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 […]
Parable of the Sower (1993)
Octavia E. Butler’s dystopian tale offers a wealth to the imagination for any Bible Study/Creation Care team to wrestle with. Even though she wrote this in 1993, the prophetic warnings are more vivid during the COVID/Climate Chaos era. (Read Slate article here.) From amazon’s post: “This first Earthseed novel by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler […]
Did God Create the Universe? (2019)
By Rev. Carmelo Santos, Ph.D. Find out more directly at: GodandtheBrain.com “Where does God live?” Has your child ever asked a tough question about life or faith that requires you to explain how your beliefs fit with modern day science? This devotional book for children is unique because it is authored by a mainline protestant […]
Saving Us, Katharine Hayhoe
We have been grateful for the shared knowledge and experience shared by climate scientist and fellow person of faith, Katharine Hayhoe. Her voice has been a part of many Lutherans Restoring Creation trainings (Climate Weirding series is especially useful, like: If I just explain the facts, they’ll get it right?”) Now, we recommend her newest […]
Church Spotlight: St. Philip’s Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Gas & Electric partnered with the ELCA’s oldest African American congregation on its energy work.
What Can We Do?
AFFIRM: Personally, with your church council, or entire synod, review our ELCA’s 1993 call to action and commit to engaging in steps to live into that calling. Ask your Church Council to consider how Creation Care can fit into the context of your church community. This Convenant is an easy way to do that, with background […]
ELCA World Hunger Offers Vacation Bible School Resources
This vacation Bible school program, “River of Life,” focuses on the importance of water, highlighting how ELCA World Hunger is working with our neighbors around the world on clean-water projects. Download here: VBS_River_of_Life_2021 Visit (click here) ELCA’s World Hunger list of VBS resources with many integrations of Creation Care for All.
How Do We Truly Commit to the Earth Charter?
During the 2019 Churchwide Assembly the ELCA voted to officially sign onto the principals of the Earth Charter. How does the Earth Charter fit into what ELCA has already committed to do and our way forward? (Click and share one-pager created by ELCA) Now what? How do we all make sure we live this out? […]
2016 Churchwide Assembly Passes Memorial To Move Towards A Responsible Energy Future
On August 13, 2016, after days of conversation, discernment, and prayer, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted to pass the memorial Toward a Responsible Energy Future. A grassroots divestment coalition had brought together several synod memorials, working through the proper parliamentary process to bring an amended version to the floor for a vote. 2016 Churchwide Assembly […]
Moments of Arising – Video Series
A Video Series by the EcoFaith Network, NE MN Synod Listen with us to the haunting Easter hymn, Now the Green Blade Rises, Look with us throughout this Jubilee year of Earth Day for the green blades rising in and for a wounded creation.
Food – Faith – Farming
Food is a great connector; we all eat. Many of our siblings in the ELCA are farmers or live in farming communities sustain us all! How can we make connections between the important work of farmers, the faithful love of land and earth, and the way we consume and distribute food? Learn: Why farming, soil, […]
5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day as Church
Integrate Creation Care elements into your worship service: See LRC’s Earth Sunday (Third Sunday of Easter) Worship Guide. view or incorporate our past Earth Day worship virtual services, get inspiration from our partners at Creation Justice Ministries, or simply worship outside! Get involved with the National Faith + Climate Forum Ask your Church Council to […]
Augustana University Outdoor Classroom
Augustana University students gained the benefit of learning outside with the addition of a new outdoor classroom on campus. The classroom was finished in time for use by classes this past fall. An anonymous sustainability grant funded the project. David O’Hara, Augustana’s director of sustainability, led the project because of the benefits it can provide to the students and […]
Dendroecology Research Lab at Carthage College
Human activities are profoundly changing natural communities across landscapes at rapid and accelerating rates. Sustainability research through the Geography and Earth Science Department’s Dendroecology Research Lab at Carthage College is helping to predict the fate of these ecosystems, particularly in the face of novel disturbance regimes and a changing climate. Biogeographic research at Carthage College funded by […]
Creation Care Ambassador Program
Since 2020 ELCA and ecoAmerica’s Blessed Tomorrow have trained over 300 members to reach out to their faith community in order to activate congregations to work towards climate solutions in their areas. There are dozens of certified Ambassadors ready to share their new skills and resources with your church and community. All “Certified Ambassadors” who […]
Wagner College Introduces Environmental Studies Major
This fall, Wagner College will begin offering a new major in Environmental Studies, building on the strength of its existing minor in Environmental Studies. “We have a number of students interested in serving others and making the world a better place,” explained Celeste Marie Gagnon, head of the Anthropology Department. “This major equips students like that to […]
Deaconess Katrina Martich
Advisor Katrina Martich is a deaconess, speaker, and consultant. Through her Living Connected project, she serves congregations and people of faith who want to develop creation care as a spiritual discipline woven through all they do. Her writing is available on her Facebook page and blog. Katrina is a consecrated deaconess by the Lutheran Diaconal […]
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 hope, gain strength, and make a difference. Find a tool below to help celebrate God’s gifts to us! Download (Click Here) the information shared from Portico and Lutherans Restoring Creation at Churchwide Assembly 2019 to […]