Posts Categorized: Earth Sunday

Sept 1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of All Creation

Each September 1st is another opportunity to praise God and give praise for God’s creation. While each moment we draw breath and each day we wake up is a great time to notice the world around us and be grateful, we’re invited to take some time on September 1st to particularly mark this with global… Read more »

Heritage Sunday

Heritage Sunday always falls on the Sunday closest to May 21, the opening date of the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1789. The Presbyterian Historical Society creates resources to help congregations plan celebrations for  congregation   and learn more about Presbyterian history. This year the Historical Society… Read more »

Love Made Visible: Engaging in Sacred Activism

submitted by Sarah Paulos, Community Engagement and Program Manager, Interfaith Power & Light On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. That first Earth… Read more »

Earth Day and Earth Day Sunday

How do you plan to celebrate Earth Day 2018? Some congregations may have already hosted an Earth Day Sunday or community Earth Fest while others are still planning their environmental film series, earth care lectures, or outdoor experiences. We hope you have seen two new resources to help you celebrate: Earth Day Sunday “A Sense… Read more »

Second Presbyterian in St Louis celebrates Earth Sunday

On August 21st, Second Presbyterian Church in St Louis, MO worshiped around the theme of caring for God’s creation. One of the nearly 200 Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations certified as an “Earth Care Congregation,” this congregation has a history of creative education, worship, global mission outreach, gardening and more as they care for God’s creation…. Read more »

Earth Care Congregations celebrating Earth Day 2016: Westminster Presbyterian Church (Wilmington)

In a variety of ways, all across the country, Presbyterians celebrated Earth Day. In small and large congregations, in community celebrations or in church worship, certified Earth Care Congregations used the opportunity of Earth Day as a way to care for God’s good creation. Westminster Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, DE), Earth Day Extravaganza Westminster’s Earth Care… Read more »

Earth Care Congregations celebrating Earth Day 2016: Kirk of Kildaire

In a variety of ways, all across the country, Presbyterians celebrated Earth Day. In small and large congregations, in community celebrations or in church worship, certified Earth Care Congregations used the opportunity of Earth Day as a way to care for God’s good creation. Here are four snapshots, sharing one a day over the next… Read more »