So We Can Restore Creation
While caring for the environment can feel overwhelming, it’s when we stand together, each doing our part, that we find ...
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Stewarding your Church “Property” as an Earth Community
by David Rhoads I recently participated in the spring convocation at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (April, 2012). The ...
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (February 4-10) in Year A (Ormseth)
Meeting the "Creational Need" of Nature - Dennis Ormseth reflects on salt and light in this Sunday's readings. Care for ...
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2016 Churchwide Assembly Passes Memorial To Move Towards A Responsible Energy Future
2016 Churchwide Assembly Passes Memorial To Move Towards A Responsible Energy Future During the months leading up to the August ...
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Confused about our way forward?
As there has been continuing conversation and controversy emerging since Michael Moore's film: Planet of the Human, we decided to ...
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Sunday July 3-9 in Year A (Carr20)
Taking on Rationalization - Amy Carr reflects on donkeys facing war horses. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary ...
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The Green Foundation of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
Geothermal Comes to the Battlefield By Delaney Schlake (M. Div Middler, Trinity Lutheran Seminary) 150 years ago, the Lutheran Theological Seminary ...
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Booker Vance
Booker Vance is the Policy Outreach Coordinator for Elevate Energy. He is a native of Houston, TX. He attended Bethany ...
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First Sunday of Lent in Year B (Saler15)
Jesus and the Journey of Overcoming - Robert Saler reflects on God's healing. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common ...
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A Spectrum of Tools to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Call-9/28/21)
What tools can churches and individual members bring to the table to achieve 50% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by ...
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What Can We Do?
AFFIRM: Personally, with your church council, or entire synod, review our ELCA's 1993 call to action and commit to engaging in ...
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2021 Eco-Justice Related Synod Resolutions
The following is a list of Resolutions that we know have been adopted in 2021 - but we know there ...
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Climate Justice: Ethics, Energy, and Public Policy (Fortress Press, 2009)
Energy issues and climate change have loomed up from issues at the horizon to confront humanity directly and vitally. They ...
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Energy Stewardship
Lutherans have had a tremendous history with being good energy stewards - but we have a LONG way to go. ...
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Louis Tillman
We are honored that Louis Tillman was on Lutherans Restoring Creation inaugural Board of Directors from 2017-2020. For an update ...
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Edmonds Lutheran Church is Going Solar
Edmonds, WA - Edmonds Lutheran Church (ELC) installed a solar photovoltaic system to generate renewable energy for their facility in mid- February ...
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Resolution on Caring for Creation: North/West Lower MI Synod in Assembly 2004
WHEREAS, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted the social statement “Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice” by a ...
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Press Release: US Lutherans Vote to Discontinue Fossil-Fuel Investments, to Work Towards a Sustainable Future
Churchwide Votes Towards a Fossil-Free Future US LUTHERANS VOTE TO DISCONTINUE FOSSIL-FUEL INVESTMENTS, TO WORK TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE **FOR ...
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Public Witness: from hand-wringing to actively loving neighbor
The 2019 ELCA Advocacy Convening (April 29 - May 1) gathered over 100 lay and rostered leaders to be trained ...
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Congregation celebrates “green graduation,” invites wider community (2017)
Members of LCI gather on the steps of the California Capitol to join California Interfaith Power and Light’s Lobby Day ...
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Consider Caring for Creation Coaching
What is ELCA Coaching? Click here for a Ministry Description Why would you need a Creation Care Coach for your Synod ...
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This is Church and You Are Needed Inside & Out
Watch this message from our churchwide leaders and fellow members across the country who recognize the tough, uncomfortable work of ...
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Youth Gather and We All Grow!
Back in the summer of 2018 hundreds of youth and group leaders visited our Lutherans Restoring Creation space in the ...
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Congregational Covenant and Organizing Kit: An Overview
The purpose of this kit is to enable you to have a basic program and organization to function as a ...
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EPA’s Energy Star Congregation’s Guide
The United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Technologies ...
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Youth Volunteers Improve Energy Efficiency at Koinonia (2016)
By Maggie Hutchison Metropolitan New York Synod, ELCA How many young people does it take to screw in a light ...
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Evangelical Lutheran leaders argue for Ohio energy efficiency and renewable energy
The president of a major Lutheran seminary and one of the three bishops overseeing the 550 Ohio congregations of the ...
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Checklist for Energy Savings Room by Room
Overall Home Energy Saving Measures Efficiency Heat/ AC: Install high efficiency ENERGY STAR-rated furnace and air conditioner, at least at ...
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Voices from the ELCA – Caring for Creation Today
[vimeo 301256430 w=640 h=360] God's work. Our hands. from ecoAmerica on Vimeo. ELCA churches across the country are working to ...
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Living the Change: A Tool Connected to Many Faiths
GreenFaith has helped pull together leaders from various religions across the globe to recognize our common concern for the planet ...
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