Lutherans Restoring Creation

Our beloved executive director writes about how "Through creation, God reminds us of our honorable duty to act as a parent rather than manipulator..."

Sign up for an author discussion about the chapter I co-authored with Catalina Morales Bahena, "Reclaiming 'Enough': Away from Scarcity toward True Abundance" in the book Hungry for Hope (Eerdmans 2025). March 31, virtual. Also, check the link for a great Discussion Toolkit for use with groups.

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Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices 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 j...

Our Lent resources are updated, including our Fast for Earth Calendar with one action item per day! See it and more at: bit.ly/earthlent #CreationCare @elcalutherans.bsky.social #ELCA

Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices As we prepare for the season of Lent, share these resources with your Bible Study group, Worship committee, Church Council or just for your own personal Lenten journey:

Wonderful ideas shared by @lutheransrc.bsky.social "Ways to Integrate Creation Care in your Lenten Practices" Check out the "Lenten Fast for Earth" calendar! lutheransrestoringcreation.org/ways-to-inte...

Beautiful sunrise or sunset, the sun is just peeking out above the horizon, glowing on the clouds above. There’s a long expensive wheatfield with a dirt road on the side heading towards the Sun. The text reads: "The land is not just a resource to be stewarded. Land is a member of the family." -Pr. Lee Gable of Fredsville Lutheran Church

Starting off the year right by sharing good green news from Fredsville Lutheran! This is a church in a farming community that is caring for farmland, restoring prairies and even has solar! bit.ly/fredsvilleland

Top 10 Social Issues In Mainline Protestant Sermons, 2024-25 Study shows race, economic issues, and environment topped social issues in mainline Protestant sermons in 2024-25.

Here is the list of top ten social issues for U.S. mainline preachers in 2024-25. Which topics did you hear (or preach) in sermons this past year? @patheos.com www.patheos.com/blogs/ecopre...

Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Calling all ELCA creation care leaders who want be in community, revitalize their organizing and take creation JOY back to their home network!

What do you want to see Multiply? Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Jan 23-25th, 2026 Lutheridge Camp in Arden, North Carolina
#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
lutheransrestoringcreation.org/2026-lrc-gat...

A silhouette of a hand holding a sparkler like you would use in a dark summer night. The text reads: On the longest night of the year, can you be a light?

Happy Solstice! These dark days are holy, giving us time to rest, recover and dream.

A background of snow covered conifer branches, the text reads “LRC keeps me going- the people, the mission and the resources! -Noni, KS”

Please consider including Lutherans Restoring Creation in your year-end giving!
bit.ly/LRCSupport

May our prayers call us to action - to bring about God's love and peace in our homes, communities, and world. Find this week's prayer message from the NW Washington Synod of the ELCA here conta.cc/3L8KhPu

The ELCA's call to "Care for Creation" - Living Lutheran The ELCA’s social statement "Caring for Creation" can motivate and equip us to think and talk together about climate change.

Thank you to @kevinjamesobrien.bsky.social for this excellent piece in Living Lutheran. "'Caring for Creation' also insists that climate change and other environmental problems are about justice..." Read it here: www.livinglutheran.org/2025/03/the-... @lutheransrc.bsky.social

Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Calling all ELCA creation care leaders who want be in community, revitalize their organizing and take creation JOY back to their home network!

What do you want to see Multiply? Lutherans (who are) Restoring Creation Gather: Jan 23-25th, 2026 Lutheridge Camp in Arden, North Carolina
#ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation #CreationCare #EcoJustice @elcalutherans.bsky.social
lutheransrestoringcreation.org/2026-lrc-gat...

The text reads: Blessing of the Animals, Tuesday October 21st 8pm EST. On a yellow splash on a beige background, a collage of dogs, cats and chickens is overlayed.

We are ONE WEEK away from our Blessing of the Animals! This is fun and free event will kick off our Fall *Fun*draiser. Register: bit.ly/blessing-paws

In a time of full of fear, it is all the more important to lean into our community and those who brings us joy. Come restore and be restored 🐾💕

On the left is a picture of Jane Goodall from Amy Martin Photography. She is an elderly white woman with a slight smile. The text reads: "The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves," attributed to Dame Jane Goodall, born 1934 and died 2025.

We give thanks for the life of Dr. Jane Goodall, lover and protector of Creation.

BUILDING A MORAL ECONOMY A conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 9/30 5PM PT/8PM ET bit.ly/moral-economy Photo of an older woman with shoulder length hair and glasses, smiling. The background around the text is dark purple. Logos from Creation Justice Ministries, Center for Climate Justice & Faith, Lutherans Restoring Creation, and Blessed Tomorrow are at the bottom.

September 30, "Building a Moral Economy" An online conversation with Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobedo 5pm PT/8pm ET bit.ly/moral-economy hosted in partnership with Creation Justice Ministries, the Center for Climate Justice and Faith, and Blessed Tomorrow

Almost 10,000 people of faith submitted comments to the EPA, urging them not to rescind the Endangerment Finding. Tomorrow, 9/17, there will be an in-person, multi-faith effort to hand-deliver these comments to the EPA. Learn more about this opportunity for action and prayer at bit.ly/EPADelivery

Season of Creation: Focusing Worship on God as Creator The Season of Creation is typically celebrated from the beginning of September until St. Francis of Assisi Day. We offer creation focused commentaries for every week and lectionary cycle, but what abo...

