How does LRC support outdoor ministries?
We have three purposes:
- To offer stories and reports about ELCA camps and retreat centers care for Earth.
- To provide resources to foster a comprehensive approach to care for creation.
— In the programs and activities for participants
— In the treatment of your buildings and grounds as model for creation-care. - To promote networking among the ELCA outdoor ministry sites.
The following are some items that may be of interest for outdoor ministries:
Let’s Talk! video interview with Lisa Dahill
Paul Santmire talks with Lisa Dahill, the Miriam Therese Winter Chair for Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Director of the Center ...
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 ...
God in Forests: Who is Jesus for Chipmunks?
A Service In and For the Forests - Feel free to share this worship service or get ideas - we ...
Microscopic – Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise
Micro-Creation Service Bulletin - Click here - free to share! (wonderful readings, music, etc.) Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House ...
Water discipleship tool for Congregations!
Vermont Lutheran Church partners with Interfaith Power & Light to Share the Various Ways to Revere Water: In 2018, Vermont ...
Native Land Acknowledgment: Processes to Heal, Steps to Restore
As we live, work, and worship in the land that is now called the United States, Lutherans Restoring Creation recognizes ...
Intro Webinar for Congregations Making a Covenant with Creation
"Creation Care" is more than just "being green." Integrating a lens of eco-justice is not only critical in order to ...
Russ Senti
Russ Senti served as the inaugural Board of Directors President of Lutherans Restoring Creation from 2016-2021. Russ has been involved ...
Alex Egertson
Alex Egertson is the Director of Sustainability for Lutheran Retreats, Camps & Conferences, an outdoor ministry in Southern California. Based ...
Earth Examen (Youth & Adult versions)
The Earth Examen practice does not require any special place or expertise. This is just a method for truly taking ...
Soil & Spirit (VBS from South Minneapolis Day Camp)
Check out the great ideas from this mostly virtual VBS program and imagine how they can work in your context! ...
Central States Synod Gather Again & Again!
From idea to team to movement: Central States Green Team Central States Synod voted to become a Lutherans Restoring Creation ...
Sing Out! Celebrating with Creation: Songs in Support of Ongoing Earth-Care
Sing Out! Songs written to known melodies, for use in association with the Eco-Reformation, the Season of Creation, or occasions for ...
Pacific Lutheran University: The Fred L. Tobiason Outdoor Learning Center – A Habitat Restoration Project
The Habitat Restoration Project is a student-led project that seeks to restore habitat south of the University Center and on ...
Reflections from The Bible to the Frontlines – Stony Point Retreat Center, August 2019
Lutherans Restoring Creation partnered with Presbyterians for Earth Care for their bi-annual conference at Stony Point Retreat Center in NY ...
Let All Creation Praise! – companion site
Our ecumenical companion site, www.LetAllCreationPraise.org , is maintained by long-time supporter and fellow Lutheran restoring creation, Nick Utphall. This site ...
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 ...
YOUTH: How can YOUR decisions impact your global neighbor?
While the following pledge form was originally poised to the hundreds of Lutheran youth attending the 2018 Gathering in Houston, ...
Connecting Science, Faith & Service Ideas
Below are some ideas to combine your faith-fueled passion for Creation Care while learning about science and helping the wider ...