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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 »

Earth Day Sunday 2020: The Fierce Urgency of Now

PC(USA) is a founding member of the ecumenical Creation Justice Ministries. Rev. Rebecca Barnes, Presbyterian Hunger Program Coordinator, is the president of the board, and Christian Brooks, Domestic Policy Analyst for the Office of Public Witness, is also a board member. The Presbyterian Hunger Program is a proud supporter of Earth Day Sunday, with its… 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 »

World Day of Prayer on the Care of All Creation (Sept 1)

Whether you want to choose a special personal devotional for some quiet time of day or some quiet space alone outside, or you want to choose some prayers or songs for community worship, there are great resources to help you praise God for the gift of God’s creation and to encourage us all in our… Read more »

Earth Day Sunday 2015

“Have you anything here to eat?” Sustainable Food in a Changing Climate Earth Day Sunday 2015 resource   As disciples of Jesus Christ, we commit to daily living out our faith. We do this individually, in community with one another, and with the rest of God’s creation. On this Earth Day Sunday, we reflect in particular on how… Read more »

Spotlight on Knox North Como Presbyterian Church

Celebrating 5th Year PCUSA Certified Earth Care Congregations! children’s time on earth care at North Como Knox Presbyterian Church   North Como Presbyterian Church, Roseville, MN (now merging with Knox Presbyterian Church) has been an Earth Care Congregation since the beginning of the certification program in 2010. Starting their activities even prior to that, they… Read more »

Happy Earth Day 2014!

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof! – Psalm 24:1   Thanks be to God for resurrection joy and the gift of this good creation. In this week of Easter, we give thanks for new life, for life over death, and for the hope that pervades the hard realities of pain and suffering…. Read more »

World Communion Sunday for all Creation

Rev. Neddy Astudillo invited animals to worship on World Communion Sunday at Parroquia San Jose (a Lutheran and Presbyterian Latino congregation in southern Wisconsin). Wild animals, farm animals, and pets were all blessed as part of God’s creation. This World Communion Sunday worship expanded the notion of what is typically understood as World Communion to… Read more »

Sunday Morning Sustainability: Earth Day Sunday 2013

“Sunday Morning Sustainability: Eco-Justice Impacts and Opportunities” (the Earth Day Sunday 2013 resource) is now available! Celebrate an earth care Sunday in worship and education through this ecumenically developed resource.   For this resource and earlier themes for Earth Day Sunday, go to the Environmental Ministries web site.

Plan Now for Earth Day Sunday April 22!

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year, and Presbyterian churches are urged to celebrate Earth Day Sunday near this date. This year, Earth Day and Earth Day Sunday are one and the same: April 22nd!   The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program produces Earth Day Sunday resources each year that the Presbyterian Church USA Environmental… Read more »