Earthkeeping in every element of Church Life
For well more than a decade, PLC has been a community of Earth Keepers seeking a more sustainable future.
Getting into Gear: A Bike Ministry in Fort Collins
When wildfire hit a Lutheran camp, members went and replanted trees.
Holy Trinity Moves Beyond Individual Action
The youth said individual action wasn’t enough. The congregation wrote that down and approved it.
From Prom dresses to Plumbing: Creation Care in the Life of the Church
Solar panels, LED lighting, recycled pew cushions, and an Earth Day film festival on four screens.
A Video Devotion Every Month, and a Pier Full of Neighbors on Earth Day
Every month, a video devotion on trees, migration, or winter creation spirituality — plus a shared Earth Day celebration with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe at the Port Angeles Pier.
Fostering Love of Creation in an Urban Space
Fair Trade coffee, compostable cups, and nearly 1,700 water wells built in rural Africa.
Montana church uses LRC organizing guide for solar, gardens, and plastic advocacy
Panels overhead, a mission garden growing food for the local bank, and an advocacy group taking on single-use plastics.
Plastic Recycling Example for Church work in the Community
Collecting 500 pounds of plastic film to trade for a park bench at Trinity’s Eco Prayer Park.
Impact Reduction: Reusable mesh produce bags
Thanks to our friends from New Hope Lutheran Church in Columbia, MD via Charlie Bailey. With some grant funding from the Synod’s Creation Care Ministry we are purchasing reusable mesh produce bags and are planning to give one to any congregational family that wants one. We are going to include a fact sheet in each […]
Garden Table in Washington State
Master gardeners set up a weekly “garden table” to help members start their own gardens.