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Survival Is Insufficient – Tom Mundahl's lectionary commentary reflects on the Trinitarian model of “making room.” lutheransrestoringcreation.org/holy-trinity-sunday-year-a-mundahl/
**NEW** Preaching on Creation: Holy Trinity Sunday in Year A (Mundahl)
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Survival Is Insufficient – Tom Mundahl reflects on the Trinitarian model of “making room.” Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for The Holy Trinity, Ye...Gorgeous AND Useful!: www.lutheranworld.org/news/season-creation-2020-celebration-guide-inspire-jubilee-earth
Season of Creation 2020 Celebration Guide to inspire a "Jubilee for the Earth"
The theme for the 2020 Season of Creation is "Jubilee for the Earth" and the Celebration Guide has been released.Consider your voice as public witness:
Navajo Uranium Miners Seek Relief In Next Virus Package - Law360
Bruce Chavez thinks that he is likely to die if he contracts the novel coronavirus. Not only is he vulnerable because of his age, but the Navajo elder has pulmonary fibrosis — a lung disease he says he contracted working in uranium mines in the 1960s.Thank you to the Northern Illinois Synod Creation Care Team for sharing these Season of Creation materials! youtu.be/cN57KgDJCPg
Using Season of Creation Resource
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Introduction to "Let All Things Now Living: A Worship & Preaching Resource for Season of Creation Year A." This resource was developed by the Creation Care C...For those of you who like information all in one place. We hope that this can help in conversations with your green team or at least to help confront frustration-fueled apathy: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/confused-about-our-way-forward/
Confused about our way forward?
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As there has been continuing conversation and controversy emerging since Michael Moore’s film: Planet of the Human, we decided to share some feedback from a fellow Lutheran Restoring Creation...We are inseparable 👣 💕 🌍 - mailchi.mp/a0d8469437e1/we-are-inseparable
Take a walk with Rev. Sarah Locke and her son and remember how connected we are. lutheransrestoringcreation.org/we-are-inseparable/
While the ELCA has not officially joined the many other religious groups who commit to divesting from fossil fuels, there are various ways our grassroots expressions have joined this effort. Lutherans Restoring Creation wants to do more. Will you join us? lutheransrestoringcreation.org/lutheran-responses-to-fossil-fuel-dependency/
Lutheran Responses to Fossil Fuel Dependency
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Some of us bemoan the fact that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has not committed to entirely divest from fossil fuels as many others have (see latest cohort of 42 religious institutions...Rostered leaders in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
watching #homiletics2020: Did you know that you can opt out of funding things like oil companies through Portico Benefits?
Lutherans Restoring Creation helped make that happen. Find out more information here: www.porticobenefits.org/Overview/ReponsibleInvesting/SocialPurposeFunds
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Through the ELCA Pension and Other Benefits Program, Portico strives to empower members to live well for life — physically, financially, and emotionally. By living well as whole people of God, we can better enhance the lives of others — doing God’s work in Christ’s name for the sake of the w...If you’re tuning in to the Festival of Homiletics this week, be sure to catch Katharine Hayhoe’s lecrion today at 1pm called “Christians and Climate Change.”
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Why do we do this work? Why would it be a part of our Lutheran identity?
Lutherans Restoring Creation | Freedom of a Christian
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Hear from LRC board member, Pastor Sarah Locke, about what it means to be a Christian freed in Christ, working toward the reconciliation of all creation.Thank you Josh Thede from the Central States LRC Mission Table - a great example of taking our faith-as-foundation movement into the larger movement in this interview with Climate Council of Greater Kansas City
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Lutherans Restoring Creation - Josh Thede Interview
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Interview by Bob Grove. LutheransRestoringCreation.org/This is such a GIFT! Thanks to Wartburg Theological Seminary for sharing this entire conference and clearly organizing these videos for so many to use and learn from. (Creation Care Teams - how about forming an online learning group with this material?) www.wartburgseminary.edu/creation-in-crisis
Creation in Crisis Conference Details - Wartburg Seminary
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The Creation in Crisis: Science and Theology Respond Conference focused on the urgent environmental crisis facing humanity and our entire planet. We were privileged to welcome Nalini Nadkarni, Cornelia Mutel, and Larry Rasmussen as our keynote presenters and panelists. Each brought insightful perspe..."Jesus didn't mind getting his hands dirty" - DePasquale⛪🏦🏠 - mailchi.mp/884317ab9a1e/may2020callreminder-3964761
Consider how we can learn and grow during this crisis. Connections, Comparisons & Lessons Hear a variety of perspectives - thanks UCC for gathering this group of theologians!
Thanks to Deacon Steve Beumer and the community of St. John's Lutheran Church Winter Park FL for sharing their Earth Day worship! Check out the creative way they got online viewers to participate real-time (~minute 19):
Advocacy or Politics? Call Reminder & Upcoming Events 🍄📊🔊 - mailchi.mp/d90d9adbe5f1/may2020callreminder
"And in the meantime, we remember that not everything has changed. This is still God’s world. God loves this world. God comes to be present in all the moments of life. Jesus cannot be put back in the tomb. The Spirit is on the loose, breathing life." Thanks Pr. Utphall for this timely commentary - not just for Earth Week:
Second and Third Sundays of Easter (April 19 & 26, 2020) in Year A (Utphall)
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Needing New Life: Nick Utphall reflects on Easter, Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, and coronavirus. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for Second Sunday of Easter,...This new video series from the NE MN EcoFaith Network is AMAZING - rich with a calling and yet soothes the spirit. Izzy Laderman, youth climate activist speaks directly to the points made by the last voice shared (Ulysses Burley III).
Moment's of Arising; Earth Day ~ Our Moment to Arise
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Around the world, youth and young adults are urging us to heed the climate emergency -- for the sake of their future, those who are marginalized, and all life on...We are blessed to have many voices from our church community who lift up Creation Care for the sake of all. Every day we will try to reverberate others' celebration and concern - please keep sharing! Thank you Ulysses Burley III:
Thank you to Young Adult Ministries, Wartburg, and ELCA Advocacy for this resource!
What does Creation Care have to do with loving all of our neighbors? How do we ACT in the public sphere? Get on this call (or watch the link they send later).#EAD2020 is offering a free ZOOM Webinar on Monday, April 27, 1pm EDT / 10 am PDT! Sign up to hear from Archbishop Mark MacDonald, Dr. Betty Holly, Shantha Ready Alonso, and Leslie Woods. Register here-- zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zXcZqQChQ7GflcAmlKRPgA
Thanks to U.P. Wild Church for Good Green News & a calling: Earth Day Prayer Service (PS - any day is good for this!) youtu.be/5v9TWNOdRAw
Please add to our "Thank You Card" Happy #EarthDay lutheransrestoringcreation.org/inspirations-and-gratitude-a-thank-you-card-for-gods-good-earth/
Still working on your sermon for Sunday? Check out some of the reflections from Nick Utphall: lutheransrestoringcreation.org/third-sunday-easter-year-a-utphall/
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Needing New Life: Nick Utphall reflects on Easter, Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, and coronavirus. Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary Readings for Second Sunday of Easter,...Shout out to the Earth! 📢🐝🐬🌻🌲🌃 - mailchi.mp/f325cc4fda2f/junegoodgreennews-3944593