Storm Sunday
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Jessica Morthorpe (Uniting Earth) interviews Liuanga Palu (Voices for Power)
about the impacts of storms on her Pacific community, and how they are responding.
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Liuanga's family faces the destruction of their village because of global climate inaction, but they are not giving up.
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A call to the churches to show up on Sep 20th in solidarity.
A plea
The Tuvaluan Reverend's plea to our Prime Minister to act- share in your church
Liturgy
A liturgy from Rex A E Hunt
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Liturgy
A liturgy written to go with Stephen's video reflection, below
More blogs
Our friends at Common Grace have produced another SoC blog series
Videos from previous years
A short sermon for Storm Sunday by the Rev. Dr Stephen Robinson, National Disaster Recovery Officer for the UCA.
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He speaks fresh from his work in Tuvalu (in 2016)- one of the most obvious canaries in the coal mine of climate change.
They are a vulnerable people, a small ship on a violent sea, and yet convinced that Jesus is in the boat with them. You can download the accompanying liturgy here
Tuvalu is sinking
Promoting the relationship between humans and the rest of creation, and asking "where are the visions of hope for the earth".
An old song of Andrew Dutneys (former president of Uniting Church in Australia).
Lyrics included. Its pretty easy to sing along to.
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The graphics are _old_, get in touch if you want to do an updated version.
Where are the visions of hope for the Earth (Andrew Dutney)
A prayer about cyclone Winston and the Post Paris Climate challenges written and read by The Most Reverend Archbishop Winston Halapua of the Diocese of Polynesia, Anglican Church of Aotearoa / New Zealand
Produced by Rev. James Bhagwan, Secretary for Communication and Overseas Mission of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Chaplain/Trustee of the Traditional Voyaging Canoe the Uto Ni Yalo.
Post cyclone prayer in the pacific
In the lead up to the 50th meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum on 13-16 August 2019, Luma, a young Tuvaluan woman, asks Australia to listen to her heart.
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Tuvalu is a small atoll in the South Pacific experiencing rapid sea level rise due to climate change. Research indicates that many atolls, including Tuvalu, may become uninhabitable by mid-century.
Help amplify Luma's message by sharing her video. Australia please help provide a better future for Tuvalu.
More about the Pacific Calling Partnership: https://www.erc.org.au/pcp
Research about the future of atolls like Tuvalu here
