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The Chestnut Hill Local has published Joy Bergey and Pastor Kipp's letter to the editor in support of stronger soot emission standards. You can read the full letter ...

Church member Beth Logue has been working with POWER Interfaith's Education Justice to advocate that every child in Pennsylvania have access to a good, justly-funded education. (Learn more about POWER's campaign here.)
On January 11, 2024, The Philadelphia Inquirer published her letter to the editor in requesting Gov. Shapiro to adquately ...

Church member Beth Logue has been working with POWER Interfaith's Education Justice to advocate that every child in Pennsylvania have access to a good, justly-funded education. (Learn more about POWER's campaign here.)
On November 7, The Philadelphia Inquirer published her letter to the editor in requesting Gov. Shapiro to release funds for ...

Our Environmental Justice Liaison, Joy Bergey, has signed our congregation onto the following public letters from advocacy partners:
8/4/23: We signed onto a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from the Pennsylvania Clean Energy Coalition (of which we’re a member) urging tighter regulation and limits on fossil fuel ...

Church member Beth Logue has been working with POWER Interfaith's Education Justice to advocate that every child in Pennsylvania have access to a good, justly-funded education. (Learn more about POWER's campaign here.)




On July 18, The Philadelphia Inquirer published her letter to the editor in opposition to a proposed school voucher ...

Read on for an Op-Ed from Pamela Darville of POWER Interfaith's climate justice and jobs team. Chestnut Hill United Church is a member congregation of POWER Interfaith.

 

Please follow this link to the Chestnut Hill Local and our pastors' letter regarding soot pollution.

Please click here to read Pastor Kipp's poem

Church members' love of Jane Austen brings them together. The article can be found here and is published by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Please note, you may need to register with the Inquirer to reach the ...

Senior Pastor Linda Noonan joined POWER and other leaders in Harrisburg to demand education funding justice from the state legislature. Click here to read the full article in the Pennsylvania ...

Church member Joy Bergey co-authored this article with Henry McKay discussing how solar power can help tackle three interlocking crises our community and country are facing: economic downturn caused by COVID, impending climate disaster, and profound social injustice. Please click here to read the full article in the Chestnut Hill ...

Senior Pastor Linda Noonan is quoted in this release from Governor Wolf asking Pennsylvanians to keep each other safe during the holidays.
Gov. Wolf and Religious Leaders Ask Pennsylvanians to Help Keep Each Other Safe During ...

Our church was a host site for one of the "Striking for Black Lives" events.
Please click here to to read the full story in the Phildelphia Inquirer.

Church member Cassie Haynes wrote this powerful op-ed for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Click here to read the article.

Associate Pastor Kipp Gilmore-Clough is quoted in this Associated Press article about public opinion on current protests against white supremacy and police brutality.
You can read the full article here.

Philadelphia Gay News columnist Victoria Brownworth looks at the UMC's dedcision to split the United Methodist denomination, and how local UMC churchs are reacting.
http://www.epgn.com/news/local/15646-philly-s-place-in-umc-s-proposed-historic-split-over-lgbt-issues

In his Aug. 28 letter, David Banov characterizes a report on my church group’s trip to the Sonoran Desert as containing “many assumptions devoid of facts.” I’m glad he took the time to write, as it provides an invitation to respond – and perhaps other readers hold similar misconceptions. More details in this rebuttal by Rev. Kipp Gilmore-Clough ...

Thirteen members of our congregation travelled to the Sonoran Desert, as detailed in this article by Sue Ann Rybak in the Chestnut Hill L ...

March 9, 2019
 
Chestnut Hill United Church community,
Many of you are aware that the United Methodist Church has voted to enforce its bans on the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer clergy, on clergy performing what the denomination defines as same-sex weddings, and on church buildings being used for the celebration ...

Our Sr. Pastor Linda Noonan, was quoted in 3.7.19 Philadelphia Gay News article by Timothy Roberts, regarding the recent UMC decision regarding lgbtqia+ acceptance.   http://www.epgn.com/news/local/14359-area-methodists-weigh-in-on-debate-over-lgbt-acceptance

Our Environmental Justice Center's Director, Joy Bergey, wrote the following guest post for the Morris Arboretum's ...

Our pledge campaign for the 2018-2019 budget year has just wrapped up. Why does your giving matter? This video offers some insights! You can also see interviews in the Stewardship Videos section in which a few folks talk about how they think about giving. Do their reasons match up with your own? You can find all of our stewardship videos ...

This letter by Pastor Linda Noonan was run by the Chestnut Hill Local. Here is the link to the original publication.
Public schools should be everyone’s priority
Whether we have children in the public schools or not, every Philadelphian should be concerned about the state of our education system. The quality of education we provide for our ...

by Colette Pichon Battle
It’s hard to listen to the news each day without hearing another story of extreme weather.
Hurricane Harvey caught our attention in August when it hit Houston, one of this nation’s largest cities. Then Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean and Florida hard, followed by Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico and the ...