Faith In Action
February 7 is Environmental Day at the Legislature. Arizona Interfaith Power & Light's goal is to get 100 members from Arizona's faith community to advocate for clean air, land and water and promote clean energy. Can you join then and recruit two or three people from your congregation?
At 12 noon on February 7, as part of E-Day at the Legislature, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light will produce an Interfaith Prayer Circle in the Capitol Rose Garden.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2018 - 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Community Christian Church, 1701 S College Avenue, Tempe
Read MoreAs rescuers in California urgently search for more missing people in the deadly mudslides that devastated the Montecito community, a United Church of Christ minister is pastoring to the stricken and the injured.
The Rev. Kris Bergstrom, pastor of Church of the Foothills in Ventura, Calif., also serves as a part-time chaplain at the local hospital in Montecito.
"I was the village school principal in Montecito for 8 years more than a decade ago, so I consider all the people involved in the Montecito crisis my family," she said. "I have close ties with so many families."
Read MoreAlbuquerque, NM, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 -- Today the New Mexico Conference of Churches (Conference) announced it has removed its assets from Wells Fargo in protest of their corporate behavior. In the fall of 2017, the Board voted unanimously to move its assets to an investment manager who will respect the collective values of the member churches. The transfer of assets is now complete.
Read MoreCommon Ground on the Border & Border Issues Fair, a two-day event this past weekend, featured classes in art, music and a variety of lectures.
Read MoreIslamic Community Center of North East Valley (ICNEV), Scottsdale Masjid, is delighted to host an Outreach/Interfaith Dinner at ICNEV on Sunday, January 28th at 5:00 pm. Ustad Ali Ataie will be the speaker at this event.
Please use this opportunity to reach out and extend the invite to your non-Muslim neighbors, colleagues at work, teachers. friends, and others. This will be a great opportunity to learn about your neighbors, make friends and have questions answered in a Q & A session led by a scholar.
Read MoreFaith Climate Action Week will take place during Earth Week, April 14- 22, 2018.
Celebrations, sermons, service projects, events, and nature walks will be held, all week, around the theme "Charged with Faith: Leading the way to a clean energy future". Sign up now and be the first to receive information on how to participate.
We will be focusing on ways we can green our facilities and homes, take action locally, and advocate nationally for positive steps towards a sustainable, 100% renewable energy future.
Read MoreInvitation from ONE Community Foundation:
On February 5th and 6th, ONE Community Foundation will be hosting a Non-Partisan Advocacy Training, and we want you to be there! This educational event will equip you with the skills you need to navigate Arizona’s legislative system, to effectively share your story, and to participate at both city and statewide levels of advocacy in order to enact positive change toward non-discrimination and equality in Arizona.
Read MorePresident Trump’s obscene remarks, reported yesterday — in which he described Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “s***thole countries” — were deeply disturbing. The National Council of Churches unequivocally condemns these statements.
Further, President Trump’s stated preference for immigrants from nations such as Norway, combined with numerous other comments he has made over past years, reveals a deep-seated racism that is unacceptable. These attitudes must be publicly rejected by all people of faith. The very soul of our nation is at stake.
As Dr. King said, “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” We cannot remain silent at a time like this in the life of our nation
Read MoreWe’ve already been praying, of course. Now let’s step it up with a scheduled time when our hearts and souls can meet in the mind of God.
From now till April 5 (at least!) let’s agree to pray for the ACT Now: Unite to End Racism challenge every Thursday morning at 7AM your local time. It will be a rolling wave of prayer as 7AM dawns from time zone to time zone across the country and around the world.
Read MoreThursday, February 1 in Santa Fe
Interfaith Worker Justice-NM is a statewide network of people of faith and conscience that calls upon their moral, ethical and theological values to advocate for workers' rights and economic justice.
Read MoreFrom Pamela Shepherd, Taos UCC:
The New Mexico legislative session is about to begin, and justice for the poor is on my mind.
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They are featured in a story in the Albuquerque Journal.
"It has been about five months in sanctuary for Kadhim Al-bumohammed.
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Following in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work as expressed in his “I have a Dream” speech, this session will include an examination of these themes, shared prayers and dialogue. It will involve a call to specific action for participants to stand up for justice, equity and inclusion, rooted in the richness of our various faith and spiritual traditions.
Bill Lyons is one of the faith leaders presenting that evening.
Read MoreHave a look at what United Church in Sun City is doing!
Read MoreA note from Rev. Andrew Black, Director of Community Relations, Education and Veterans Outreach
Dear Spiritual Leaders,
As many of you know, today President Trump was in Salt Lake City today to announce devastating cuts and drastic rollbacks to environmental protections to both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments.
Our work and trip to Bears Ears was not and has not been in vain and now more than ever your voices are important, your wisdom is needed, your prayers are essential and your advocacy must know no bounds.
Read MoreWe're receiving more resources and information to assist with community outreach and sharing the spiritual leaders' trip with others. Thanks to Sophie Shemas, Public Lands Fellow, New Mexico Wildlife Federation for these.
Read MoreHere are links to various news stories and articles about the visit to the Bears Ears National Monument in Southern Utah of nearly 30 faith and tribal leaders. These were collected by Rev. Andrew Black, Director of Community Relations, Education and Veterans Outreach, New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Read More"We just returned from a visit to the Bears Ears National Monument in Southern Utah in the company of nearly 30 faith and tribal leaders. Our group undertook the journey to stand in solidarity with the indigenous tribes that have held this land sacred for millennia, and to raise a moral voice for the importance of the protection of indigenous sacred sites and public lands that are endangered by the expressed intention of the Trump Administration to diminish or eliminate many national monuments."
Read the entire Bears Ears National Monument Op-Ed piece signed by some of the spiritual leaders, including our Conference Minister Rev. Dr. Bill Lyons, who recently came together to protect this sacred place.
Read MoreFrom Sandy Sorensen, Director
United Church of Christ Washington Office
The Senate is voting this week on a tax bill that will cause enormous harm. We don’t have a lot of time to stop this massive bill – congressional leaders want it on the President’s desk as soon as possible.
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