Energy Stewardship
Lutherans have had a tremendous history with being good energy stewards - but we have a long way to go. ...
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 ...
Food – Faith – Farming
Since there are so many members of our ELCA community who live in agricultural areas and we all depend on ...
Creation Care Congregation: Building and Grounds Ideas
Building and Grounds: “The church as an alternative community” Be an Energy Steward. Revere the resources God so graciously gives, ...
EPA’s Energy Star Congregation’s Guide
This workbook serves as a resource and planning guide for clergy, staff, and laypersons of houses of worship who want ...
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 ...
Buildings/Grounds/Facilities (video playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLFPMTinJ7FKlKRtasrTS_msJob7ZvfvMp&layout=gallery ...
Church Spotlight: St. Philip’s Baltimore, Maryland
There are a variety of ways congregations and individuals are working throughout the Maryland/Delaware Synod to love neighbor by considering ...
Storm water management for congregations
Vimeo slideshow with narration by Kyle Warfield, Outreach coordinator at Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, MD ...
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 ...
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 ...
Carthage College Strives to Practice Sustainability by Using Environmentally Friendly Building Materials
Carthage College practices sustainability by choosing to renovate and build with sustainable building materials. Carthage installs bamboo flooring instead of ...
Numerous Schools Offer Students the Opportunity to Live in a Community Committed to Living More Sustainably
There are currently eight ELCA schools that seek to promote sustainable living in community by designating on-campus houses. Here is the ...
Sunday Evening Conversations on Creation Continue… (July 29, 2018)
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2018 ...
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 ...
Gettysburg Campus Kitchen Continues to Cook Up Great Food for a Great Cause
Gettysburg College opened its doors in November 2007 as the first Campus Kitchen in Pennsylvania! The project was initiated by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
50 Covenants for 50 Years of Earth Day
Some Lutherans Restoring Creation have decided to take on a challenge of inviting at least 50 Congregations in their synod ...