St. Petersburg, Russia.  Father Adrian was the main priest from the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Job, a church that was paired with LUCC in a program that was promoting peace and friendship.  He stayed with members of the church, participated in church activities, became acquainted with life in America, and was interviewed by the local newspapers and TV stations.  He also welcomed groups from St. Petersburg (an Eckerd College student group in 1989; a visit by our pastor, Phil Smith, in 1990; a city delegation in 1991; and a UCC delegation in 1993 headed by Kim Wells) to his Church of St. Job in St. Petersburg, Russia.  He was a man of faith, compassion, and humor, and an excellent example of a cultural ambassador for the Russian Orthodox Church.

It is with sadness that I report that Father Adrian passed away on October 8, 2019, at the age of 82.  Kay and I had visited with him in 2016 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and he was already semi-retired because of poor health.  He remembered well his trip to Florida, and recalled meeting many of our LUCC people, both in Florida and in Russia.   Вечная Память!  Eternal Memory!                                    Bill Parsons

The (NEW IMPROVED) LIST OF FABULOUS LINKS:
Sermon videos: https://lakewooducc.org/category/online-devotional/
Sermon texts: https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/sermon-texts/
Posts containing music: https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/music/
For all links, please note “Older Posts” button near bottom of page.    

Corona Sabbath Posts

Each Friday, the church will post a devotional with readings, video from Kim, and music from
Hilton. You are invited to access these at the website and observe the sabbath according to
your schedule over the weekend. There will be a new one posted each week. This week’s post will highlight the Earth Day.

Please use the link below to view last week’s Corona Sabbath Post –
https://lakewooducc.org/2020/04/23/corona-sabbath-6-earth-day/

In addition to the weekly Corona Sabbath devotions on the website every Friday, Hilton is also posting music, mainly hymns, on the website daily. These are also posted on the church’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. You may find links to all the music posts on the website at https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/music/ — note the “Older Posts” button down the page.

Daily Corona Prayer

https://lakewooducc.org/2020/03/20/lucc-corona-daily-prayer/

Connecting

In an effort to stay connected as a congregation, a text version of the Corona Sabbath posts is being sent in the mail to those in the church family that are not regular users of the Internet.  The church is also sending a paper version of the Weekly Update to those who may appreciate keeping in touch that way.   Additional Zoom gatherings are also being planned. 

Labyrinth Walks

Labyrinth Walks are being held as scheduled on Wednesday mornings at 9:00.  We feel given current information and restrictions that it is safe to hold this activity. It involves less than 10 people, it is outside, and the people can be at least 6 feet apart. Bring your own chair and wear a mask if you wish.

Subscribe to Website

This would be a good time to subscribe to the church website. As a subscriber, everything that is posted on the website will be sent to your email.

There’s now a new way to subscribe to posts from the church website by email. On any page of the website, look down the page for “Follow Blog via Email.” If you subscribed before, you’ll need to subscribe again with this new button. Notice, it’s right above the Paypal “Donate” button! 

If you would like assistance with this, please contact the Church Office.

Help Offered

Several people from the congregation have offered to help others as needed. If you need
something from the grocery store or help with an errand or some other kind of assistance,
please contact the Church Office. There are those who are ready and willing.

Music Ministry

About Hilton’s music. . . If you would enjoy hearing Hilton play more Irish folk songs, you can
listen for free at either https://hiltonjones.bandcamp.com/album/irish-
tunes or https://soundcloud.com/hilton-kean-jones/sets/irish-tunes .

May Birthdays: Mark Gibson 5/2, Angela Wells-Bean 5/7, Emily Gibson 5/8, Julian Micheal Ricciardi 5/9, Colleen Coughenour 5/11, Jen DeGroot 5/12, Christy Martin 5/15, Bill Parsons 5/16, Danielle Hintz 5/25, Someone missing? Contact the church office with birthday information.

Circle of Concern: JoAnn Reid, Dee Dee and Lynn Young and family, William Owen, Wilbur Reid, Martha Lamar, Jen Degroot, Carolyn Moore, Ann Quinn, Maggie Brizendine, and Ann Rogers. All healthcare workers and essential workers. All those suffering from COVID-19.

Please keep LUCC member, Olivia Gibson, in your prayers. She is a nurse on a COVID-19 unit in a local hospital. We are grateful for her ministry!

Recent Posts:

Weekly Update: If you are involved with an activity or event that you would like to share with the LUCC family, please send the information to the Church Office by Tuesday since the Update usually is sent out on Wednesday.

