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”
by Bee Moorhead | September 15, 2024 | Faith Leader Statements, Issues, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.516 Growing Love into Justice with Rev. Dr. Jim Rigby
by Scott Atnip | June 10, 2026 | Latest Posts, Religious Freedom, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.515 Reason and Compassion with Dylan Corbett
by Scott Atnip | June 3, 2026 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.514 Nurturing Hope with Rev. Tamika Nelson
by Scott Atnip | May 27, 2026 | Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.513 Healthy Faith Language with Rev. Becky Fox
by Scott Atnip | May 20, 2026 | Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.512 Noise with a Purpose with Sister Denise LaRock
by Scott Atnip | May 13, 2026 | Asylum, Congregation and Group Action, Faith Communities, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.511 Homecoming with Rev. Brooke Dooley
by Scott Atnip | May 7, 2026 | Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.510 A Journey in Faith with Rev. Jody Harrison
by Scott Atnip | April 29, 2026 | Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.509 A Life of Faithful Advocacy with Mel Caraway
by Scott Atnip | April 22, 2026 | Creation Care, Global Climate Policy, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.508 Pluralism and Faithful Dialogues with Almas Muscatwalla
by Scott Atnip | April 15, 2026 | Latest Posts, Religious Freedom, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
by Bee Moorhead | April 10, 2026 | Latest Posts | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.507 Ramadan Reflections with Imaad Khan
by Scott Atnip | April 8, 2026 | Latest Posts, Religious Freedom, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.506 Faithful Witness in Rural Texas with Rev. Trent Ormsbee-Hale
by Scott Atnip | March 25, 2026 | Civic Engagement, Latest Posts, poverty, Religious Freedom, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Ministro Corpus
by Kyle Riley | March 20, 2026 | Human Migration, Latest Posts | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.505 “Are You With Us?” with Robert Rivera
by Scott Atnip | March 18, 2026 | Congregation and Group Action, Featured Content, Houston Faith Votes, Human Migration, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Texas Faith Votes, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.504 Organizing in Texas with Rabbi Josh Fixler
by Scott Atnip | March 11, 2026 | Congregation and Group Action, Houston Faith Votes, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Health Policy, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.503 Showing Up with Rev. Mara Bim
by Scott Atnip | March 4, 2026 | Advocacy 101, Asylum, Civic Engagement, Human Migration, Human Rights, Individual Action, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.502 “Do Your Thing” with Regina Q. Banks
by Scott Atnip | February 25, 2026 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep. 501 Imagine Better with Rev. Phil Dieke
by Scott Atnip | February 18, 2026 | Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
by Bee Moorhead | February 17, 2026 | Latest Posts | 0 Comments
Changing by Choice Glossary
by Bee Moorhead | February 17, 2026 | Latest Posts | 0 Comments
Prayers
“Free, Safe, and Flourishing: A Faithful Agenda for Texas”
by Bee Moorhead | September 15, 2024 | Faith Leader Statements, Issues, Latest Posts, Legislative, Spotlight | 0 Comments
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.
Weekly Witness Ep.516 Growing Love into Justice with Rev. Dr. Jim Rigby
by Scott Atnip | June 10, 2026 | Latest Posts, Religious Freedom, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.515 Reason and Compassion with Dylan Corbett
by Scott Atnip | June 3, 2026 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.514 Nurturing Hope with Rev. Tamika Nelson
by Scott Atnip | May 27, 2026 | Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.513 Healthy Faith Language with Rev. Becky Fox
by Scott Atnip | May 20, 2026 | Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
Weekly Witness Ep.512 Noise with a Purpose with Sister Denise LaRock
by Scott Atnip | May 13, 2026 | Asylum, Congregation and Group Action, Faith Communities, Latest Posts, Spotlight, Weekly Witness | 0 Comments
