Tagged: Francisco Vera Manzanares

What a Weekend at Trinity!!

The las weekend of Septembre 2024 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Ewing, NJ was nothing short of extraordinary! We came together for two monumental events that not only marked a milestone in the life of our church but filled us with joy, inspiration, and a renewed sense of purpose.

Francisco Vera Manzanares visiting Trinity

God is creating something deep in the midst of us. That is why, on Sunday, September 29th, 2024, we will have the special opportunity to welcome Francisco Vera to our morning worship service at Trinity UMC. Francisco is a young Christian and ecological activist with an inspiring story to tell. He’s been making waves around the world as UNICEF’s First Climate Action Advocate and as a Children’s Advisor to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. His work is not only vital for the future of our planet, but it also carries a deep spiritual message of stewardship, faith, and responsibility that resonates with our Christian values.

“They wanted to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds!”

This Mexican proverb by Ernesto Cardenal1 represents the relationship between the current situation on our planet Earth and some activists around the world who are advocating in favor of the preservation of the environment in the face of climate change issue and the organized movement to resist it. The beauty of the metaphor lies in the image of a seed, representing life, directly related to the dust, the ground, the soil, and the mother.