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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 14h

Voting is how we shape the world we want to live in. And not only for ourselves, but for our children, our grandchildren, our neighbors, our other-than-human kin and future generations." Read more about "The Vote is Sacred" at the Sun Journal: www.sunjournal.com/2026/10/14/t... #climatejustice

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‘The Vote is Sacred’ bus tour stops in Lewiston

The multi-faith-based tour is traveling through 15 states to meet with local religious leaders leading up to the November election.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 14h

“The vote is sacred and voting is more than just a civic duty," said our executive director Rev. Dr. Allen Ewing-Merrill yesterday in Lewiston, ME, on the path of “The Vote Is Sacred” bus tour. @interfaithalliance.org "It’s an expression of our hopes, our values, our commitment to one another.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today on Climate Changed we are sharing an episode of The ecoChristian Podcast, hosted by our close colleague Caleb Cray Haynes, and joined by author, Presbyterian pastor, and speaker Courtney Ellis for a tender, honest conversation about and finding our right size and flourishing within our limits.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

From Ckuwapohnakiyik (the Dawnland), we wish all a happy Indigenous People's Day. The Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot people are the ancestral and current-day first humans of this watershed. Who are the rightful human inhabitants and neighbors of your #watershed?

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Fall 2026 issue of Murmurations, our Climate Chaplaincy newsletter, is full of connections and depth, including this insightful interview with three outdoor chaplains: Eric Askren, Wendy Brown, and Mark LaRocca-Pitts. These are some of the practitioners blazing the trail of climate chaplaincy

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

invite that person you're thinking of. On Thu, Oct 15, Faiths United to Save Democracy is holding a virtual training for poll chaplains and peacekeepers. Register to learn more about the role: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #climatejustice #ecospirituality #climatechange #creationcare

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Climate is always on the ballot, even if it isn't printed onto the ballot. One way to show up as a person of faith on Election Day is to protect elections: sign up as a poll worker, poll chaplain, peacekeeper, or nonpartisan election volunteer. If you can't serve,

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(for example, in the US, with FEMA) is increasingly uncertain." On Oct 20, join The BTS Center & Dayenu for a free virtual event highlighting the deep well of spiritual power that comes from Jewish teachings. Spiritual care providers of all faith backgrounds are welcome! Register here:

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Jewish Spiritual Care in the Wake of Disaster • The BTS Center

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

and trying to rebuild some sense of normal life." [...] "We are entering a particularly consequential moment. Climate disasters are placing more people into these long recovery journeys, while the systems responsible for helping them are strained and the future of federal disaster support

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Jewish Spiritual Care in the Wake of Disaster • The BTS Center

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Says Britt Wray, author and researcher on climate grief and anxiety: "Again and again, people described recovery as a second full-time job: insurance claims, temporary housing, financial decisions, rebuilding, paperwork, and deadlines. All of it layered on top of grief, trauma, parenting, work,

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

during his 2024 inauguration. This was hardly her first public act of courage. Nor was it her first when she invited the remains of Mathew Shepard, who was murdered in 1998 for being gay, to be kept safe in the Cathedral's crypt columbarium. Come to hear the Bishop, to fan into flame your

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Bishop Mariann Budde | Maine Council of Churches

All seats $56 (includes service fee)/ proceeds to benefit Maine Council of Churches

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maine Council of Churches invites you to an evening with Bishop Mariann Budde this Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., famously exhorted the current U.S. ruler, to his angered face, to "have mercy"

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These words by authors Daniel Zacharias and T. Christopher Hoklotubbe invite all who have a closeness with biblical scripture to turn and face our fellow creation with a curious heart.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today, we begin a month-long book study on Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to North American Indigenous Interpretation. Many thanks to The Damascus Project for this partnership, bringing together a community of spiritual leaders decolonizing their faith.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

• Beautiful poetry • Connections within our chaplaincy network • Upcoming opportunities at The BTS Center for chaplaincy learning and community Read the whole issue here: thebtscenter.createsend1.com/t/y-i-fdluhd... #climatejustice #ecospirituality #climatechange #creationcare #faithandclimate

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The newest issue of Murmurations is out! Fall 2026's Climate Chaplaincy quarterly newsletter is penned by Rev. Alison Cornish, Chaplaincy Initiative Coordinator. She has an announcement to share with you, along with • Interviews with chaplains in outdoor spaces • Provocative artwork

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

features? "Try on for size the notion that place, where you live included, is a holism, which means that it includes what is human and other-than-human. Can you conceive of your place as one with its own personality and inner integrity? Consider the soul of your place. Can it call you its friend?"

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Consider the soul of your place.

By Ben Yosua-Davis

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An invitation at once instinctive and provocative, issued by our Director of Applied Research, Ben Yosua-Davis: "What if the place where you live is more than its population demographic units, economic concerns, or human stories? Could it be greater than the sum of its architectural and geographic

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Consider the soul of your place.