Text Version of Earth Sunday Zoom Reflection

I’d like to share with you a quote from John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, who lived in the 1700’s:

“I believe in my heart that faith in Jesus Christ can and will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the well-being of other human beings to the broader concern for the well-being of the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers, and every living creature on the face of the earth.”

I would love to believe what Wesley says. I would love for the millions of Christians the world
over to have compassion not only for other people but also for the natural world which supports the life of our species. But sadly, Wesley’s hopes have not been realized.

It seems we are still stuck on the first part of Wesley’s statement – that faith in Jesus Christ
would lead us to have concern for each other and for our species.

While there seems to be concern for a person who has fallen on hard times, there seems to be less concern for humanity as a whole and for the economic systems and social arrangements and biased thinking that cause much of the suffering experienced by individual people in our world today. As Dom Helder Camara, a bishop in Brazil, put it, “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.”

Christianity seems to have fostered concern for individual people on a case by case basis but not so much for humanity as a species.

The climate crisis is a case in point. Humanity as a species needs nature to support our lives; to make it possible for us to flourish and thrive, to breathe, and to eat. Harming the ecosystem of the planet means harming our species. Hurting Earth hurts people. So, if we had true concern for humanity as a whole, we would have more concern for the planet. We don’t even seem to have that “exclusive concern for the well-being of other human beings” that Wesley mentions.

So, Wesley’s aspirations don’t seem to be coming true. Faith in Jesus Christ does not seem to be leading us from concern for humanity to concern for nature.

St. Francis of Assisi had a different approach than Wesley. He lived well before Wesley from
1181-1226. He said, “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”

That seems to be closer to our actual experience. Little concern for the environment
accompanied by little concern for humanity.

I saw this post on NextDoor recently: “This past March we had zero school shootings. The first time since 2002, I hear. Stay safe everyone.” No school shootings. Well, the schools were closed. How sad is that? We have to close the schools to stop the shootings? Clearly, there is not enough regard for the value of life, human or otherwise, in our culture, despite all the churches.

So here is my hope for this Earth Day Week. It’s a twist on Wesley with an eye to St. Francis. My hope is that our growing reverence for the natural world will help us increase our sense of reverence for human life. That our love for the Earth and for nature will increase our love for our very own species. That’s my aspiration this 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Amen.

Corona Sabbath 6 Earth Day

unnamedThese weeks when we cannot gather in person for Sunday worship, Lakewood United Church of Christ is providing brief weekly sabbath programs for you to listen to on your own or with those you live with. They will be posted on Friday so that you can schedule your sabbath time to suit your schedule and your spiritual inclinations. We hope these programs are of spiritual support to you in these difficult times.

There is a poem, a scripture reading and a brief meditation by Pastor Kim Wells followed by music offered by Music Director Hilton Kean Jones. Following the video and music, there is a photo montage of pictures of nature taken by the LUCC church family.

Find a quiet place, inside or outside. Light a candle. Perhaps have something present that represents nature for you. Breathe. Be present.

You may begin by offering these words:

The creation is quite like a spacious and splendid house, provided and filled with the most abundant furnishings. Everything in it tells us of God.
–John Calvin, 1509-1564

When you are ready, start the video below.

(For text for above video click HERE.)

As you listen to the music video from Hilton which follows, you are invited to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings and reflections that arise for you. The music video features photos of nature taken by members of the Lakewood Church family offered in honor of Earth Day.

(opening titles begin in silence – for best audio, headphones or external computer speakers are recommended)

After viewing the videos, you are invited to offer the following closing –

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. . . I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.
–Ann Frank, 1929-1945

Breathe. Extinguish your candle and engage whatever may come with a sense of peace and a desire to serve.

LAKEWOOD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

The mission of Lakewood United Church of Christ, as part of the Church Universal, is to:

  • Celebrate the presence and power of God in our lives and in our world;
  • Offer the hospitality and inclusive love of Christ to all people;
  • Work for God’s peace and justice throughout creation.

Weekly Update 4/22

WHAT IS GOING ON AT CHURCH –

Earth Day Week!  Please see the suggested list of things to do to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this week.  Here’s the link. https://lakewooducc.org/2020/04/19/suggestions-for-celebrating-earth-day-week-2020-lakewood-united-church-of-christ/

This Sunday, in celebration of Earth Day, there will be an LUCC Family Zoom gathering on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. to share our experiences and thoughts about Earth Day.   The links will be sent to you later in the week.  Please plan to participate.
Pictures wanted!  Hilton is compiling a photo montage of pictures of nature taken by the church family.  Please email them to the church by today – Wednesday.  Here’s the email link: lakewooducc@gmail.com

The (NEW IMPROVED) LIST OF FABULOUS LINKS:
Sermon videos: https://lakewooducc.org/category/online-devotional/
Sermon texts: https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/sermon-texts/
Posts containing music: https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/music/
For all links, please note “Older Posts” button near bottom of page.    

