PRC - Practical Resources for Churches
Environmental Stewardship
PRC PINTEREST BOARDS
RECORDED WEBINARS
Here: The Dot We Call Home - Meet the Author!
Leader - Laura Alary
Church Lighting 101: Evaluate and Update Your Lighting to Reduce Cost
Leader - Steve Jones
Church Relamping 2022
Green Tips for Lighting - 2023
ACTION IDEAS
The Find a Better Bank Toolkit
This toolkit shows how churches can bank with their values by divesting from banks funding the Fossil Fuel Industry.
Project Drawdown
This is a comprehensive plan listing 200 solutions to reverse global warming.
Glass Recycling 101
Learn about what glass can be recycled, how to prepare it for recycling, and where to find glass recycling if it isn't offered by your local recycling municipality or company. (Thanks for the great suggestion Avery!)
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
Blessed Earth
This list has suggested creation care books, activities, lessons, curricula, and websites. There are also resources for
Caring for God’s World Lesson
This free sample lesson is from Group Publishing's series All-in-One Sunday School.
Children's Ministry
These five fun environmental activities for kids focus on the real reason for Christians getting involved in environmental issues.
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
The Earth Day page includes crafts and activities, as well as links and book suggestions.
Earth Ministry for Children and Youth
A list is provided of creation care books, online resources, and curricula.
Interfaith Power & Light Children and Youth
There are links to lessons and activities, as well as suggested books and a documentary related to caring for God's earth.
Ministry to Children
This lesson about climate change is for children age 3-12.
Sadlier Religion Blog
These downloadable resources about caring for creation can be used with children, families, and adults.
Sharing and Protecting God’s Creation
This three-week environmental curriculum for Sunday schools uses the Workshop Rotation Learning Model.
Sunday School Lessons: God’s Earth, Our Home
Lessons about caring for the earth are available for lower elementary through high school.
The Teacher's Guide
This Earth Day lesson plans include activities, crafts, coloring sheets, and more.
DENOMINATIONAL WEBSITES
Caring for Creation Today
The ELCA has collaborated with America’s Blessed Tomorrow program, a faith community initiative that empowers climate action and advocacy. This page has resources to help your church get started on creation care.
Creation Care
This website from the Episcopal Church has information and links for churches looking to form and restore loving, liberating, life-giving relationships with all of creation.
Creation Care
This page of the United Methodist Church website offers articles about how to care for the environment.
Earth Care Congregations
This website of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has ideas for earth care projects and how to be certified as an Earth Care Congregation in the Presbyterian Church.
Global Ministries
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ host this page which has Earth Day resources as well as other resources related to care of the earth.
Lutheran Earthkeeping Network of the Synods (LENS)
Their mission is to foster the development of an earthkeeping network of synods across the ELCA and to share information and resources in support of earthkeeping efforts.
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EARTH CARE
Blessed Earth
They state that their mission is to inspire biblically based stewardship of all creation through educational forums, workshops, classes, retreats, sermons, and other events.
A Christian Look at the Environment
This series of five bible studies has been written for the John Ray Initiative by Rich Clarkson, and it draws on both theological and scientific insight to help groups and churches think about what a Christian approach to environmental issues might look like. It is a free, downloadable resource.
Creation Spirituality
This page of the Godspacelight website lists links to resources on the topics of Garden Spirituality, Creation Care, Garden Resources, Awe and Wonder, and Prayers.
Two Bible Studies on Climate Change
These studies on biblical creation stories come from the journal “Currents in Theology and Mission.” The first contends that loving one’s place is crucial to the practice of ministry. The second argues that Eden is not a historical place lost in the past but rather the call toward an ecologically responsible future. Discussion questions are provided for personal and group study.
Earth Ministry
This interfaith organization is committed to engaging the Christian community in environmental stewardship. It offers free resources including DVDs and study guides.
Eco-Justice Ministries
This site helps churches answer the call to care for all of God's creation by providing resources, including worship and curriculum reviews.
Environmental Ministries
This page of the PC(USA) website exists to equip churches for their earth care ministry; it includes resources and links.
GREEN MINISTRY
Building in Good Faith
Building in Good Faith offers green building resources for religious institutions.
Build It Green
This California-based group is dedicated to energy efficient building practices.
Creation Justice Ministries
Creation Justice Ministries educates, equips and mobilizes Christian communions/denominations, congregations and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God's Creation.
Creation Justice Ministries Resource Hub
Creation Justice Ministries has created and curated resources on a variety of topics related to faith, climate change, and creation justice. You can browse resources by category, issue, or resource type.
GreenFaith
This organization offers a National Fellowship Program as well as a comprehensive education and training program to empower lay and ordained leaders for religious-environmental leadership.
Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals that all 191 UN member states agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. It committed world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.
New York Interfaith Power & Light
They work with houses of worship, interfaith organizations, judicatory bodies, and other environmental organizations to reduce carbon footprints and advance climate friendly legislation.
Responding to Climate Change
This free conversation guide comes from the Christian Century and offers 10 articles, each with a set of questions for personal reflection or group discussion. It is divided into three parts: 1) God’s vision for our planet, 2) Facing and mourning reality, and 3) Advocacy and action.
WORSHIP AND PREACHING AIDS
Creation Care Worship Resources
This page on the Global Ministries of the UMC website offers worship resources for Earth Day, the Season of Creation, and other services focusing on the environment.
Earth Day Sunday
The Presbyterian Mission website offers resources for Earth Day Sunday or for other creation care worship services.
EcoPreacher
This website features sermons, essays, movie and book reviews, creative writing and ecotheological reflections.
Season of Creation
This site provides liturgies and other worship resources for the four Sundays in September that make up the “Season of Creation.”
Worship Resources for Creation Care
The Calvin Institute for Christian Worship offers this worship resource guide for planning services that honor our Creator, who invites us to join in caring for the whole creation.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Courageous Conversations for Youth: Climate
This resource asks participants to explore the difference between climate change and climate justice, as well as the humanitarian effects of changing weather patterns. It comes from the Young People’s Ministry of the UMC.
Taking an Eco-Survey of Your Home Church
Discipleship Ministries offers this Eco-Survey of a church’s physical building that focuses on how energy efficient and earth-friendly your building and grounds are.