JCC Event Weekend: Working toward a Cleaner, Greener, Better World, Nov. 11 & 12

Celebration and Renewal with Rev. Dr. Rodney S Sadler, Jr*

Nov 11 2:00-4:30 pm:  Showcase and opportunities within NC and beyond toward a Cleaner, Greener, Better World
(child care available)

Nov. 12  9:30 am:  A conversation with Rev. Dr. Sadler
             10:30 am:  Rev. Dr. Sadler preaches

Community United Church of Christ will celebrate 10 years of our Justice in a Changing Climate work and recommit to this mission.

Click "read more"  below for schedule of Saturday showcase and to learn about Rev. Dr. Sadler.

Rev. Dr. Sadler advocates for a “Cleaner, Greener, Better” world. We will create a Cleaner earth with decreased climate change when we move from a fossil‐fuel‐based to a Greener, renewables‐based energy system. He argues that in a new, Better economy, the resulting massive infrastructure re‐engineering and job creation can provide meaningful work for currently underemployed men and women.

The same themes are intertwined in Community UCC’s work on climate change. The JCC was created in 2007 to work to decrease climate change and its impact on people with fewer resources, both local and international. We recognized that the climate is changing, largely as the result of our fossil fuel use. The changes resulting from this warmer earth will be a disaster for everyone, but their biggest negative impact will be on those people with the fewest financial resources. Over the last 10 years, we have been learning about and working to decrease climate

change. On the way, we have focused on decreasing its impact on those with few resources and sharing the journey with others in the community.

Schedule:

Saturday, Nov 11, 2:00pm – 4:30pm: Showcase and opportunities within NC and beyond toward a Cleaner, Greener, Better world.

·        Pre‐weatherization to enable low income families to have their homes weatherized (Presenter: Gary Smith, Community UCC)

·       Carbon farming in NC to sequester carbon and increase food security 

(Presenter: Stephanie Allen, Church of the Nativity).  Discussion and hands‐on carbon farming opportunity

·       Your Bottle Means Jobs: Increase recycling to increase jobs. 

(Organizer: Lena Gallitano, Community UCC)

·       Solar Holler: West Virginia solar project with creative funding and employing local  people. (Presenter: Jane Smith, Community UCC)

·       The UCC and 350.org:  (Presenter: Karen Bearden, 350 Triangle)

·       Community involvement.

Sunday, Nov 12

·       9:30 AM: Adult forum class discussion with Dr. Sadler on strategies to move NC, the USA and world to a Cleaner, Greener, Better economy.

·       10:30 AM:  Climate change‐based worship service with Rev. Dr. Sadler preaching

·       12:00 PM:  Post‐worship fellowship time.

*Rev. Dr. Sadler holds a BA and M.Div. from Howard University and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He is currently Associate Professor of Bible at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, NC and associate minister at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church.