Join us in Canterbury on Sunday March 22nd as we pray for the new Archbishop of Canterbury to take on board our Stop Crucifying Creation campaign. 

We will gather outside Canterbury Cathedral on Passion Sunday from 10.30am to 1pm to pray and hand out bookmarks displaying a cross covered with climate impacts and potential solutions, and a link to the Stop Crucifying Creation vision document.

The document calls on the Church of England to speak out persistently against the forces driving the Climate and Nature Emergency, take practical steps to protect Creation, and build a loving community which cares for people suffering in this crisis.

A group of CCA’ers will also meet in the streets of Canterbury on Wednesday March 25th, when the Archbishop is installed at the Cathedral on the Feast of the Annunciation, to hand out flyers and speak to people in the crowd. 

If you’d like to join the prayer vigil on the Sunday, or the public outreach on the Wednesday, please let us know by emailing christianclimateaction@gmail.com 

Christian Climate Action has written to Archbishop Sarah urging her to prioritise the Climate and Nature during her leadership and to speak about the urgency of the crisis during her inaugural sermon at the installation service.

We’ve also written to both Archbishops and Bishop Graham Usher, the church’s environment lead, urging them to call on the Government to refuse the Rosebank oilfield, as part of this campaign. The North Sea oilfield would produce the same annual emissions as the world’s poorest 28 countries, and a decision is expected on the proposals any day. 

If you cannot make it to Canterbury, please join in our digital action by writing to Archbishop Sarah asking her to read the vision document, and lead the Church in taking action on its propositions. The letter text is available here and you are welcome to add your own words.