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Upcoming Connections Call: A Spectrum of Tools to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9/28)
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What are all* the tools we, as ELCA churches and individual members, bring to the table to achieve 50% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030?
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. Check it out below: ![]()
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Season of Creation Sunset Prayer Service
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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 dedic...
You’re not going to want to miss this opportunity! Creation Care Ambassador Certification Training is where you can learn to engage your congregations and congregants, colleagues, the public and policy makers to inspire climate solutions that help protect our families and communities now, and ensure a prosperous, just and secure future. Don’t miss out on this training and register today! ![]()
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“God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday is today! This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor.![]()
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Service activities offer an opportunity for us to explore one of our most basic convictions as Lutherans: that all of life in Jesus Christ – every act of service, in every daily calling, in every corner of life – flows freely from a living, daring confidence in God’s grace.![]()
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Share your pictures of your service activities below!
Tomorrow is God's Work, Our Hands Sunday! What do you have planned? What will your congregation be doing to care for creation? We'd love to hear your stories!
How have your plans to integrate creation care in your congregation’s life been working out? Did you complete an Action Plan? Are you celebrating the Season of Creation? Have you started a Green Team? Stay connected & share updates to keep momentum! We want to help celebrate and share advice on challenges. Take a stroll through the stories shared by other members below, or add your own story by completing the form at this link: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/profiles-in-action/
Did you know that we have a map of all of the Care for Creation Ministries we have encountered through this work? Check it out at this link, and if you have a ministry that should be added to the map, fill out the form or message us! lutheransrestoringcreation.org/map-of-lrc-care-for-creation-ministries/
Need a Bible study for your church this week? Check out this one that emphasizes living water... gather some folks via Zoom, or gather as a family to worship God. lutheransrestoringcreation.org/water-living-water-bible-study/
Interested in what the larger church is doing in creation care? Check out this interview with Bishop Eaton and drop your questions for her below: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/2021-interview-with-bishop-eaton/
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Listen to Bishop Elizabeth Eaton be interviewed by Board Members of Lutherans Restoring Creation.
A great way to get more connected with creation care work is through our Connection Calls. Check out the recordings of our previous Connection Calls and mark your calendar for the next one: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/connections-calls/
Did you know that some of the most important work our congregations can do in creation care is advocacy? ![]()
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We seek to change the systems that foster the degradation of creation and to rectify the injustices that result from it through advocacy. And we seek to alert our members to environmental legislation that protects creation and to encourage their active participation in the development of public policy. We encourage members to engage in civic activities that foster ecological health. ![]()
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Because we desire to leave Earth a better place for our children, we will promote love and respect for creation among our youth, teach them responsible Earth practices, and engage them in projects that restore creation. We will pursue this mission in a grace-filled manner, seeking to find hope and joy in the commitments and sacrifices these provisions may entail and in the restorations they engender. We seek to let our care for creation be known to others. ![]()
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Feeling like your congregation might want to get more involved in caring for creation? Already caring for creation and want to learn how to take the next step? You’re not alone. At Lutherans Restoring Creation, we have tons of resources to help your congregation and community commit to creation care in practical, theological, and impactful ways. Check out how to get started here: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/what-can-we-do/
A personal covenant with creation can be a great place to start in your journey to better honor God’s creation. Even small steps like reducing your own household’s carbon footprint can be the type of discipleship that truly shapes our lives and our theology. What about just for today-- can you go through the whole day without creating any waste? Or perhaps take note of how many resources and energy you’re using for the next 6 hours. lutheransrestoringcreation.org/personal-discipleship/personal-covenant-with-creation/
Personal Covenant with Creation
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Make a personal covenant with creation to live green, click here to complete an online form, your own personal covenant with creation.
Why do Lutherans care about creation? Good question! And it’s one that we get a lot! Here are ten reasons Lutheran care for all creation: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/top-10-reasons-why-lutherans-care-for-all-creation/
Season of Creation begins today! We are also twelve days away from God’s Work, Our Hands Sunday! Throughout the month, we will highlight different ways you and your congregation can celebrate the season and we hope that you will share with us your stories and ministries that highlight care for creation. Need some ideas on how to get started? Be sure you connect with us throughout the month: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/connect-with-us/
Connect with Lutherans Who are caring for creation!
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Connect with other caring for creation Lutherans by joining one of our monthly Connections Calls, sharing your stories in our Good Green News emails (be sure to sign up as a friend of LRC to receive t...
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What kind of evidence does it require to get a widely used chemical banned? A professor of medicine and former state regulator explains how the case for chlorpyrifos as a threat to public health devel...
The Lord's Prayer adapted from The New Zealand Book of Prayer | He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa. This version of the Lord’s prayer was influenced by Maori theologians.
This is how one church is recognizing Season of Creation - how will your community? Follow our page from 9/1 thru Oct 4th as we highlight all of stories/resources we hear from you!
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Good Laws or Pure Persons? – Amy Carr reflects on the nature of pollution.![]()
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**NEW** Preaching on Creation: Sunday August 28 - September 3 in Year B (Carr21)
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Creation care commentary and ecotheology on year B lectionary readings for Sunday August 28 - September 3 after Pentecost.
Add to your calendar now. Take the time to let your voices be heard (and learn how to make it have a broader impact). Remember we are all in this together: creationjustice.salsalabs.org/actforcreation
Register to Act for Creation, Act for Justice!
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Join us for a day of action to ask our congressional leaders to invest in climate action and creation justice!
August is almost over - have you written your letters yet? Called your reps to thank or encourage them? Great step-by-step resources here thanks to BlessedTomorrow #MomentUs #MakeAugustRecessCountCongress is headed home for recess. When they return, they will make the most important decisions yet for our climate & future. Call on Congress to cut emissions, restore nature & prioritize justice, now. bit.ly/2FW08zo #MomentUs #MakeAugustRecessCount
Prayers for all actions rooted in love during this week's resistance to broken treaties and the continued disregard for human rights to clean water. Read, learn, share and make yourself heard to your leaders. www.treatiesnottarsands.com/
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The action will be on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - shortly before Enbridge is scheduled to finish construction of Line 3. All are invited to gather for a huge day of ceremony, solidarity, and action t...