People of faith will come together to discuss concerns for West Virginia’s changing climate, its effects on our way of life, our future, and our response on June 4 at the Caring for Creation Together - A West Virginia Interfaith Conference On Climate Change.

The Conference will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, 16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Featured speakers from the faith community include:

-- Bill Myers, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, WV

-- Rev. Jeff Allen, United Methodist Pastor and Executive Director of WV Council of Churches

-- Rev. Mitch Hescox, President, The Evangelical Environmental Network

-- Rev. Ron English, Restorative Justice Facilitator with American Friends Service Committee; ordained into the ministry by Drs. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA

-- Robin Blakeman, Ordained Minister, Presbyterian Church of the USA, with validated ministry in environmental stewardship; Steering Committee, WV Interfaith Power & Light

-- Bishop Marcia Dinkins, Founder and Executive Director of Black Women Rising

To register and for more information, visit the West Virginia Interfaith Conference On Climate Change webpage.

For more information on programs, initiatives, upcoming events and how you can get involved, visit the Evangelical Environmental Network website.   ENN is based in New Freedom, York County.

The mission of ENN is to inspire, equip, educate, and mobilize evangelical Christians to love God and others by rediscovering and reclaiming the Biblical mandate to care for creation and working toward a stable climate and a healthy, pollution-free world.

[Posted: May 24, 2022]

5/30/2022