By Ben Yosua-Davis

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week, we kicked off the 2026-2027 EcoPreacher Cohort, a community of encouragement, learning, and more. EcoPreachers are everywhere, with all kinds of climate concerns on their hearts, and already birthing impact in all kinds of ways.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How I Work, The BTS Center's new series of live conversations with eco- and climate chaplains. Tuesday, October 27, 2026 • 12–1pm ET | 9–10am PT. After this first session, Rabbi Ora will be the one behind the mic, interviewing other eco-spiritual care providers. More information and registration:

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations, Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner, on becoming a '26-'27 Obama Foundation USA Leader! Rabbi Ora is among a small group of change-makers who will receive leadership training and mentorship to further their impact. You can hear more about Rabbi Ora's eco-chaplaincy in the first session of

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A climate-changed world is one that beckons us to exercise new and renewed care-giving skills. We invite you to join a learning community for spiritual care providers that is both warm and rigorous. We begin on Oct. 19! Learn more & register: thebtscenter.org/navigating/

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

looking for a story about a community that set differences aside to rally around shared concerns in the aftermath of major disasters. Instead, I found a community that, in many ways, is still divided—mostly along partisan lines—over what exactly happened, how bad things actually got,

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Come Hell or High Water | Atmos

How a small town on the Downeast coast of Maine became a poster child for building climate resilience in conservative, rural America.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In a piece for Atmos, journalist Katie Hill journeys to Machias, ME, to explore a climate-changed community confronting its wreckage and threats, even while it remains divided on whether climate change is occurring. "I’m still struck by how insanely unromantic this all seems. I came to Machias

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Come Hell or High Water | Atmos

How a small town on the Downeast coast of Maine became a poster child for building climate resilience in conservative, rural America.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

truth, no matter which way the winds blow. Deadline is TOMORROW (Fri, Sep 18). Learn more about EcoPreacher & register: thebtscenter.org/ecopreacher-...

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EcoPreacher Cohort 2026-2027 • The BTS Center

Preachers: the opportunity and responsibility are both yours — to offer compelling moral witness right now.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The headlines of this summer are more than a story about wild weather. They're verses of lament by a world struggling for survival. Preachers: you are called for the privilege and discomfort of this time. Join a year-long community of learning and support for preachers who endeavor to speak the

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Indigenous Hawaiian knowledge, and practical political strategy, she'll explore what she calls the Human Quotient: four essential inner capacities — courage, compassion, aloha, and strategic wisdom — needed to navigate this era of accelerating change. Register for free:

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Who We Are Becoming Matters

A conversation with author, Zen teacher & political strategist Norma Kaweloku Wong.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

political strategist, Zen teacher, and emerging elder – Norma will discuss her new book, 'Who We Are Becoming Matters: The Courage, Wisdom, and Aloha We Need in a Timeplace of Collapse,' the highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed 'When No Thing Works.' Drawing on decades of Zen training,

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Who We Are Becoming Matters

A conversation with author, Zen teacher & political strategist Norma Kaweloku Wong.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you listened to our Climate Changed podcast episode with Norma Wong last season, you know that Norma is gifted with necessary instructions on becoming a good ancestor. You can see Norma Wong speak on October 14 at Bates College in Lewiston, ME. Author, podcast host, Native Hawaiian and Hakka

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

rich conversation about adaptation outside the traditional walls of the church, releasing the "church of empire," and healing both land and theology: thebtscenter.org/climate-chan... #climatejustice #ecospirituality #climatechange #creationcare #faithandclimate #spiritualecology #earth #sacredearth

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Climate Changed Podcast Episode Swap 1 • The BTS Center

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

endures in times of crisis. She applies it as a profound metaphor for how spiritual people can nurture life-giving spaces today. In this episode, she sits down with Dr. Elaine Heath, founder and abbess of Spring Forest, a new monastic community and regenerative farm in North Carolina. They have a

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In this special off-season episode of Climate Changed, we're sharing an episode of Refugia, a podcast hosted by our good friend and colleague, Professor Debra Rienstra. Debra, who joined us on Season 2 of Climate Changed, explores the biological concept of "refugia": habitats where life

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Dwayne is a gifted storyteller and an impassioned advocate for Indigenous people and the ecosystems that support us all. 10am: Conversation + film screening of the Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code 11:30am: Film discussion RSVP to Marvin Ellison at mellison122 (at) gmail.com.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you missed Passamaquoddy Language Keeper Dwayne Tomah's keynote address this past spring at Green Teams Gathering: You can hear him at First Congregation Church, UCC in South Portland and via livestream on Facebook and YouTube for an in-worship conversation on Sunday, September 27.

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The BTS Center @thebtscenter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TOMORROW (Friday, September 11) is the registration deadline for Convocation 2026: Sacred Soil. This year's gathering of eco-spiritual people will take place on the beautiful grounds of The Ecology School in Saco, ME. Come experience a day of deep connection, wisdom, and spiritual refreshment.

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