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COP Resources for Faith Communities

Dec 2-14, 2018, the nations of the world are gathering for the annual United Nations climate negotiations. This year, the stakes couldn’t be higher: the delegates from the 175 nations that are parties to the Paris Agreement (including the U.S.) must agree to a rulebook for implementing the Agreement.

This is the 24th time that the nations of the world have met to negotiate strategies for reducing global warming, and the faith community has been there at every meeting. Faith leaders are not members of the official US negotiating team, but at the COP and in congregations back home, people of faith provide vital support to the process every year through education, political speech, and prayer.

The resources on this page are intended for use in congregations in the US and other places over the weekend of December 7-9…but you should feel free to use and adapt them for use any time.

Got a resource to share? Please email Erica@texasimpact.org and we will add it!

Sermon/Khutbah Starters

“Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas”

Texas Impact’s board of directors unanimously approved a legislative agenda for 2025-2026 following its biennial legislative retreat. The agenda reflects the shared social concerns of Texas Impact’s member faith traditions around four major policy themes: Economic Justice; Climate Justice: Human Rights; and Civic Participation.

Action Alert: April 28, 2025

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Ep. 433 Don’t Hide Your Faith

The Texas Legislature is now entering the final third when bills make it to the floor for a vote or begin to die. Last week, Bee Moorhead joined the program to talk about the House passing the Voucher bill, and it seemed like immediately after, we…

Action Alert: April 21, 2025

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Ep. 432 The Beloved Community—in Case We Forgot…

We jumped right in this week because most of the Texas Impact staff stayed up late Wednesday night to watch SB 2, the Texas Senate’s school voucher bill, be brought before the House. There were some great and no-so-great conversations between…

89th Legislature: House Toll-Free Numbers

Not sure who represents you? Find your House member HERE[google-drive-embed url="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s5_p6R9z_k5qGRIlyBn7o_RkRLd7YwJ5sglHBGp5CAU/preview?usp=drivesdk" title="89th Texas Legislature: House Toll-Free Numbers"...

Action Alert: April 14, 2025

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Ep. 431 Faith Flourishes Independent from the Government

Joining Weekly Witness this week is Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Vice President of Programs & Strategy at Interfaith Alliance, a network of people of diverse faiths and beliefs from across the country working together to build a resilient democracy…

Action Alert: April 7, 2025

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Ep. 430 From Bad to Worse: Looming Medicaid Cuts in Congress

This week, we turn our eyes to DC for a fight that will impact this legislative session and sessions to come as Congress is considering hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts to Medicaid. These cuts would be devastating—not just to the Texans who…

Action Alert: Week of March 31, 2025

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Ep.429 Don’t Fence in the Future: SB 819 Would Hurt Renewables Just When We Need Them Most

This week we are recording from the Capitol on a day when many of Texas Impact’s priority bills are being heard or voted on. So, we sat down with a few friends and colleagues who are testifying in the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce…

Action Alert: Supplement for March 26-28, 2025

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Action Alert: Week of March 24, 2025

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Ep. 428 This Bill Will Save Lives: Faithful Support for the Life of the Mother Act

The Texas Impact team just worked with some incredible faith partners on the Family Matters: Faith Days at the Texas Capitol event. About 300 Texans of Faith gathered at the Texas Capitol and across the street at First United Methodist Church of…

Women Faith Leaders Unite to Support the Life of the Mother Act

Women faith leaders from a variety of traditions including Catholic, Baptist, Jewish, Lutheran, United Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, and more offered enthusiastic support for the Life of the Mother Act, SB 31/HB 44. The faith leaders are all part of Texas...

Action Alert: Week of March 17, 2025

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Ep. 427 State of Play: Vouchers in Focus

Y’all, it is getting wild over at the Texas Capitol, and Texans of faith are in the midst of all of it with thousands of phone calls going in every week, members of Texas Impact’s issue teams staying up until all hours of the night giving…

The Texas Senate Debates Anti-Red Flag Law

Earlier this week, the Senate State Affairs Committee heard a bill by Chairman Hughs that would make it a crime in Texas to enforce an Extreme Risk Protective Order (ERPO), more commonly referred to as a red flag law. Currently, Texas does not have a red flag law, yet...

Action Alert: Week of March 10, 2025

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Ep. 426 Policy Push-Pull: Foundations for Immigration Advocacy

Among the many justice issues concerning people of faith in 2025, immigration is near the top of the list across the country and across faith traditions. This week we are bringing you three guests to lay a foundation for immigration advocacy—at…

Prayers

“Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas”

Texas Impact’s board of directors unanimously approved a legislative agenda for 2025-2026 following its biennial legislative retreat. The agenda reflects the shared social concerns of Texas Impact’s member faith traditions around four major policy themes: Economic Justice; Climate Justice: Human Rights; and Civic Participation.

Action Alert: April 28, 2025

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Ep. 433 Don’t Hide Your Faith

The Texas Legislature is now entering the final third when bills make it to the floor for a vote or begin to die. Last week, Bee Moorhead joined the program to talk about the House passing the Voucher bill, and it seemed like immediately after, we…

Action Alert: April 21, 2025

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Ep. 432 The Beloved Community—in Case We Forgot…

We jumped right in this week because most of the Texas Impact staff stayed up late Wednesday night to watch SB 2, the Texas Senate’s school voucher bill, be brought before the House. There were some great and no-so-great conversations between…

89th Legislature: House Toll-Free Numbers

Not sure who represents you? Find your House member HERE[google-drive-embed url="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s5_p6R9z_k5qGRIlyBn7o_RkRLd7YwJ5sglHBGp5CAU/preview?usp=drivesdk" title="89th Texas Legislature: House Toll-Free Numbers"...