"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”

What's New

(6-17-13) Advocacy Alert: Write or call your representative to say we need a better farm bill on the Advocacy Page
 
(6-13-13)  The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(6-13-13) LRC Profile: Ron Rude, ELCA Campus Pastor
 
(6-11-13) The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(6-4-13)    The Third Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(5-23-13)   The Second Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(5-12-13) The Day of Pentecost in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(5-10-13) Advocacy Alert: Food and Farm Policy Moving on Capitol Hill: Act Now on the Home page
 
 
(5-8-13) Advocacy Alert: Help End Global Food Insecurity on the Home page
 
(5-7-13) Advocacy Alert: Protect Creation: Speak Out for Energy Efficiency on the Home page
 
 
(5-4-13) The Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl)
 
(5-1-13) Picture and info about Phoebe Morad as host of the Synod Pages 
 
(4-27-13) The Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl)
 
(4-22-13) The Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl)
 
(4-18-13) Link to webinar recording of Dr. Larry Rasmussen, Earth Honoring Faith on Theology page
 
(4-17-13)  Link to "Gaithersburg Church Gets Educational Wildlife Habitat" on the Churches/Green Teams page.
 
(4-17-13) Link to "Lutherans Restoring Creation" article in the April 2012 Gather magazine on the Stories page.
 
 
(4-15-13) The Fourth Sunday in Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl)
 
(4-4-13) The Third Sunday of Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl)
 
(4-4-13) Going Solar - Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Pleasantville, NY

(4-3-13) Nurturing a Network - Northwest MN Synod retreat on creation care and worship
 
(4-3-13) LRC Featured in the Lutheran, and news stories (under "Highlights") on "Welcoming Winged Guests" (Gloria Dei Lutheran, Duluth MN) and "Environmentalists Tout Church's Energy Efficiency" (First English Lutheran, Columbus OH) on Home Page.
 
(4-3-13) Webinar with Dr. Larry Rasmussen on Earth-Honoring Faith - Home Page, under "What's New"
 
 
 
(4-1-13) Updated GreenFaith Fellowship for 2014 information
 
(3-29-13)  The First Sunday after Easter in Year C (by Tom Mundahl) 
 
 
(3-24-13) Many Voices Join Together to Make Big Reverberations - Gettysburg, PA LRC Training
 
(2-14-13)  Energy Savings for Your Home: Room by Room by David Rhoads for LRC 
 
(2-13-13)  Christian Simplicity: A Seven-Session Course for Lent <learn more>  
 
(2-13-13)   Retreat on the Season of Creation Worship: Northeast Minnesota Synod on February 22-23. <learn more>
 
(2-13-13)  Between Economy and Ecology: A stewardship workshop Saturday April 6 2013 at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. <learn more>
 
(2-7-13)  The First Sunday in Lent in Year C (br Robert Saler)
 
(2-2-13)  The Transfiguration of Our Lord in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(1-28-13)  Carbon Fasting for Lent. Sign-up for 2013 is at: http://www.macucc.org/pages/detail/2410.
 

 

(1-28-13)  Vegetarian Mondays in Lent.

 
(1-26-13)  Seminary Ridge Review Autumn 2012 [Papers from Gettysburg Seminary Conference on “Getting Green Faithfully” August, 2012.

[View the papers]

 

(1-26-13) Intersections. Fall, 2012 #36. The Vocation of a Lutheran College. A Calling to Embrace Creation: Lutheran Higher Education, Sustainability, and Stewardship. Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN. July 30- August 1, 2012.

