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2026 Creation Care Summit

Location: Arlington Heights: First UMC, 1903 E. Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights

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Sat., May 2, 9 a.m. to Noon

Arlington Heights: First UMC, 1903 E. Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights

Cost: $10
Breakfast and snacks will be served

Online registration

The summit is an opportunity to:

  • Experience a creation care worship service
  • Connect with other creation care advocates
  • Learn about solar projects happening across the conference
  • Meet and talk with vendors
  • Join breakout sessions on practical ways churches can become more eco-friendly

Keynote Speaker: Grace Hubbard, Climate Care Coordinator, New England Annual Conference

Questions? Rev. Harriette Cross

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Grace Hubbard

Grace Pugh Hubbard serves as Climate Care Coordinator for the New England UM Conference. She works closely with the Conference Creation Care Circle in three areas of engagement: Education and Eco-Spirituality, Energy Efficiency Opportunities, and Legislative Advocacy across the six states of New England. Grace brings to this work a heart for Creation Care and Environmental Justice after working years as an Artist Advocate for Social Justice. Grace and her husband Joel live in Essex, Vermont, and have four children and two grandchildren.

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