Corona Sabbath Posts

Each Friday, the church will post a devotional with readings, video from Kim, and music from
Hilton. You are invited to access these at the website and observe the sabbath according to
your schedule over the weekend. There will be a new one posted each week. This week’s post will highlight the Earth Day.

Please use the link below to view last week’s Corona Sabbath Post –
https://lakewooducc.org/2020/04/18/corona-sabbath-5/  

In addition to the weekly Corona Sabbath devotions on the website every Friday, Hilton is also posting music, mainly hymns, on the website daily. These are also posted on the church’s Twitter and Facebook accounts. You may find links to all the music posts on the website at https://lakewooducc.org/category/posts/music/ — note the “Older Posts” button down the page.

Daily Corona Prayer

https://lakewooducc.org/2020/03/20/lucc-corona-daily-prayer/

Connecting

In an effort to stay connected as a congregation, a text version of the Corona Sabbath posts is being sent in the mail to those in the church family that are not regular users of the Internet.  The church is also sending a paper version of the Weekly Update to those who may appreciate keeping in touch that way.  
Additional Zoom gatherings are also being planned.  There is one this Sunday at 10:30 in honor of Earth Day.

   Labyrinth Walks

Labyrinth Walks are being held as scheduled on Wednesday mornings at 9:00.  We feel given current information and restrictions that it is safe to hold this activity. It involves less than 10 people, it is outside, and the people can be at least 6 feet apart. Bring your own chair and wear a mask if you wish.

Church Finances                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Unexpected Funds Arriving and Thinking of LUCC: Claire Stiles 

 
As many of us will be receiving unexpected funds from the federal government
soon, perhaps we can consider giving some of the money to help our church and
other service organizations survive and provide for others during this challenging
time. Some of us have been blessed with sufficient income in retirement or are
still employed so could more easily share some of the $1200 or $2400 that our
households will receive. If that is true for you, please join me in deciding to use a
portion of this income to support our beloved LUCC and any other organizations
and services in our community that need our help! 

 Many thanks to those who have continued to support the church financially.  Your gifts are greatly appreciated!

Fabric needed for masks

A local nonprofit of refugee women from Congo is making masks for healthcare and other facilities. They are in need of fabric. The material needs to be 100% cotton and the tighter the weave the better. If you have fabric to donate, please contact the church office at 727-867-7961 or lakewooducc@gmail.com.

Subscribe to Website

This would be a good time to subscribe to the church website. As a subscriber, everything that is posted on the website will be sent to your email.

There’s now a new way to subscribe to posts from the church website by email. On any page of the website, look down the page for “Follow Blog via Email.” If you subscribed before, you’ll need to subscribe again with this new button. Notice, it’s right above the Paypal “Donate” button! 

If you would like assistance with this, please contact the Church Office.

Sundays. . .

On Sundays, Rev. Wells will be at church from 10:30-11:30. The peace candle will be lit and
prayers will be offered. You are welcome to stop by to pray or meditate. The labyrinth is also
available. This is a symbolic witness that the church is still here, is still serving, is still active, is still shining light – even in these drastically changed circumstances. 

Help Offered

Several people from the congregation have offered to help others as needed. If you need
something from the grocery store or help with an errand or some other kind of assistance,
please contact the Church Office. There are those who are ready and willing.

Church Office Changes

Given the increased restrictions on social contact, the church office is closed until further notice. The church administrator, Gabi Paxton will be working from home. The ministry of the church is continuing to the fullest measure possible under the current conditions. Please continue to be in contact and reach out to the church and staff.

Music Ministry

About Hilton’s music. . . If you would enjoy hearing Hilton play more Irish folk songs, you can
listen for free at either https://hiltonjones.bandcamp.com/album/irish-
tunes or https://soundcloud.com/hilton-kean-jones/sets/irish-tunes .

April Birthdays: Zachary Blair-Andrews 4/16, Mary Beth Lewis 4/29, Someone missing? Contact the church office with birthday information.

Circle of Concern: William Owen, Wilbur Reid, Martha Lamar, Jen Degroot, Carolyn Moore, Ann Quinn, Maggie Brizendine, and Ann Rogers. All healthcare workers and essential workers. All those suffering from COVID-19.

