Northern Illinois Synod Held “Greening Congregations” Workshop
At Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center on February 20, 2016 thirty people from 14 congregations gathered for a workshop on greening churches. Bishop Gary Wollersheim opened with devotions and also participated in discussions. From veteran green teams to budding groups, the participants learned from each other and shared resources throughout the day. “It was great to hear […]
Chad McKenna: Author Biography
Lectionary Commentator Chad McKenna is a Pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Rockford, Illinois, where he has served for over a decade. He received his Masters of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and previously served at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa. He is also a graduate of Valparaiso […]
Fuzzy Fellowship
We work to cultivate hope and healing, from inspiring congregations to be climate resiliency hubs to offering a balm to those affected by eco-anxiety. We ask for a financial gift to help sustain this work – and invite you to share a visual gift of a creature that offers you hope & healing! Give here and we’ll […]
Register for our 2025 Creation Care-Centered Sermon
While we have a treasure-trove of past online worship services and homily samples (see here), sometimes the message needs to speak to the unique time we are in right now. We are honored that Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing will offer a sermon in recognition of Earth Day and relate to the lectionary readings for Sunday, […]
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Heat, Housing and Pets
“Every week, I run shelter dogs from the Oregon Humane Society. Like many animal shelters, OHS is in an industrial neighborhood with few neighbors to complain about barking… Many people are aware of Portland’s housing crisis. The region’s inability to build low-income and affordable housing has pushed many people to live on the streets in […]
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Central States Synod Calls for Peace and Justice
The Central States Synod has passed a resolution for Peace and Justice in response to the loss of human life around the world including Gaza, Ukraine, and Syria. The destruction of war has devastating implications not only for humans but the rest of Creation as well. The resolution lists damage to water, air, soil as […]
Decarbonization Strategies and Drivers to Achieve Carbon Neutrality for Sustainability
Decarbonization Strategies and Drivers to Achieve Carbon Neutrality for Sustainability emphasizes the significance of various decarbonization strategies. Sections cover contributions of bioenergy to decarbonization, non-fossil energy targets, the role of wind energy, hydrogen energy, potential of geothermal energy, nuclear energy, wind to energy, role of electrification and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, and […]
Virginia Synod Votes to become LRC partners!
The Virginia Synod has voted in favor of becoming a synod partnered with Lutherans Restoring Creation! Their existing team “Tapestry,” which considers different “threads” of justice in the VA synod, has a “Care for Creation” facet which helped them easily align with LRC values. This resolution re-affirms their commitment to be environmentally friendly stewards of […]
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Air Quality: Two Interrelated Global Challenges
The following comes from “12 must-read open access (OA) books: Tackling urgent global challenges with open access research.“ Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improving Air Quality By Larry E. Erickson and Gary Brase Nominated by: Irma Britton, Senior Editor (Environmental Science and Engineering) “During 17 years with Taylor & Francis, I have published many books on […]
LRC Website Tour
There are so many resources available on our website, sometimes it can be overwhelming! This short tour, offered by our Executive Director, Phoebe Morad, can help familiarize you with how the site is structured so you can find your way around more easily.
Carol Soderholm
Advisor ELCA Pastor for 36 years, now a full-time prairie steward — which basically means seed planter and weed puller. 🙂 Read her story in Living Lutheran: “My Faith Journey: Creation Does Comfort”. Creator of Earth Church. We gather for celebration and thanksgiving in the sanctuary the Creator made — our beautiful, yet now imperiled […]
Alex Egertson
Advisor Alex Egertson is the Director of Sustainability for Lutheran Retreats, Camps & Conferences, an outdoor ministry in Southern California. Based at Luther Glen Farm, Alex spends most of his work days in the beautiful California sunshine growing organic produce and teaching campers and guests about creation care. Alex holds a Master of Arts in […]
2023 Earth Day Worship Materials
Thanks so much for registering to receive the materials that Lutherans Restoring Creations is assembling for use as a full (non-communion) Worship Service on April 23, 2023. We will email you a link to a shared drive by April 9th with all the files to upload (be sure you have info@lutheransrestoringcreation.org saved in your contacts). […]
Creation Care Ministry at Christ the King
Creation Care Ministry at Christ the King
COP27 & You!
While the 27th Conference of Parties at the UN’s Climate Change Conference of 2022 may seem worlds away in Egypt, you and your church have a calling to pray and participate! Below are some ways to engage while the event is going on. Continue to stay engaged with Lutherans Restoring Creation to help your church […]
Special Caring for Creation Celebration (Bethel – WI)
Special Caring for Creation Celebration November 13 and 20