October Action Center: Creation Justice Ministries

Check out these different ways for you and your congregation to get involved. Come back every month for new ways to take action!

Take Action this Month: 
Congress will be voting on the Build Back Better Act sometime in the next few weeks. Even if you've already called, your members need to hear from you again. Please take action today! 

TAKE ACTION!

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

• Submit by October 11th - Passion for the Planet Virtual Performance for the COP26 interfaith space:  Record yourself, your friends, your family or your choir singing the final hymn, "Holy Earth, Ancient Home." Send in your performance, and we'll literally bring your voices to Glasgow, Scotland this November! Explore this Record yourself, your friends, your family or your choir singing the final hymn, “Holy Earth, Ancient Home.” Send in your performance, and we’ll (literally) bring your voices to Glasgow, Scotland this November! Explore this website for more details on how to participate.
• Stay Tuned: PCUSA Food Program Week Starts October 13th! 
• October 19th at 6:30 PM: Sacredness of Water: Theology & Environmental Justice on the Gulf - This event will be a theological foundation of faith leaders addressing the sacredness of water especially as it relates to Louisiana. We will bring together a diverse group of leaders of faith-based organizations and faith leaders to examine our physical, spiritual, cultural and socioeconomic dependence on this life-sustaining resource. Participants will explore emerging threats to water, useful sources of information, and ethical actions that we may take to protect this most profoundly sacred gift.
• Sunday, October 24th at 4 PM EST: Hope and Healing in a Time of Ecological Crisis: Liturgy, Lament, and Resilience

News & Reflections

• Join us in celebrating Season of Creation! Creation Justice Ministries will have weekly programming all month long, including the start of our #ScriptureSunday campaign with guest theologians diving into different aspects of theology and creation. Check out our weekly reflections here! ​

Resources

• Earth Day Resource 2021 “A New Heaven and A New Earth”: This year’s educational resource centers on public health, environmental racism, and eco-justice.
• Check out our 52 Ways to Care for Creation Blog. Each week you can find a new tip for how you and your congregation can be stewards of God's creation. Want to see the full year of tips? Check out the full article on our blog here.
• EcoPreacher Resources: In an effort to encourage clergy to preach and teach on Christian ecology at least once a month, The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and the Rev. Dr. Leah Schade have partnered to develop a new free resource called EcoPreacher 1-2-3.  Drawing from Eco Bible, a Jewish ecological commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures, Dr. Schade, author of Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2015), provides sermon preparation for preaching about caring for God’s Creation that is short, accessible, and based on a solid biblical foundation.