This course empowers lay participants to engage local churches in creation care and environmental justice. Lay participants will see this work as the appropriate response of disciples of Jesus Christ to the realities of climate change. Using the new, revised second edition of Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action, this course helps communities grow deeper in their faith through the caring creation of practical and context-specific spiritual practices that mitigate the effects of reckless human consumption. Class will be held in person. Participants must attend all sessions of the class. Please read the book prior to class. To pass the class, participants must attend each session and complete all required assignments in the requested timeframe.

• Dates and Time: Saturday, August 29, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Sunday, August 30, 3 pm to 5 pm
• Goshen United Methodist Church 19615 Goshen Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Instructor: Rev. Carmen Collette
• Required Text: Climate Justice: A Call to Hope and Action, Second Edition,Edited by Pat Watkins, Participant’s Book Class Assignments:
• Online Registration Only: $40
• Registration Deadline: August 26, 2026

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