"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters." Genesis 1:1-2

"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to your life's span? And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these." Matthew 6:26-29

"We see the despoiling of the environment as nothing less than the degradation of God's gracious gift of creation."

ELCA Statement “Caring for Creation”
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Stewardship

Discover the Make It Simple ELCA internet site for stewardship. Go to http://www.elca.org/ and search for "make it simple.”

Simple Living resources for small groups are available through the following sites

            Earth Ministry: http://www.earthministry.org/

            Simple Living: http://www.simpleliving.net/

            Northwest Earth Institute: http://www.nwei.org/

Environmental Stewardship: Critical Perspectives—Past and Present, edited by R. J. Berry (New York: T. & T. Clark International, 2006) contains 26 articles by writers from various faith traditions.

Click here for “Stewardship of Creation;” an article by David Rhoads

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