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\"\"<\/a>“In the Scriptures, God assigns a sacred responsibility to human beings: we are to care for and keep God\u2019s creation for future generations,” opens the ELCA’s most recent social message<\/a>, “Earth’s Climate Crisis.” It continues, “With God\u2019s help humanity can turn from the present course, take loving and just action, and live more harmoniously within God\u2019s beautiful and verdant creation.”<\/p>\n

Creation Care Ambassadors<\/a> (Ambassadors), trained through a certification program of Lutherans Restoring Creation<\/a> (LRC) with ELCA collaborator Blessed Tomorrow, empower themselves to make a difference with tools, resources and networking<\/a> to act and advocate for climate solutions. Reach out to an Ambassador to help support local congregational and synod creation care activities using the \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f LRC locator map<\/a>, and consider taking the free training<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c[This network] helps us engage with all the ways we care about our environment as people of faith, and makes us able to talk about climate change – not as a political issue, but as something that affects how we love our neighbor,\u201d says Phoebe Morad, LRC Executive Director and ELCA Creation Care Network Associate. \u201cWe\u2019re saying to the Creator we worship – thank you for this creation,\u201d she describes, and Ambassadors can prompt informed and faithful response. \u201cAnd then we are acting, together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stephanie Coble Lower attended the Susquehanna Summit in Oct. 2022, an interfaith environmental gathering, after her Ambassador training. \u201cOne thing I have discerned is that I love connecting organizations in our work. There is so much more we can do together as opposed to individually,\u201d she said. Great times to invite an Ambassador to facilitate presentations and conversations on faith and climate include conferences, small-group forums and retreats, and important days like Earth Day and holy seasons. \u201cI pray daily for opportunities and guidance [about] how my expertise and passion can be used to benefit God’s creation,\u201d Lower adds.<\/p>\n

Many of us find ourselves enjoying and centering the natural world in our daily activities anew this spring. \u201cAs Lutheran Christians, we confess that both our witness to God\u2019s goodness in creation and our acceptance of caregiving responsibility have often been weak and uncertain,\u201d is a confession in Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice<\/em><\/a>, the third-ever ELCA social statement passed nearly three decades ago. As climate change presents humanity with a kairos<\/em> moment, let\u2019s center and enjoy anew actions together of creation care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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