Elemental Climate Conversations: WATER
An Interfaith Exchange
Thursday, May 9, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
St. Mark Presbyterian Church
2200 San Joaquin Hills Rd. | Newport Beach, CA 92660
Find out how the climate crisis is impacting different communities – and what you can do to heal our world.
Responding to the climate crisis requires new forms of imagination. In this first of a series featuring the four elements (Water, Fire, Air, and Earth), immerse yourself in a conversation about water and the climate crisis in relation to faith and science. Participate in a Water Communion. Experience diverse prayer traditions. Share snacks and make new friends.
Welcome
Pastor Mark Davis and Dr. SueJeanne Koh, St. Mark Presbyterian Church
Water Communion
Pastors Sadie and Ryan Cullumber (Harbor Christian Church) with members of the Interfaith Climate Action Working Group
Presenters
Keila Villegas, Water Justice Director, Orange County Environmental Justice
Steve Allison, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCI
Rabbi Marcia Tilchin, Jewish Collaborative of Orange County, on water and water stewardship in Judaism
Dee Ustun, Pacifica Institute, on water and water stewardship in Islam
Moderated by Julia Lupton, Interim Director, UC Humanities Research Institute
Free and open to the public. Child care for children under 6 is available. RSVP to attend.
Hosted by St. Mark Presbyterian Church
Co-hosted by the Pacifica Institute, the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County and Harbor Christian Church
The Interfaith Climate Action Working Group is part of WUICAN, Wildland-Urban Interface Climate Action Network. Based at UC Irvine, WUICAN is a consortium of community organizations, California Native American Tribes, land managers and universities working together to develop community-driven policies and practices for land and water stewardship in response to the climate crisis. Our interfaith working group members hail from the following organizations:
Church of the Messiah | Harbor Christian Church | Jewish Collaborative of Orange County | New Hope Presbyterian Church | Pacifica Institute | Reconcile Church | St. Mark Presbyterian Church | UC Humanities Research Institute| UCI School of Humanities | United Sikh Mission