About two years ago, three members of Oakdale United Methodist Church established the Pillowcase Project. Pillowcases are donated to the UMASS Pediatric Oncology Unit because a bright cheery pillowcase can be a comforting gift in such a sterile, scary environment.
It’s estimated that Americans increase our waste stream 25% between Thanksgiving and Christmas and Christmas is the most wasteful of all our holidays. In her “Go Green, Save Money, Save the Earth” blog, Kim Hornung-Marcy offers tips on ways to be more faithful to creation care and still celebrate the wonder and joy of the season.
The complex story of Methodism in England and colonial America finds a juncture at Old South Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts. George Whitefield, a protégé and sometimes rival of John Wesley, is buried beneath the church’s pulpit.
The Rev. Bumshik Min, pastor of Suncook United Methodist Church in New Hampshire, founded the Green Church movement to offer practical steps churches can take and a forum for them to work together to address climate change.
