Creation Care Stories
Rooted newsletters
Creation Care blog posts
- Randolph Street Community Garden
The community garden is a place for all community members to participate, learn, interact, and benefit from freshly grown fruits and vegetables.
- Union Bridge Church of the Brethren
The Plot of Hope exists to grow fresh, healthy food for our neighbors, care for God’s creation, and extend the love of Jesus beyond our church walls
- Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren
Green Team at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren has worked to create beds of native plants
- Washington City Church of the Brethren
Washington City Church of the Brethren installed solar panels on their roof to make the church building more sustainable
- Creekside Church of the Brethren
A memorial bequest by a member who loved bees provided Creekside Church of the Brethren the funds to begin beekeeping
From Newsline
- Feature for Earth Month and Poetry Month: Invitations to look up, to seek abundant life
Each year in April, Earth Month and Poetry Month coincide. In each regular issue of Newsline this April, we celebrate God’s good creation and poetry with a special feature. This week we feature some of the biblical poetry that celebrates the creation, preceded by a note from the Earth Day issue of Rooted, the newsletter of the Brethren Creation Care Network
- Feature for Earth Month and Poetry Month: A space to contemplate resurrection and life
Each year in April, Earth Month and Poetry Month coincide. Each regular issue of Newsline this April will celebrate God’s good creation and poetry with a special feature. Last week featured “Tones Like Prayers” by Brian Nixon, a writer, artist, musician, educator, and minister in Albuquerque, N.M., and a former licensed minister in the Church of the Brethren. For this week, Nixon composed two new poems for Newsline. He also wrote the story of these poems, reflecting on the meaning of this period of time in nature and the church
- March Ventures course to focus on creation care through faith
The March offering from Ventures in Christian Discipleship, a program based at McPherson (Kan.) College, will be “God’s Earth, Our Home: Engaging Creation Care through Faith.” The course will be presented by David Radcliff, director of the New Community Project. It will be held online Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (central time).
From Messenger
- A mountaintop moment
This is a mountaintop moment. It is time for all of us to answer the call.
- A ‘green military’
We pay very little attention to another, less obvious threat that is deeply ingrained in modern-day warfare
- A square for care (of creation)
Use the Brethren creation care BINGO card in April as a way to focus on Earth Day and Faith Climate Action Week.
Resources
Creation Care Curriulum
The five-session creation care curriculum, above, is designed to be used by Church of the Brethren adults to dig into why Christians, specifically members of the Church of the Brethren, should care for the environment.
- Session one focuses on stories in the Old Testament.
- The second session focuses on the New Testament, including how Jesus interacted with nature and its presence in his ministry.
- Session three focuses on the Church of the Brethren and similar groups emphasis on simple living and peace and how we can apply those traditions in current times.
- Session four focuses on climate change, including official statements the Church of the Brethren has made and other climate change facts.
- The fifth session focuses on resources.
We’d love to hear from you!
We are fighting for a better future to protect God’s Creation. Don’t hesitate to reach out to learn about our work and mission. We also invite committed people to amplify our call by offering their expertise and insights. We will be hosting webinars and the opportunity for our church members to enter dialog with you in interview-like formats.
