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Worship Type: Liturgies & prayers

Worship library filter value. Liturgies, prayers, petitions, litanies, and worship-planning helps for adding creation language to a service.

The Via Creationis

A hand holds a wooden cross and rosary among pink roses in golden light.

Thank you to Laudato Si’ Movement for this text and St. John’s Lutheran in Reedsburg for adapting it! The Via Creationis — the Way of Creation — is a contemplative journey through the great mystery of God’s creative work. You may be familiar with a  Via Crucis service which leads us through the mystery of […]

Eco-Wedding Liturgy: Ideas for a Creation-Centered Wedding Ceremony

Two gold wedding bands rest on the tip of a branch with a few leaves.

Thank you to the Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade (lschade@lextheo.edu) and The Rev. Melissa Frantz, Associate Pastor of Daytona Beach Drive-in Christian Church, as well as the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development! “For couples wanting to have a “green wedding,” there are many websites that provide ideas about how to reduce their carbon footprint and […]

Wildnerness Ordination

A priest reading from a book outdoors with congregants nearby

We are so blessed by the work of Rev. Kaylie H. Ines. Please use this free “Wilderness Ordination” for any ordination you find appropriate. Download Wilderness Ordination here!

A Petition for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year C

Prayer Petitions by Pastor Ingrid Arneson Rasmussen Our distorted understanding of dominion has caused us to forget that everything—even the planet’s last speck of dust—is imbued with your radiant presence. Quiet us, that we may hear the valleys and the mountains and the hills announcing your prophetic vision—a vision that always chooses mutuality over force […]

Sowing the Seeds of Transformation (prayer)

Person holding a handful of soil with a small green seedling growing from it

This prayer was created for use during the March against Fossil Fuels: (September 17, 2023) but can be used for any occasion where people of faith gather to pray for a healthier future for all. Use the #nofaithinfossilfuels and record yourself, your congregation/youth group/green team/etc. sharing this prayer and connect with one another to usher […]

A Petition for the First Sunday of Advent, Year C

Prayer Petition by Pastor Ingrid Arneson Rasmussen Even now, our common home is unfolding. The sun is climbing, the seas are churning, clouds are flying. These are signs that, in your love, you are always summoning creation into dynamic life. Stir in us anew; draw us into your perfect movement.

A Petition for the Advent, Year C

A Prayer for the Season—From “On Care for Our Common Home” (Please note: Language has been changed for the sake of inclusivity.) O God, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future, for the coming of your commonwealth of justice, peace, love, and beauty. […]

“A Lutheran Wave of Prayer for Creation and Justice”

A large ocean wave cresting under a sunset sky with clouds

These resources were used in Greenfaith’s 2021 “Sacred Day of Action” in a collaboration of many faith background to raise awareness about climate justice. With these prayers and opportunities for education, advocacy, and action, we hope to empower and embolden our communities to live out our faithful call to care for Creation. Download available in […]

5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day as Church

View of Earth from space showing North and South America

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 […]

Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices

LENTEN FAST FOR EARTH 2026 Lent is a time of drawing closer to God. One way to do so is to embrace our role as both "stewards of Creation" and a beloved part of God's Creation! This fast includes actions each day that help us right our relationship with Creation. Each day of the week is themed to help you engage in a variety of ways. May doing so draw you closer to God and God's beautiful Creation! *Days with asterisks correlate with a resource on the last page.* + SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SABBATH SUNDAYS "The Lord replied My Presence will ao with vou, and / will givě you rest."" -Exodus 33:14 Much of our climate problem in connected to our hyper- consumption and need to extract. On Sundays, we will prioritize simplicity, rest and love of Creation. These days restore us for what comes ahead. "MAKE 'EM HEAR YOU" MONDAYS "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairv; defend the riahts of t the poor and needy. Proverbs 37.8-9 What we do for Creation is strengthened by policy that supports it. We will use Mondays to raise our voice and faithfully advocate for God's vision of Shalom. "TRY IT" TUESDAYS "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceivé it? 1 am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV On Tuesdays we focus on actións that limit our harm and may be a bit uncomfortable or new. We will try it out with an open mind and heart. WASTELESS WEDNESDAYS Keep vour life free from love of monev, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "l will never leave you nor forsake vou. Hebrews 13:5 On Wednesdays, we focus on reducing excess waste or resources, and energy. We reduce ur need and reinvest the byproducts--instead of mindlessly disregarding "THINK BIGGER" THURSDAYS "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and aood works, not neglecting to meet togefher, as is the habit of some but encouraging one another.. Hebrews 10:24-25 On Thursdays, we orient ourselves towards community and systems of change. Our individual actions annot chand uch. buttodethe our impact is hugel FOOD SYSTEM FRIDAYS "In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of plenty and hunger, facinabundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:11-13 Food is an area where households can make the greatest impact in reducing emissions. On ridays, we explor our place in thi system and reduce ' SUSTAINABLE HABITS SATURDAYS "Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let vour speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person."- Colossians 4:5 On Saturdays, we do the work of analyzing and planning our work in the week, being proactiv bout our habits remove one light bulb in your home and live without it during Lent as a reminder of your Carbon Fast. 19 Find a organization for Creation Care near you. Replace one action on this calendar with an event of theirs. 20 Prioritize a fair-trade coffee, tea or snack today. Identify your 21 Climate Superpower(s) on jointheshift.earth/ guide/ Review the upcoming Lenten actions and replace one with the highest-impact action from the quiz. Rest from despair. 22: Take time today to remember why you fight for Creation. Imagine, maybe using art or writing, the future world where "we get it right." 23; Download "5 calls app." It will help you make advocacy calls on upcoming Mondays. Dont use ChatGPT. 24 Gemini, or other "generative Al' today. These sytems can use around 33 times more energy to complete a task than task-specific software would. 25 To begin your fast, remove one light bulb in your home and live without it during Lent as a reminder of your Carbon Fast. Over 40% of the us 26 carbon footprint is from the making of, moving, & disposing of single-use items. Commit to using glassware & cloth napkins/towels at home. 27: Plan for a conversation with someone you think might be interested in doing more for Earth with you. 28 Put your food scraps to use! Try composting-even in winter!

During the season of Lent (or any other time of introspection), share these resources with your Bible Study group, Worship committee, Youth Group, Church Council or just for your own personal Lenten journey: Print out +/or share day-to-day tools: Check out the updated 2026 Lenten Fast for Earth Calendar Lenten Toolkit by Creation Justice Ministries […]

Creation reorientation: Liturgy to Reconcile People and Planet

"Creation Reorientation: Liturgy to Reconcile People and Planet" title graphic with decorative flourishes

(Click here to download this document.) For updated Worship Materials explore our Season of Creation post  – click here.  Created by Bridget Jones in 2018 as part of her Masters of Divinity program at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (Environmental Emphasis) Introduction As the climate warms, sea levels rise, forests are decimated, and numerous species […]

Prayers for Leadership on Climate Change

Aerial photo of the COP24 climate conference venue in Katowice, 2018

Representative, Ruth Ivory-Moore (Advocacy Energy & Environment) from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America joined the COP24 (the 24th Conference of the Parties) in Katowice, Poland.  Light For Katowice 2018 >> Click here to download an easy-to-use copy of the prayer booklet. Thanks to Lisa Brenskelle from the Christ the King Church in Houston Texas for […]

Litany for our Personal Covenant with Creation

L: For the marvelous grace of your Creation, we pour out our thanks to You, our God. C: We praise you, O Lord for plants growing in earth and water, for life inhabiting lakes and seas, for life creeping in soils and land, for creatures living in wetlands and waters, for life flying above earth […]

Worshiping with Creation

We have traditionally done worship focusing on our human relationship with God and our human relationships with each other. Now we need to fill our worship also with elements of God’s relationship with all of creation and with our human relationship with creation (and with God in creation). Here are some suggestions for how to integrate creation fully […]

Liturgy for Earthkeeping

A core mission of Lutheran higher education is the integration of faith and learning in service of the common good. In that spirit a liturgy for the broader church was commissioned in honor of Luther’s sesquicentennial. It is a collaborative project between Dakota Road Music and Luther College Ministries. The Liturgy for Earthkeeping is being […]