Harold Vanicek, Treasurer
Board of Directors As a youngster growing up in Rosebud, Texas, Pastor Harold Vanicek could often be found with dirty hands working in his grandparents’ large garden. As farmers, grandma and grandpa invited their grandson to join in the work of growing food and caring for the land, which gave Pastor Harold an early introduction […]
Creation Care Ministry at Christ the King
Creation Care Ministry at Christ the King
Special Caring for Creation Celebration (Bethel – WI)
Special Caring for Creation Celebration November 13 and 20
“Cool Congregation” Interfaith Award: Energy & Carbon Reductions
“Cool Congregation” Interfaith Award: Energy & Carbon Reductions
Earth Day at the Pier
Earth Day at the Pier
Creation Care Video – Migration
Holy Trinity’s Creation Care Team produces a monthly video featuring a creation care theme. This month’s video is about migration: –submitted by Kristin-Luana Baumann Kristin-Luana Baumann and Olaf Baumann are pastors at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles, WA.
Act of Solidarity in Support of the Earth Charter
An Act of Solidarity -All Synods – All Congregations– Earth Sunday April 24th The NY Metro synod asks all synods and all synod congregations to join us nationally on Earth Sunday, April 24th in a joint action of solidarity to raise up the importance of Creation Care and promote the Earth Charter (earthcharter.org). The ask […]
Urban Farm on Seminary Campus
Here is a link to an article about our newly dedicated urban farm, a collaboration between our seminary and Axiom Farms, a federation of Black farmers in South Carolina. https://www.lr.edu/news/food-and-faith-formation-ltss-combats-food-deserts-through-farm-table-initiative –submitted by Jennifer Shimota
Creation-themed monthly video devotion: Trees
The Creation Care Team of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles, WA produces a monthly creation-themed video devotion. This month’s theme is trees. Trees talk and make air. Humans discover and celebrate the biggest secrets of our wooden friends. Please watch the devotion here:
Creation Spirituality Video Devotion (Winter)
Holy Trinity’s Creation Care Team (Port Angeles – WA) is producing a monthly creation themed video devotion. Here is the link to “Winter” You can find all video devotions on our youtube channel ‘Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Port Angeles’ We hope to inspire care for creation by sharing insights from medieval saints, nature discoveries and […]
Lisa Brenskelle
Lisa Brenskelle serves as the Lutherans Restoring Creation Team Lead for the Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the ELCA. She is the founder of the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston, and also serves as Climate Communication Coordinator for Houston for the Texas chapter of Interfaith Power & Light. Lisa has been active in creation […]
Season of Creation Sunset Prayer Service
Good Shepherd’s Creation Care Team hosted a picnic and led an ecumenical Sunset Prayer service on Wednesday, September 8th to kickoff their Season Of Creation celebration. The service included a dedication of their meadowland, prayer walk and labyrinth. Severe weather was in the forecast and their was pressure to cancel but the team had decided […]
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 at Gettysburg (LTSG) figured prominently into the story of the Civil War. Pickett’s charge was inaugurated on Seminary Ridge, and the cupola of the seminary building itself served as a lookout point for both the […]
First Lutheran in Decorah Signs Paris Pledge
by Sarah Webb, Iowa Interfaith Power & Light First Lutheran in Decorah signed the Paris Pledge, joining other congregations across the nation to reduce our carbon pollution by 50% by 2030 and to be carbon neutral by 2050. They have already achieved the 50% reduction goal (read their story here) and they are determined to be […]
2016 Churchwide Assembly Passes Memorial To Move Towards A Responsible Energy Future
On August 13, 2016, after days of conversation, discernment, and prayer, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted to pass the memorial Toward a Responsible Energy Future. A grassroots divestment coalition had brought together several synod memorials, working through the proper parliamentary process to bring an amended version to the floor for a vote. 2016 Churchwide Assembly […]
South Carolina Hosts Communion with Creation
Thanks to Rev. Kris Litman-Koon, as the South Carolina’s Synod Creation Care convener, a group of ELCA members from across the country came together for rejuvenation and inspiration in November 2019 at the Coastal Retreat Center.
Growing a garden church from food scraps and compost
We turned an empty lot in L.A. into an edible sanctuary. by Anna Woofenden (shared from Christian Century magazine) When I moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to start a church that connected people with food, the earth, each other, and God, I envisioned a sanctuary created around the table. It would not be built out of […]
March 2, 2019: Central States’ Workshop
Everyone is invited to attend the day-long Creation Care Workshop led by members of the Central States Synod Lutherans Restoring Creation Mission Table in Kansas City. Register online at Eventbrite (click here) Learn how to incorporate creation care into your congregation’s • Worship life • Educational programs • Discipleship of members at home/work • Buildings […]