[View the conference schedule] [View the papers]

 
(1-26-13)  The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth) 
 
(1-21-13)  The Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth) 
 
 
 
 
 
(1-16-13) Announcement of Webinar to introduce Energy Stewards Initiative: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:00 to 8:00 CST
 
(1-15-13)  The Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(1-6-13)  The Baptism of Our Lord in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(1-1-13)  The Epiphany of Our Lord in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(12-23-12) The First Sunday of Christmas in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(12-18-12) Peter Bakken and Warren Gaskill, Energy Steward Initiative Co-Directors
 
(12-17-12) The Fourth Sunday in Advent in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 

(12-12-12) Lutheran Center Scores High with Energy Star


(12-8-12) Third Sunday in Advent in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 

 

 
(12-2-12)  Second Sunday in Advent in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(11-25-12) First Sunday in Advent in Year C (by Dennis Ormseth) 
 
(11-20-12)  Christ the King Sunday in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(11-12-12) Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth) 
 
(11-5-12)  Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(10-26-12) Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(10-20-12) Reformation Sunday in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(10-20-12) Or Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
 
(10-10-12) The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
 
 
(9-18-12) New links to stories about Lutheran Colleges are on the Colleges and Universities page
 
 
(9-12-12) Eco-bibliography: Bible, theology, ethics, worship and spirituality, environment, and ecological primers.
 
 
 
(9-3-12)  Invitation to join Energy Stewards Initiative. See resources at the ESI sidebar.
 
 
 
(8-28-12) The Blessing of all the Animals: A Sermon (by David Rhoads)
 
 
 
 
 
(8-23-12) "A Seed Planted and A Garden Grown" congregation story 
 
 
 
 
(7-25-12) The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(7-25-12) The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B. (by Dennis Ormseth).
 
(7-22-12) Make a Donation

(7-22-12) GreenFaith Fellowship Program

(7-22-12) Advocating for Animals web page of resources and reflections

(7-22-12) The Story of Stuff (video) under "Resources" on Highlights page

(7-22-12) Wittenberg Library Recycling Project on the Colleges & Universities page

(7-21-12) Greening the New England Synod on the Synods page

(7-20-12) The Vocation of a Lutheran College Conference: A Calling to Embrace Creation on Colleges & Universities page

(7-17-12) Link for Commemoration of St. Francis/Blessing of the Animals on "Plan Ahead" page
 
(7-17-12) Link for 2012 Convocation of Teaching Theologians: "Eco-Lutheranism?" August 13–15 in Events
 
 
(7-17-12) The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
(7-13-12) Link to "Living Earth" reflections on Advocacy and Links pages
 
(7-13-12) Link to "Season of Creation" on Plan Ahead page
 
(7-13-12) International Page with links to reports from UN conferences and other information
 
(7-6-12) The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth) 
 
(7-2-12) The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(6-24-12) Rebuilding the Vineyard. A sermon by Leah Schade (United in Christ Lutheran Church, West Milton, PA)
 
(6-24-12) The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (by Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(6-16-12) For a message before Rio + 20 from the General Secretary of the WCC, click here.
 
 
(6-12-12) Greetings from the Road to Rio+10 (Neddy Astudillo)
 
(6-11-12) The Third Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (Dennis Ormseth).
 
 
(6-3-12) Second Sunday after Pentecost in Year B (Dennis Ormseth).
 
(5-30-12) Testimony on EPA New Source Carbon Pollution Rule by Alycia Ashburn and Mikka McCracken 
 
 
 
 
(5-20-12) The Day of Pentecost in Year B (Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(5-10-12) The Seventh Sunday of Easter in Year B (Dennis Ormseth)
 
(5-5-12) The Sixth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Dennis Ormseth)
 
(4-30-12) The Fifth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Dennis Ormseth)
 
 
(4-26-12) Garbology at Holden Village - Outdoor Ministries story
 
(4-26-12) Lutherans discuss ecology online (on Highlights page)
 
(4-14-12) The Fourth Sunday of Easter in Year B (Dennis Ormseth) 
 
(4-14-12) The Third Sunday of Easter in Year B (Dennis Ormseth)  
 
(4-7-12) The Second Sunday in Easter in year B (Dennis Ormseth)
 
(4-4-12) New resources for Earth Day with links on the home page
 
(4-3-12) Opportunity for visitors to sign in to the site and to receive newsletters.
 
 
(3-23-12) Passion Sunday and Holy Week in Year B by Dennis Ormseth. 
 
