Create Life and Community in a Garden
As we think about how to bring abundant life to lives and communities, where do we begin? Gardening enables churches to redesign the environment and our response to God's creation.
All creation is the Lord’s, and we are responsible for the ways in which we use and abuse it. Water, air, soil, minerals, energy resources, plants, animal life, and space are to be valued and conserved because they are God’s creation and not solely because they are useful to human beings.”
— United Methodist Social Principles, ¶160
Today, we understand more deeply than ever before, the profound consequences of our failure to serve as caretakers of God’s creation. Ecological crises and extreme poverty are a reflection of our inability to share the abundance God has entrusted to our care. Ever-expanding scientific knowledge helps us better understand and informs our response to challenges ranging from the health impacts of environmental toxins to the threats posed by climate change.
United Methodists are called to a ministry of reconciliation between God, humankind
The BWC Racial Justice Legislative team hosted a webinar with Rabbi Nina Cardin of the Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights. The presentation recording can be found here. Rabbi Cardin addressed this amendment, its path through the Maryland Assembly, and how we can faithfully advocate for it. Please sign this petition here and support the Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights. Call your legislator and tell them you support the Environmental Human Rights Amendment.