Plastic Pollution
Plastics have been around for around 100 years, but the their exponential use in the past century has serious consequences for all of creation. It’s in our water, our landfills and even in our bodies. Plastics, particularly single-use plastic, threatens the environment at every stage of its lifecycle, from production to disposal. As people of faith, […]
Nature-Based Solutions
This interview led by ELCA’s Sustainability Associate, Adele Bodog, follows Donna Pellegrin Permaculture design certificate holder, who uses her certification to conduct work on her church’s property and Larry Herrold, a second-year seminarian at United Lutheran Seminary, as they discuss their experience in Permaculture and steps to designing and financing food forests.
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! Be sure to share/learn some of the American Sign Language that goes along with each video. Thanks to all the co-sponsoring organizations that made this Day Camp possible – as a resource then and as […]
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 […]
Perspectives on Animals as Food
July 2021 Connections Call Recording & Related Resources: Hear as Sarah & Brandon Bowers describe their methods of raising animals as food and reflect on their experiences as family on a farm. Listen for their perspectives as this is a ministry of stewardship education: Telling someone to give up that burger in their hand seems […]
Stewarding your Church “Property” as an Earth Community
by David Rhoads I recently participated in the spring convocation at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (April, 2012). The convocation centered on the theme of “Getting Green Faithfully,” and it included such notable speakers as Gil Waldkoenig (Professor of Church in Society at Gettysburg), Cynthia Moe-Lobeda (Professor of Environmental Studies, Theology, and Religious Studies […]
Water discipleship tool for Congregations!
Vermont Lutheran Church partners with Interfaith Power & Light to Share the Various Ways to Revere Water: In 2018, Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) joined with local organizations to create a model for watershed stewardship, based on the experience of Ascension Lutheran Church in South Burlington, Vermont. The Reverend Dr. Nancy Wright, pastor of […]
Planning and Carrying Out Green Events
LRC & ELCA are in the process of developing a holistic event guide (click here – continually updated) to ensure our events are getting better and better for people & the planet. Explore the work in progress linked above and see below for another great overview from the past: Guidelines for Ecologically Responsible Events* *Prepared […]
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 appreciate acknowledgement! Click here to download bulletin. Pentecost Creation/Forest — July 15, 2018 Homily by Pastor Susan Henry, House of Prayer Lutheran Church Who Is Jesus for Chipmunks? For maybe twenty-five years, I’ve mulled over […]
Water: “Living Water” Bible Study
•Opening Prayer: Gracious God, we thank you for your many gifts, and especially for the gift of water that sustains all of life. Bless us as we hear your word, like a spring to our lives of faith. Amen. •Reading: Psalm 104:10-15. Read aloud three times, hearing from different voices. •Discussion: -How are God, water, and life interrelated? […]
Know trash? No trash! Try this youth program!
Put on a youth program about Trash! How well do you know your trash? How can your youth group become more eco-friendly on the congregational level? Lutherans Restoring Creation and Lutheran Community Foundation (now Thrivent Charitable Impact) worked together to provide an exhibit about Trash at the National Youth Gathering. Would you like to host a […]