GCOSROW
The United Methodist General Commission on the Status and Role of Women invites everyone to help celebrate the agency's 50th anniversary and care for the planet at the same time. As the video says, participants can learn more about how to get involved by attending GCSRW's next Lunch and Learn on Thursday, August 25th. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis...
There's an urgent reason in addition to its 50th anniversary to plant a tree for the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women. Read on!
Hot time at the North Pole
A new environmental study has found that The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds, according to National Public Radio (NPR). Rebecca Hersher writes:
"Scientists previously estimated that the Arctic is heating up about twice as fast as the globe overall. The new study finds that is a significant underestimate of recent warming. In the last 43 years, the region has warmed 3.8 times faster than the planet as a whole, the authors find.
"The study focuses on the period between 1979, when reliable satellite measurements of global temperatures began, and 2021.
"The Arctic is more sensitive to global warming than previously thought," says Mika Rantanen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, who is one of the authors of the study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
"There have been hints in recent years that the Arctic is heating up even more quickly than computer models predicted. Heat waves in the far North have driven wildfires and jaw-dropping ice melt in the circumpolar region that includes Alaska, Arctic Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia."
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Still time to join climate resilience workshop
A timely reminder from the ecumenical organization, Climate Justice Ministries:
"The impact of climate change on our communities is no longer in doubt. We all feel these impacts in one way or another, be they from heat waves, wildfires, or floods. Often, our faith buoys us through these difficult times by providing food, shelter, or hope for a better tomorrow.
"But moving beyond reaction, how can faith communities be hubs of resilience, helping our neighbors weather the physical, social, and spiritual storms of the climate crisis? How do we plan and build a world in which the most vulnerable are not simply protected from these climate impacts, but empowered to thrive?
"Join us virtually on Thursday, August 18 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. (ET) for an evening of discussion and workshops on building climate resilience and restoring our communities to places of safety, justice, and prosperity. Learn how faith communities, academics, and government officials from across the U.S. are finding novel, creative solutions to climate challenges."
The event is sponsored by Southeast Faith Leaders Network, Creation Justice Ministries, People's Justice Council, NC Interfaith Power and Light, GA Interfaith Power and Light SC Interfaith Power and Light and Texas Impact. Click here to register for the workshop
Media Mentions as of Aug. 11, 2022
Bishops and budgets: Why Methodist money matters as South Carolina churches consider split – Greenville Online
United Methodist churches could split from denomination: What to know - Greenville Online
First United Methodist recognized for educational contributions | News - Victoria Advocate
Methodist churches consider next steps | News | gatesvillemessenger.com
Students could receive option for off-site religious instruction during school day – The Columbus Dispatch
Church members help stock local pantry - Leavenworth Times
Laity leadership revitalizes church's young adult ministry - UM News
Cynthia B. Astle serves as Editor of United Methodist Insight, which she founded in 2011. To reproduce this content elsewhere, please email Insight for permission.