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Caring for God's Creation Love and gratitude for God's creation lie deep within religious life. From mountaintops to forests, green pastures to still waters, stars in the sky and lilies of the field, we experience the grace of our Creator and the gift of our presence here. With Earth in grave environmental peril, many religious Americans are seeking to respond through our faith. Through the many gateways and galleries of this website, we offer resources and accounts of how people of faith are acting upon God's mandate to be stewards of our precious Earth. Partners in Stewardship The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network. Each Partner — in common biblical faith but drawing upon its distinctive traditions — is undertaking scholarship, leadership training, congregational and agency initiative, and public policy education in service to environmental sustainability and justice. Together, they seek to offer resources of religious life and moral vision to a universal effort to protect humankind's common home and well-being on Earth. |
Restoring Eden/Christian Colleges, West Virginia A version of this article By Peter Illyn originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. New Generation Bears Witness to Appalachian Destruction Not many students go on spring Break hoping to get their hearts broken. But when ten students representing seven states and three Christian colleges stood on an Appalachian ridge and stared at the barren remains of a mountaintop dynamited out of existence, their hearts...
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Madison Christian Community, Madison, WI It’s a ministry that scatters seeds of hope for incarcerated people. Madison Christian Community, an ecumenical partnership between Advent Lutheran Church (ELCA) and Community of Hope (UCC) in Madison, WI, works with a nearby correctional facility to offer a restorative justice-based horticulture program in its 6000 square foot garden. “The garden ministry is one way to bridge the racial, economic and social barriers that exist between people today,”...
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Mary Help of Christians Church Parkland, FL When the Mary Help of Christians Church in Parkland, Florida constructed its church, they also established ...
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Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA When more than 100 physicians in Cumberland County, PA, published a warning statement about the high levels of diesel particulate matter in the air, Rev. Jennifer McKenna called to find out what they were going to do about it. Upon learning they had no plans to act, she spurred her congregation at Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, PA, to advocacy. Together, they formed the Clean Air Board of Central...
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Wild Rose Congregational Church Evergreen, CO United Church of Christ As members of Wild Rose Congregational Church ...
Read moreTrinity Vineyard, Atlanta, GA A version of this article by Jason Chatraw originally appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine. Eureka! Get[ting] Out - Inner City Youth Embrace Creation Over Baseball As the groundswell of support continues to grow for incorporating creation care into the life of church ministry, ways to approach teaching good stewardship and an appreciation for God’s creation may vary vastly. There are simple, obvious ways—and then there are ways you...
Read moreCultivate Church 2303 Evesham Rd Voorhees, NJ 08043 Website: www.cultivatenj.com Lead Pastor: Jay Francoeur Contact email: jay@cultivatenj.com “Deep Roots, Rich Fruit” is the mantra of a Southern New Jersey church, which, for two years has been dedicated to “grow communities rooted in Christ that produce fruit for the good of the Garden State and the world.” Led by founder of Cultivate Church, Pastor Jay Francoeur, the church has been involved in local, regional and global efforts to grow sustainable crops for the betterment of communities...
Read moreEnvironmental Stewardship isn’t a top priority to most New York City churches, but Reverend Herb Miller and his environmental team have made their church an exception to this common notion. Park Slope United Methodist Church (PSUMC) in Brooklyn, New York has been taking impressive steps towards environmental stewardship and justice in the past five years. PSUMC stands strong on the foundation that as a faith community, the church has a responsibility to care for and to defend all of God’s creation. In...
Read moreLutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) Chicago, Illinois Seminarian Steve Jerbi says, “I chose LSTC ...
Read moreAn ecumenical sermon on creation care and the care of the earth was the catalyst for the congregation at Christ Lutheran Church in Athens, Ohio, to make environmental issues part of their church life. The recently formed Christ Lutheran Church Earth Justice Advocates are dedicated to furthering the idea of creation care by providing educational programs, performing energy audits, encouraging energy saving practices both at home and at church, and gathering resources for church use. Educating church members about issues...
Read moreMount St. John Dayton, OHVisit site... In 1985 the state of Ohio dug a 14-acre, 40-foot deep gravel borrow pit on the Mt. St. John property, ...
Read moreSt. John Fisher Chapel University ParishEarth Care Ministry Troy, MI The Earth Care ministry...
Read moreFellowship Church Knoxville, TN Evangelical Free Church of America Lyndsay Moseley wasn’t sure what lay in her future when she returned home to Knoxville, Tennessee, after graduating from college with a major in public policy. Like many recent graduates, she had no immediate job or position awaiting her and was uncertain about her next step. Within a few short months though, a series of opportunities arose that not only directed her attention, but launched her upon a personal and spiritual path...
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The Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, CAJewish, Reform Movement The Wilshire Boulevard Temple kicked off its first ...
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