UU MINISTRY FOR EARTH CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT CHAPLAINS
UUMFE has a team of Climate Justice Movement Chaplains who support climate justice activists and anyone impacted by climate change. Chaplains offer emotional support and interfaith spiritual care to anyone in need. Learn more about UUMFE’s approach to Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy here.
Rev. Lauren offers 1-on-1 Climate Grief Chaplaincy Sessions. Click here to schedule time on her Calendly.
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UUMFE’s Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy sessions provide a confidential and held container for expressing the full range of emotions, thoughts, fears, doubts, spiritual questions, existential despair, and longing that arise in the face of climate change and injustice. Since all of our life experiences are interconnected, this form of chaplaincy also provides support for you to process other areas that climate grief might be impacting, such as: family, friendships, parenting, education, jobs, faith, or motivation. As a chaplain, I draw from several schools of thought, such as Relational Cultural Theory, Archetypal Psychology, and world wisdom traditions. I have received formal chaplaincy training from five different ACPE (Association for Clinical Pastoral Education) certified educators as well as climate grief psychology training from the Climate Psychology Alliance of North America. All UUMFE chaplaincy sessions are free of charge. If you would like to support UUMFE’s vital work, click here to give now.
Simply put, Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy provides spiritual and emotional support to people who are affected by climate change (that includes all of us!) or engaged in justice work. UU Ministry for Earth Climate Justice Movement Chaplains help climate activists, advocates, and allies to:
- articulate your faith reasons for acting for climate justice
- prepare for the action with tools to harmonize your bodies and spirits (when we are tense, our effectiveness is diminished)
- process your anxiety and grief around climate change
- sustain your advocacy and activism by providing support and care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—during and after the action or meeting
CLIMATE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
UUMFE’s Executive Director, Rev. Lauren Levwood, facilitates a weekly drop-in Climate Grief Support Group on Fridays from 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT over Zoom.
If you are concerned about the state of our world, worry about how current events are intersecting with climate disturbance, are a parent or grandparent concerned about the coming generations, or a young adult with anxiety about the future of our living world, this Climate Grief Support Group will provide a space for you to process your experiences with others in a ritualized, trauma-informed, and mindful way.
We will meet on Fridays from 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT over Zoom.
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It is increasingly clear that there is an emotional and spiritual cost of participating in the enduring work for justice. The climate crisis, in particular, creates grief, fear, and anxiety. Climate Justice Movement Chaplaincy offers the opportunity to debrief, process, and restore.