🍃We're one week away!
The Season of Creation runs from Sept 1-Oct 4; how your church is recognizing this special time. Share your photos and stories with us!

Find ideas here: bit.ly/CreationSeason #SeasonOfCreation

Start SINGing: Spirituality in Nature Group Leaders’ Training | CtrforSpiritinNature Spirituality in Nature Groups are wonderful outlets for community building, deepening spiritual engagement, and connecting deeply with the natural world. Join us for a detailed, accessible workshop on...

🌿 Discover how to create a Spirituality in Nature Group (SING) in your community! This workshop will inspire connection, practice, and care for Creation.

🌱Spirituality in Nature Group Leadership Training

📅September 13, 1 - 4pm ET, Online

Learn more and sign up at: bit.ly/sing-25

August 2025 Connections Call: MERGE-ing in Practice YouTube video by Lutherans Restoring Creation

Great call and discussion last night with ELCA World Hunger about how to work across many expression of justice!

White text in a neon-light style font reads: July 22nd, 5pm Pacific Time/ 8pm Eastern Time. The title is black text on a white background that says, "Do energy expertly." The text glows like electric light. A picture of a yellow hand holding a lightbulb emerges from the left. The link at the bottom reads: bit.ly/energy-expertly

TOMORROW! The energy and energy-saving landscape has changed a LOT very rapidly. Join us for some peer-learning about Lutheran communities moving forward with energy reduction. Justin Kale from Energility will explain what resources are still available to use in this moment! bit.ly/energy-expertly

In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops - Inside Climate News Agrivoltaic solar arrays can shade crops from sun while moisture from vegetation cools the panels to increase their productivity, researchers and farmers have found.

We think a lot about a just transition-- and all the complications around that with solar panels! This article offers one way we can integrate renewable energy without sacrificing, in this case, agriculture.

insideclimatenews.org/news/1007202...

Emanuel Nine 10th Anniversary Remembrance | Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton | June 17, 2025 YouTube video by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

“Remembering the nine murders in Charleston is a commitment that our church must never forget. As the #ELCA, our story is forever bound to the story, people, and community of #MotherEmanuel AME. They are us, and we are them.”
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A grid of nine images five of them are groups of people looks like adults digging in the dirt, planting trees. One of the squares is green foliage, and three of the squares have text over the green foliage that reads: NATIVE TREES--TULIP, NORTHERN RED OAK, AND REDBUD-- NOW CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUBURBAN CANOPY. JUNG PEOPLE TULIP, NORTHERN WILL BE COMPENSATED TRINITY TO MAINTAIN THE TREES GOING LUTHERAN CHURCH FORWARD EACHING PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY TION CARE GROUPS AND "FAITH IN PLACE" TO PLANT TREES IN A LOCAL PARK. YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE COMPENSATED TO MAINTAIN THE TREES GOING FORWARD, TEACHING CREATION CARE.

We're celebrating Trinity Lutheran Canton for their project tree planting at a local park! Pastor Micah Garnett notes, “We're extremely grateful to be going ahead with this opportunity to care for God's creation." #LutheransRestoringCreation

A grid of nine images five of them are groups of people looks like adults digging in the dirt, planting trees. One of the squares is green foliage, and three of the squares have text over the green foliage that reads: NATIVE TREES--TULIP, NORTHERN RED OAK, AND REDBUD-- NOW CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUBURBAN CANOPY. TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND "FAITH IN PLACE" TO PLANT TREES IN A LOCAL PARK. YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE COMPENSATED TO MAINTAIN THE TREES GOING FORWARD, TEACHING CREATION CARE.

We're celebrating Trinity Lutheran Canton for their project tree planting at a local park! Pastor Micah Garnett notes, “We're extremely grateful to be going ahead with this opportunity to care for God's creation." #LutheransRestoringCreatiom

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Climate Justice 4/5 Indigenous Women have experienced violence. Indigenous women and girls go missing at a much higher rate than any other group in the United States.

Our connections call from last night is up! We learned so much about the MMIW movement, as well as how we can move forward into a future where our Indigenous sisters thrive.

lutheransrestoringcreation.org/missing-and-...

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Climate Justice 4/5 Indigenous Women have experienced violence. Indigenous women and girls go missing at a much higher rate than any other group in the United States.

Our connections call from last night is up! We learned so much about the MMIW movement, as well as how we can move forward into a future where our Indigenous sisters thrive.

lutheransrestoringcreation.org/missing-and-...

Here is the active link: BIT.LY/LRC_MMIW

“ The intentional destruction of a holy site for short-term greed is a declaration of war against all holy sites such as the Temple Mount, the National Cathedral, or your local church. Just as the people of London deflected the bombs of Hitler that were falling on St. Paul, people all over this country are walking in solidarity with the Apache Stronghold to protect Oak Flat." Rev. Sarah Macias, Alliance of Baptists

“The fact that this site is host to the ceremony that welcomes girls into womanhood means that making it inaccessible to the people who originally lived and tended it is an act of violence against women specifically. On every front the total disregard for this land in pursuit of extractive industries is just diabolical." Jessica Maudlin, Associate for Sustainable Living and Earth Care Concern