For Racial Equity: “Own it” Congregational Matching Gift Challenge 

You did it! We did it! The CPC Christian Witness Commission challenged CPC to raise $50,000 in gifts for down payment support through “Own It: Building Black Wealth,” a program designed to increase home ownership among Black and Brown folks in Madison. The CPC Racial Justice Team  helps lead CPC in working as allies toward justice for the Black community in the greater Madison area – in how we pray, learn, and act. While we can’t completely repair historic and entrenched racial inequities, we can help open doors to opportunities that were unjustly closed. The CPC Session agreed to take on this challenge and match the first $25,000 in gifts from the congregation with resources from the CPC Legacy Fund and the Christian Witness budget. The matching challenge gifts have exceeded our goals. Now the work continues, to learn, advocate, and support this initiative for the long haul.

Read more about this amazing partnership and how you can contribute today by clicking here!

We are happy to announce the formation of a CPC Creation Care Team!

A small group has been meeting for the past few months to lay the foundation for this endeavor and we are now looking to expand our team and engage the CPC community in this important work. We would love for you to be a part of this in a way that works for you!

If you are interested in being a part of the leadership team for Creation Care at CPC. please contact Peter Blanchard (pblanchard@tds.net) or Grace Hasler (gracehasler@gmail.com).

If you would like to be on our email list to receive updates on opportunities to learn, pray and act you can sign up by emailing Juanita Ryan (juanita@juantiaryan.com).

Thank you for joining us!

Creation Care Mission Statement

We believe that caring for creation and caring for each other, especially for those most harmed by climate change, is central to living out our faith. In re-sponse to God’s call to care for the earth and to love our neighbor, we will of-fer opportunities to learn, pray and act on behalf of our earth and its people.

Foundations

1. We will work grounded in God’s love for the created world.
2. We will work in loving community with those at CPC and others in our community to address climate issues and environmental risks.
3. We will seek the Spirit’s guidance.
4. We will learn from and work for justice for those most impacted by envi-ronmental hazards.
5. We will encourage and embrace individual, community, and systemic changes that address climate change and other environmental impacts.
6. We will celebrate together the wonder and beauty of creation even as we grieve together the losses brought on by ongoing environmental crises.

Ever wonder how you can get involved in Sunday morning worship at Christ Presbyterian Church? Here you can view ways to serve every Sunday!

Questions? Contact Cyndi at cyndi@cpcmadison.org.

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Our hearts continue to break for the people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti and the pandemonium following the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Please keep these countries and their people in your daily prayers. How else can you help? For Haiti, CPC’s Session recommends donating to our denomination’s Presbyterian Disaster Assistance – Disaster Relief-Haiti (OG100000). Click here to donate through the PC(USA).

Regarding Afghanistan, our best aid may be to wait to assist refugees, particularly to those expected at Fort McCoy. CPC’s justice group Refuge is tracking opportunities; we are thinking there will be opportunities to donate and volunteer via Madison-based Open Doors for Refugees, but we’ll keep you updated as we learn more.

Questions? Contact Clinton Otte-Ford at ford.clinton@gmail.com.