Please keep LUCC member, Olivia Gibson, in your prayers. She is a nurse on a COVID-19 unit in a local hospital. We are grateful for her ministry!

Recent Posts:

Weekly Update: If you are involved with an activity or event that you would like to share with the LUCC family, please send the information to the Church Office by Tuesday since the Update usually is sent out on Wednesday.

Suggestions for Celebrating Earth Day Week 2020 Lakewood United Church of Christ

The Week of April 20 – 26 includes EARTH DAY on Wednesday, April 22th, the 50 th
Anniversary of the very first Earth Day held in 1970. To honor and celebrate this
event and to show our support for our at- risk environment, LUCC Creation Justice
Task Force would like to recommend a number of possible activities for you and
your family to do together or individually on each day of Earth Day Week. On April
26 th at our 10:30 church gathering on Zoom, you will be asked to share what you did
and how this activity made you feel and think about Mother Earth. We especially
look forward to hearing from our children and youth!

Please feel free to add to this list and find other creative ways to celebrate Earth
Day Week!

NON-ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES – NO INTERNET OR COMPUTER NECESSARY

 Take a walk or sit outside and observe the natural world around you for 15
– 30 minutes. Make a list or note what you observe

 Stand barefoot or lie down in the grass or sand and feel the earth under
you as you “Ground” yourself with the earth. Research has shown that
allowing the bottoms of your feet, palms of your hands, or entire body to
touch the earth may have health and mental health benefits. See
https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding or search the net for other
information

 Write a Haiku poem about nature or the environment

Traditional Haiku Structure
The first line is 5 syllables. The second line is 7 syllables. The third line is 5
syllables like the first. Punctuation and capitalization are up to the poet, and
need not follow the rigid rules used in structuring sentences.

Draw, sketch, or photograph an image of one of your favorite animals,
flowers, trees, or landscapes/seascapes of the natural world

 Enjoy singing or listening to a hymn or song celebrating nature. Some
examples,

For the Beauty of the Earth
To You, O God, All Creatures Sing In the Bulb There Is a Flower
Finlandia
Home on the Range
America the Beautiful
Edelweiss

Plant a tree, bush, flower, or vegetable in a garden, a pot, or in your yard

 Hug a tree – Even if we can’t hug each other now, we can hug and say
thank you to our trees.
Facts about trees:
filter pollutants from the air, especially CO2 cool the air slow evaporation, save water, prevent erosion help the healing process – patients with trees out their window heal
faster.
reduce symptoms of ADHD, mental fatigue, and even violence in
neighborhoods with more trees
reduce level of fear.

 Go through your house and eliminate any single-use plastics still in your
drawers and cupboards

 Eat a meatless meal one day

 Use an item usually recycled or thrown in the trash and repurpose it for
another use

 Say a prayer at 12 noon on Earth Day, April 22 along with all those logging
onto https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/wp-
content/uploads/2020/03/Climate-Blessing.pdf

Create an Altar with natural elements from outside your house, Light a candle,
and use this blessing.

Climate Blessing – We Hold the Earth

We hold everyone who suffers from storms and droughts intensified by
climate change. We hold all species that suffer. We hold world leaders
delegated to make decisions for life. We pray that the web of life may be
mended through courageous actions to limit carbon emissions. We
pray for right actions for adaptation and mitigation to help our already suffering earth community. We pray that love and wisdom might inspire my
actions and our actions as communities. So that we may, with integrity,
look into the eyes of all living beings and truthfully say, we are
doing our part to care for them and the future of the children. May
love transform us and our world with new steps toward life. So may it
be.
Find more Climate Blessings for different faith traditions at
www.faithclimateactionweek.org

ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES – COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS REQUIRED

After each web experience or activity, reflect on the experience by writing a brief
paragraph, poem, or letter OR draw an image or picture that best describes how
this experience has touched you, what you learned, and what action you might
take based on this knowledge.