(3-18-12) Research Project by Cameron Harder, Lutheran Theological Seminary of Saskatoon: “Identifying Core Values of Under-represented Stakeholders in Resource-based Industries and Communities” 
 
(3-18-12) A Sermon by James Martin-Schramm of Luther College. "Within Limits: Remember the Sabbath"
 
(3-14-12) Care for Creation Commentary on the Fifth Sunday in Lent in Year B (Tom Mundahl)
 
(3-11-12) Care for Creation Commentary on the Fourth Sunday in Lent in Year B by Tom Mundahl
 
(2-29-12) Care for creation commentary on the Third Sunday in Lent of Year B by Tom Mundahl.  
 
 
(2-24-12) New reflection from the Director: Do You have a Theology for the Care of Your Buildings and Grounds?
 
(2-22-12)

The First Sunday in Lent in Year B : By Tom Mundahl. The Wilderness becomes a place of hope.

 

The Second Sunday in Lent in Year B: By Tom Mundahl. Expend your life for Jesus and the gospel of new creation--and you will save it.

 
(2-6-12) Posted care for creation commentary: The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany in Year B by Robert Saler. Salvation brings all creatures to fulfillment.
 
(1-30-12) All the resources needed for your congregation to observe Transportation Month.
 
(1-30-12) Resources to celebrate Lent, Earth Day, Mother's day, Arbor Day, and Father's Day. Check them out on the HOME page under What's Ahead.
 
(1-21-12) Care for creation commentary: The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany in Year B: God calls us to do what is right, not what we have a right to do.
 
(1-15-12) Care for CreationCommentary: The Third Sunday after Epiphany in Year B: "It is time to break with business as usual and to tend God's creation."
 
(1-10-12) Two new stories about the greening of ELCA Social Ministry Organizations: See the home page.
                        Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin Upper Michigan: Green projects in recycling and food management.
                       SeaTac Lutheran Community Services Northwest in Washington State: Silver LEED certification of new building.
 
(1-8-12) Links to ELCA hunger and poverty resources have been posted on the subsection for congregations.
 
(1-5-12) Care for Creation commentary: The Second Sunday after Epiphany in Year B: "God is a God of Embodiment--throughout Earth and Sea."
 
(1-3-12) New Message from Dave Rhoads, LRC Director: The Greening of Lutheran Social Ministry Organizations
 
(1-3-12) Transportation Month: All the resources needed for your congregation to observe a month with transportation as the theme
 
1-3-12) Water Month: All the resources needed for your congregation to observe a month with water as the theme
 
(1-1-12) Reports of greening have been posted on the Social Ministry Organization subsection.
 
(12-30-11) The Baptism of Jesus in Year B: Care for Creation commentary by Dennis Ormseth 
 
(12-30-11) "Why We Don't and How We Can" archive has been set up to be accessed from the home page
 
(12-30-11) "Why We Don't and How We Can" Reason # 6: How We (Mistakenly) Read the Bible--posted on the Home page. 
 
(12-28-11) Article by Young Adult in Global Mission after the UN Durban Conference on Climate Change (see under Director's Reflection on the Home page)
 
(12-27) STORIES: Check out the accounts of green actions at Social Ministry Organizations
 
(12-27) ADVOCACY: Many new links to ELCA Advocacy and Hunger resources.
 
(12-26-11) THEOLOGY: New biblical, theological, and ethical resources posted, including a Theological Companion to the LRC Congregational Traing Manual and a set of articles on Earthkeeping in a recent issue of Currents in Theology and Mission.
 
(12-16-11) New Care for Creation Commentary by Dennis Ormseth for Christmas Eve and Christimas day and The First Sunday of Christmas and the Naming of Jesus.
 
(12-15-11) Seminaries: Manuals, reports, and other resources were just posted
 
12-12-11 Energy Stewards Initiative: Lots of resources posted to explain the program, identify current participants, and show how to sign up for the next round.
 
(11-12-11) Social Ministry Organizations: There are now many resources for greening social ministry organizations