VAUMC Climate Summit: Hope in Action for Creation Justice
March 8, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
But let justice roll down like waters, & righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:24
Goal: Gathering stakeholders in VA Conference UMC, including Conference Boards & related Agencies, Districts & churches, to connect & learn why they are key to the VAUMC response to God’s call for Climate & Racial Justice, Sustainability in Climate Change, & The Net Zero by 2050 Resolution. Youth are encouraged to join (individually or as a youth group) and will have workshop sessions designed specifically for teens on the theme of faith + science and Creation Care.
Theme: Thinking & Action: How we as the Virginia United Methodist Church rethinking our understanding & action around Climate change/justice & its intersection with racial justice.
When? March 8, 9:30-4:00
Where? Randolph-Macon College & Duncan Memorial Church – Ashland, VA
Format: Day-long (9:30-4pm). Includes lunch supplied through RM-C.
Registration: $25 (includes lunch) $5 for students and youth ministers/directors .
Worship: 30 minutes of centering, singing, Scripture & Reflection led by Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson. (9:30-10am)
World Café : 60 minutes (10:15-11:15) An icebreaker/small group discussion format (round table discussion) with specific questions to answer -three different groups & questions. to address:
Why is it important for me to be at this Summit based on my position within VAUMC leadership? How can I connect with others on the Conference level for both information & partnerships?
Keynote speaker: 45 minutes (11:30-12:15) Michele Roberts (Environmental Justic Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform and Coming Clean) ) Lunch 12:30-1:15
Workshops/Breakout sessions 50 minutes each choice of 2) (1:30-3:30) Workshops listed below. Topics to be relevant to the “how to’” questions of the participants.
Closing remarks (3:30-4pm)
