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Lutherans Restoring Creation
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A grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; cultivating a community of dedicated stewards of earth and neighbor who proclaim God’s promise of hope and healing for all.

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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 🐾💕
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.
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We give thanks for the life of Dr. Jane Goodall, lover and protector of Creation.
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.
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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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
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 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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
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
July 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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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. 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.
June 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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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
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.
June 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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“ 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
May 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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“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
May 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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“Oak Flat is as holy to the Apache and other Indigenous people as Mount Zion is to followers of Abrahamic traditions. The mountain and the flat both manifest the brilliant glory of their Creator. Oak Flat was not created for corporate copper miners to exploit. It was created to give life and sustenance and spirit to generations of humans and creatures and ecosystems. To mine Oak Flat is to degrade God's sacred creation and to literally crater our nation's commitment to religious freedom." Rev. Jenny Phillips, Director of Environmental Sustainability UMC General Board of Global Ministries
May 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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“People of faith have a responsibility to bear witness in this moment - and the government has an obligation to listen. Protecting Oak Flat is a matter of honoring Indigenous sovereignty, defending religious freedom, and safeguarding God's creation from desecration." Avery Davis Lamb, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries
May 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Today we remember Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Hear more on May 27th: BIT.LY/LRC_MMIW
A red handprint is on a gray background. Black text says: Unearthing the Racist Roots of the Climate Crisis: Climate Justice and Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. Tuesday May 27th, 7pm CT. Justice Nichols, Program Coordinator for Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relation for the ELCA. Brenda Blackhawk, Director of Communications at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. BIT.LY/LRC_MMIW. The logo for the Center for Climate Justice and Faith and Lutherans Restoring Creation are both in the corner.
May 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Day is May 5th. How will it show up in your conversations, communities and in your church? Resources curated by the ELCA Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations at bit.ly/mmiw-elca
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May 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Good Green News for Lent, Day 29:
Have you been following #noplasticsforlent with ELCA Young Adults this year? Check out all the blogs, but this week you can find out how "maintaining hope for a thriving and just climate is an act of queer resistance." bit.ly/np4l2025
White and grey text on a black background says, "Episode 5: Acts of Service/ No Plastics for Lent 2025. 3 young adult speaker are at the bottom. A white woman with a blue shirt, curly blond hair and glasses smiles in the bottom left, a white brunette woman with a floral shirt smile in the middle, and a white man with a baseball cap, glasses, beard and gray flannel is in the bottom left.
April 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Our 14th day of Good News for Lent is also Global Recycling Day! Building infrastructure to keep solar out of landfills is essential for a transition to renewables. bit.ly/re-solar
Text in a white box says: "A new method can recycle all parts of a modern solar cell with water. Perovskite solar cells are more efficient than our current panels and now we have a way to keep them from landfills!" The text is on top of a picture of two men in construction hats screwing a nut onto a solar panel.
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Connections calls are ALWAYS good green news, right? 😉

Tomorrow we will join together for discussion in what feels like a particularly heavy Lent for Creation. Wonder together with us what it means to be a disciple in Creation and new life in a time dominated with news of Death. bit.ly/AshLife
The words "Life in the Ashes/ March 18th/ 5pm PT or 8pm ET" are written on top of a background of ashes with a cross drawn into them. The link bit.ly/AshLife is on the bottom.
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Good Green News for Lent, Day 9!

But remember-- renewables, especially through the IRA, are under attack. Follow ELCA Advocacy and make SURE you're telling your elected officials how much you value wind and solar! Let's make this good news CONTINUE!

