CREATION CARE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVECREATION CARE ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE

As an agent of change, the Lutheran Community Foundation works to address pressing and unmet needs in our communities -- and the environmental crisis we face is one such issue. Input from our Lutheran community has demonstrated a collective will to realign our relationship with the planet we live on. Contact Rebecca Westermeyer for more information.

Place Matters - Creation Care Curriculum

Place Matters - Grounding Your Ministry in a Sense of Place, funded by the LCF's Creation Care Environmental Initiative, is now available to the public.  Congregations are encouraged to download the materials to pursue action and leadership around creation care.
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Lutherans Restoring Creation - Grant Progress Report

Highlights from Lutherans Restoring Creation, an LCF-funded project to engage Lutherans to promote caring for creation. 
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Creation Care: Workshop for Restoring a Sense of Place

Representatives from four Lutheran congregations in the greater Madison area met at Advent Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin as part of LCF’s “Engaging Lutheran Congregations through Sense of Place” pilot project.
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Promoting Energy Reduction and Environmental Collaboration with $100,000 in Grant Support

The Lutheran Community Foundation is pleased to award $100,000 in grants through its Creation Care Environmental Initiative.  The grants will fund two projects, Lutherans Restoring Creation and Engaging Lutheran Congregations through Sense of Place.  The focus of the initiative is to help church congregations reduce their energy footprint and promote leadership around creation care among pastors, laity and resident theologians within the Lutheran community, while engaging our donors around the concern of creation care.
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Reflections on Creation Care

Inspiring this initiative, Lutheran leaders and Foundation donors express concern for the environment, and share their thoughts on caring for creation.
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Creation Care Case Statement

There is no doubt that we face serious environmental challenges.  As a community foundation of Lutherans, how do we act in a way that is aligned with our faith, values, heritage and understanding of our calling in the world?
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Links and Resources

Books and online resources on the topic of faith and the environment.
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Support the Creation Care Environmental Initiative!

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Or send a check to:
Lutheran Community Foundation
625 Fourth Ave. S., Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN 55415. Please indicate "Creation Care Environmental Initiative" in the memo field of the check.

Related:
Grants from Collaborative Funds


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