Environmental Ministries Resources
PC(USA) Environmental Ministries exists to equip and connect you, your church, and your presbytery for your earth care ministry. We hope these resources help do just that.
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'Tread Lightly For Lent'
the 2013 Lenten calendar
What spiritual disciplines help you to follow Christ by also caring for God’s good creation? How will your faithful witness during Lent also be good news for all the world? Lent is a time to examine our lives, individually and corporately. As part of the reflective season of Lent, Environmental Ministries is offering a calendar that encourages Presbyterians to learn about ecojustice issues and take action on the issues of waste, energy, water, consumption and food. Each of the 40 days of Lent has a topic to learn about or a suggested action for individuals and congregations.
'Advent 2012' Daily Calendar for Caring for God's Creation
the 2012 Advent daily calendar
Using the hymn "People, Look East," this simple daily calendar encourages daily caring for God's creation as a way to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Savior of the world. Get a free copy of this two page (if copied back to back) resource.
God’s Creation, Our Health: Taking Action Together
God’s Creation, Our Health: Taking Action Together, a four-session study to engage older elementary children in discipleship through a virtual partnership with peers in Peru, is now available. Produced by the Office of Child Advocacy in partnership with the Office of Environmental Ministries and Jed Koball, mission co-worker and companionship facilitator for Joining Hands Against Hunger Peru, the study gives children the opportunity to explore what our faith has to say about environmental stewardship. Following the lead of CAMBIALO, a group of concerned and active young people in Peru, they will learn how to speak out about contamination of the environment and what it does to children’s health and how to take action to protect God’s creation and children’s health. Stories and video clips on Kids4Kids are an integral part of the study, and kids can also post their own ideas and comments on “Says Who? Says U! “, the website’s message board.
God’s Creation, Our Health: Taking Action Together
'Tread Lightly For Lent'
the 2012 Lenten calendar
As part of the reflective season of Lent, Environmental Ministries is offering a calendar that encourages Presbyterians to learn about ecojustice issues and take action on the issues of waste, energy, water, consumption and food. Each of the 40 days of Lent has a topic to learn about or a suggested action for individuals and congregations.
Download a study guide on biblical and theological Foundations for Eco-Justice
Is your church starting to explore eco-justice and earth care issues or looking for an interesting adult class topic? A new study guide, made to accompany And the Leaves of the Tree Are for the Healing of the Nations, helps your church explore biblical and theological foundations for eco-justice and caring for God’s earth. Use the new accompanying study guide for adult classes. Churches can choose between two study guides: one for a two hour class and one for five one-hour sessions.
Single session guide
Five-session study guide
And the Leaves of the Tree Are for the Healing of the Nations
Order free DVDs from Environmental Ministries
Environmental Ministries is offering two free DVDs about Earth Care. “Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice” offers an overview of the environmental crisis and the environmental policy passed by the General Assembly in 1990. “Cherishing God’s Earth” looks at five components of environmental issues: earth, air, water, habitat and people. Study guides are available for both DVDs.
Order “Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice DVD” from the Church Store.
“Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice” study guide
Order “Cherishing God’s Earth DVD” from the Church Store.
“Cherishing God’s Earth” study guide