 Go to Earth Day Network website – Activities to Do page and choose one
or more from many options
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-live/
https://www.earthday.org/take-action-now/

 Watch the film The Human Element for free online anytime between April
17 – 26, 2020 at the link
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/2020/01/the-human-element

 Watch anytime YouTube of youth activist and founder of the Sink or Swim
Project
Delaney Reynolds at URL (Claire has met Delaney and she is akin to
Greta Thunberg with her passion and outrage for climate devastation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyfbxnuJbHw and see links related to her
work at
http://miamisearise.com/ and https://delaneyreynolds.com/ and
http://miamisearise.com/2020/03/30/national-geographic-fighting-for-their-future/

 Nature Craft Project – Using anything found outside in the natural world,
create a craft project using whatever you have at home. See websites for
ideas:
https://www.artycraftykids.com/craft/ https://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/nature-inspired-crafts-ideas-for-
kids/
https://www.redtedart.com/easy-nature-crafts-kids/
https://outdoorfamiliesonline.com/easy-nature-crafts-for-kids/

 Check out the website Earth Day for Kids for ideas of things to do with your
children
https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth/about.htm
https://www.earthday.org/7-eco-friendly-actions-for-kids-during-the-pandemic/
https://buggyandbuddy.com/category/art-crafts-projects/holidays-
celebrations/earth-day/

 Watch Citizens Climate Lobby (Bill Marshall from this organization spoke at
our church and asked us to sign a petition for the Energy Innovation and
Carbon Dividend Act) Earth Day Event online, Celebrate Earth Day with
Katharine Hayhoe and CCL and join event on Saturday, April 25 (see 2 nd link below) –
See
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=Cm#inbox/FMfcgxwHMsMCDSFzHrqdCW
dfCDPKkwhQ
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uniting-from-home-registration-101119077884

 Go on Earth Day Live website and attend a live stream, virtual gathering
on Earth Day, April 22 or the 23 rd and 24th or engage in one of the other
suggested activities and events
https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/?referrer=group-350org-joint&source=350org-
joint&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit

 Attend a Multi-Faith Earth Day Service at the Washington National
Cathedral co-hosted by the Interfaith Power and Light Organization on
Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2:00pm live on Facebook at
http://facebook.com/wncathedral

 Check out the Eat the Weeds website at
http://www.eattheweeds.com/
See if you can identify any edible plants in your garden or neighborhood.
Ruth and Claire regularly make Spanish Needle and Lemon Grass
tea from their yard plants! Use the Search function at the right top of
the website screen to see any of these plants and their use!

 Get involved in the Green New Deal Activism – Check out either
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gnd.pinellas.dsa/ or Instagram:
@gnd.pinellasdsa

For many options to get involved and do one of them. Here is a sample script
shared by leaders of the Green New Deal locally if you contact Mayor Kriseman
(727-893-7201 or by email: mayor@stpete.org ) or the City Council of St.
Petersburg ( 727-893-7117 or by email: council@stpete.org ) via email or phone
Script:
Hi, my name is __ and I’m a (local activist/resident of) ________ (St. Pete, Pinellas County, etc.). I am (calling/writing) to urge ______ (you/Mayor
Kriseman/City Council/Councilman/woman X) to advocate for more funding for St.
Pete’s Integrated Sustainability Action Plan in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget. I’m
proud of St. Pete for the work we’re doing to become green and sustainable, but we
need to do more to combat climate change as well as help foster social and racial
justice and equity in our community. I would love to see this plan become more of a
priority, and a blueprint for other cities in Pinellas County to do the same.

 Read Fast Facts about Global Warming at link
file:///G:/My%20Drive/laptop/MyFiles/LUCC%20Earth%20Day/7_Fast_Facts_About_Gl
obal_Warming.pdf
What did you learn about this pending climate change? What might you do to
help slow down or reverse this warming?

Pledge to be a Faith Climate Voter by printing out and sending a post
card
file:///G:/My%20Drive/laptop/MyFiles/LUCC%20Earth%20Day/8_2020_Fait
h_Climate_Voter_Pcard.pdf

Focus on Forests – learn about national forests in need of protection at
https://focusforests.microsoft.com/?ocid=AID3010600_QSG_4097562_FY2003INC_F
OR_inp_rmc_SegF#nyc_watershed
What did you learn? What might you do to help?

 Go to the Eckerd College Environmental Film Festival website
https://www.environmentalfilmfest.com/
and choose one film that you missed and would like to view. Kim liked Aga and
Honeyland and Claire liked The Wall and the River.

Find it on NetFlix or Amazon or another film site and watch it.
Paris to Pittsburg can be viewed free at
https://filmsfortheearth.org/en/films/paris-to-pittsburgh
See other free films at https://filmsfortheearth.org/en/films
Go to WATCH ONLINE FOR FREE and then Click on dots
below line of films shown to access many more

Calculate your Carbon Footprint at any of the online Carbon Footprint
Calculators such as Cool Climate Network
https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator

 Go to the Interfaith Power and Light Website at 12 noon on Earth Day, April
22 and participate in prayer.
https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/wp-
content/uploads/2020/03/Climate-Blessing.pdf