Water: God's Life-Sustaining Everyday Miracle

Christian Faith and Water
Through the waters of our baptism, we are reminded of how God's redeeming grace cleanses and renews us. God provides all of creation with safe water for good reason. Clean water is essential to health and habitat.  It keeps us hydrated, healthy, and turns our homes, our recreation sites, and work spaces into safe places.  Most of us cannot imagine living without clean safe water. Yet, this is a reality for many communities – from Michigan, to West Virginia, to Navajoland.  It is our firm conviction that faith communities must uphold a sacred trust to rightly share water among all peoples and all of creation.

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About Our Work

Creation Justice Ministries encourages Christian communities to consider water as a sacred gift from God which connects and sustains all life.

We educate, equip, and mobilize Christian communities to conduct water blessings, as well advocate to protect clean, safe water.

Get Involved

• Celebrate World Water Day each year on March 22.
  
• Use Creation Justice Ministries' #WorldWaterDay social media images.
  
• Look up what watershed(s) you work, live, and play in. (link) Then, look up whether there is a Riverkeeper or watershed care organization you can join!
  

In the News

• Our Christian Call to Advocate for Clean Water (United Methodist News) by Janet Keating of West Virginia
  
• Water: A Gift From God and  A Human Right (Featured in the Ecumenical Water Network Newsletter) by Bryanna Baker-Meckley
  
• Water for life: not guaranteed for the Indigenous people of the Navajo Nation (World Council of Churches) by Annika Harley
  
• Water Memories, Water Stories (United Methodist News) by Rev. Alicia Rapking
  

Christian Education & Liturgical Resources

Visit our "Water, Holy Water"  landing page to find a free downloadable Christian education resource on water. The landing page also includes liturgical resources, sermon starters, and ideas to take action.

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 "Sacred Water: Precious Gift & Critical Concern" prayer and reflection packet by Sisters of Mercy of the Americas (Download Spanish version)

Vermont Congregational Watershed Discipleship Manual by VT Interfaith Power & Light

Past Action

• See the witness of Christian communities across the United States that are praying for better stewardship of God's gift of water.
• Healing Waters Retreat in West Virginia (Fall 2019)
• See a roundup of Christian action in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
  

Rev. Ron English, Dr. Ellen Darden, and Annika Harley at the West Virginia Water retreat in October, 2019

Water Policy

• Religious Communities Celebrate US Senate Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act- Creation Justice Press Release
  
• Creation Justice Ministries Celebrates Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act in the US House of Representatives- Creation Justice Press Release
  
• Thirty by Thirty Faith Letter
  
• Water Justice in the Navajo Nation - June 2020 Fact Sheet
  
• Read Creation Justice Ministries' Statement on Waters of the United States Rule
  
• Read Creation Justice Ministries' Statement on the Stream Protection Rule