See the data at: bit.ly/bye-coal
March 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Good Green News of Lent Day 4! (And International Women's Day!)
bit.ly/womenofclimate
A green background on the right side is a drawing of a young woman or a girl, has brown skin and dark hair. She’s wearing a white T-shirt and light green pants. She has her hands in front of her and she’s holding a plant with a couple delicate leaves. The text reads: "Everywhere, women and girls are taking action to confront the climate and environmental crisis." -Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General
March 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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There is no shortage of grief and loss to share right now. Yet, the promise of Lent is of compost- that through Death, New Life will emerge. For Lent, we will be sharing stories of Life, or “Good Green News." Please share
stories of hope and creation care emerging from your church and community!
Brownish gray letters on an ashy gray background saying “You were made out of soil. and you will once again turn into soil • GEN 3:19 WE ARE PEOPLE OF COMPOST. WHAT NEW LIFE WILL COME FROM US?”
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Lent is right around the corner! We have resources for incorporating creation care into this sacred season--including our updated 2025 Lenten Carbon Fast. bit.ly/LentenCreationCare #Lent #ELCA #CreationCare #CarbonFast
An image of a calendar, the top says Linton carbon fast calendar, 2025 and there is a green and blue logo, the text is too small to read, but every day has a little note on it. On the bottom, it says March 9-15 focus on energy, March 16-21 focus on waste, March 22-29 focus on water.
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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LRC is very excited to partner with the EcoFaith Summit to join this movement to care for God's creation with concrete action and birthing hope for the world in a time of climate crisis. April 5, 2025, in Duluth MN and Online.
www.ecofaithnetwork.org/ecofaith-sum... fmi #CreationCare
Beautiful, deep, jewel tones, many many hands, reaching up to hold a globe, trees, and a bright sun are in the background. The text reads “ECOFAITH SUMMIT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST EARTH'S CRIES, EARTH'S CALL Becoming Midwives of Hope for the Healing of Creation APRIL 5, 2025 DULUTH”
February 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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TONIGHT! Tuesday 2/18 The last part of our Kairos Moment Study Guide. Register/receive the link at bit.ly/kairos-4
we will be spending most of our time discussing best practices for implementing this study guide in your congregation's context.
A hand reaching up from the bottom in front of an earth with green planets and blue water there are hearts around the hand too. The image background looks like watercolor, pink abstract shapes with some echoes of forest. The text reads: Our Kairos Moment ACTIVE HOPE AND AGENTS OF CHANGE Including discussion about implementing a creation care study guide in your context! TUES, 2/18 5PM PT/8PM ET
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Thank you @ecoamerica.bsky.social! We are thrilled to be semi-finalists in the American Climate Leadership Awards. Be on the lookout in the next few weeks for more info about why we're being considered and how our work impacts our network!
Green background with white letters: Proud to be a 2025 AMERICAN CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AWARD Semifinalust! ecoAmerica
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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On Feb. 5, hear from our Lutheran group that took part in COP29, the UN Climate Change Conference. Connect your local, state and federal actions and passions with the latest developments on the global scene. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ELCAAdvocacy #ELCA #LutheransRestoringCreation
Plants along the bottom border, on the upper left are people marching with signs. On the right is the abstract globe that is the ELCA logo. The text reads: COP29 Baku Azerbaijan Voices of Faith in Advocacy Climate Action: COP29 and Beyond Presented by Lutheran COP29 Attendees Wed. Feb. 5 2:30-3:30 ET
January 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Liberating God, break down the walls that blind us from seeing our interdependence with all of your Creation. Give us the Courage to stand in solidarity with all your Beloved, including those we burden most with the weight of our pollution.
Martin Luther King Jr. on the lower left in blue, with text on the right saying “"All mankind is tied together; all life is interrelated, and we are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." -Martin Luther King Jr.”
January 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Tomorrow (1/16/25) we will join in prayer with our Episcopalian friends at 4pm PT/7pm ET to mourn and share resources for the Los Angeles fires. Register here: tinyurl.com/ComplineFires
Dark red colors. on the top is the meeting of two mountains with fire flaming high and powerfully where they meet. below, the text reads "Creation Care Compline: Praying for LA Fires Crisis THURS 1/16 4PM PT/7PM ET All are welcome to gather to pray for the communities impacted by the ongoing Los Angeles Fires. We will join with our Episcopal friends in Compline prayer as well as share resources. tinyurl.com/ComplineFires"
January 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM