This ELCA seminary section’s goal is to prepare leaders for the ELCA who will offer care-for-creation leadership in ELCA congregations and other institutions and in their communities and the larger world.
We seek to:
- Provide eco-resources and ideas for the full life and mission of seminaries.
- Sponsor an LRC Seminary Networking group.
- Offer news, highlights, and stories of seminary events and developments.
- Link with other like-minded groups.
Please join us as partners to help to make this happen! And, keep checking back below as we are currently adding to this list.
What Can We Do?
Food – Faith – Farming
Continuing Ed. & Online Learning Opportunities in Eco-Theology and Environmental Justice
Tools for Talking and Listening
Lenten Resource: Carbon Fast Calendar
Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices
Awakening to God’s Call to Earthkeeping
Devotional resources for use with the Bible and nature
Bible verses on nature and care for creation
Creating An Action Plan
What Do We Know About Carbon Pricing and How is it Part of a Just Transition?
A Theology of Liturgy in a New Key: Worshiping With Creation
This is Church and You Are Needed Inside & Out
Lutherans Restoring Creation Trainings (video playlist)
Lutherans Restoring Creation’s YouTube channel & playlists
Voices from the ELCA – Caring for Creation Today
Ten Reasons Why Lutherans Care for All Creation
How Do We Truly Commit to the Earth Charter?
17 Ways to be an EcoPreacher
Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus (2020)
Saving Us, Katharine Hayhoe
Rooted & Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis (2019)
Larry Rasmussen’s Lecture for the Bonhoeffer Lectures in Public Ethics at Union Seminary
Lutheran Study Guide to Pope Francis’ Letter on Climate Change
What Every Seminarian Should Learn about Caring for Creation
Sing Out! Celebrating with Creation: Songs in Support of Ongoing Earth-Care
Toward a Better Worldliness: Ecology, Economy, and the Protestant Tradition
Companion Sites
Sacraments and Creation
Getting Started, First Steps
Energy Stewardship
Certificate in Climate Justice & Faith at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Eco-Resources for Your Synod Gatherings
Lenten Resource: Carbon Fast Calendar
Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices
Water discipleship tool for Congregations!
Creation Care Congregation: Building and Grounds Ideas
Creating An Action Plan
EPA’s Energy Star Congregation’s Guide
Urban Farm on Seminary Campus
What Do We Know About Carbon Pricing and How is it Part of a Just Transition?
Lutherans Restoring Creation’s YouTube channel & playlists
How Do We Truly Commit to the Earth Charter?
Companion Sites
Green Teams
Action Plan Ideas
Creation Care Congregation: Personal Discipleship Ideas
Checklist for Energy Savings Room by Room
Coming Home To Earth
The Nature of Things: Rediscovering the Spiritual in God’s Creation
Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath
Valparaiso University shares tips about how to reuse plastic bags!
Growing a garden church from food scraps and compost
Living the Change: A Tool Connected to Many Faiths
Tools for Talking and Acting on Climate with Faith-based Language
The Green Foundation of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg