Stewarding God’s Creation

This year, worship brought together Good Shepherd Sunday (April 21) and Earth Day (April 22) in a beautiful mash up.

We considered God, our Good Shepherd, as the source of all life, nourishment, and renewal and is the one who leads us all into right-relationship with creation. As people who live and benefit from the earth’s resources, what does it mean to live gently upon the earth? How are we caring for the “fold” and “pastures” of God’s world in changing climates? We raised these questions and invited the worshipping assembly to take up one practice that cares for the earth.

Creation Care Options included:

• Committing to the use of reusable shopping bags for grocery shopping.

• Committing to reducing single-use, plastic food bags by purchasing reusable food storage bags (available on Amazon and in stores like Target and Walmart)

• Committing to consuming no meat once per week.

• Committing to drying clothes on a clothesline.

• Committing to conducing an energy and/or water audit on your home.

• Committing to learning more about creation care and building knowledge and skills for future action. (Need place to start? Check out OneHomeOneFuture.org for tools and resources.)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it.Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy. (Psalm 96:11-12)