Lisa’s Pieces: Creation Care Tips from the Synod Lutherans Restoring Creation Team for October 2025

Sep 25, 2025

By Lisa Brenskelle

For more information on any of the below, or for creation care assistance/information, contact Lisa Brenskelle at gcs.lrc@gmail.com or see our website! The team is seeking additional members. If you would be willing to serve, please contact us.

The mission of Lutherans Restoring Creation is to promote incorporation of care for creation into the full life and mission of the church, working in five areas: worship, education, discipleship, building & grounds, and public ministry/advocacy. For some timely information in these areas, see below:

Worship

Check out this liturgy on creation care. Attend the online youth-led closing service for the season of creation on Oct. 4.  Fall is a great time to plant trees.  Use this tree planting liturgy for your planting event. A new creation-focused prayer is posted each week. Creation-focused commentaries on the lectionary are available from a Lutheran source.

Education

Join Nature Solutions: The Hidden Gifts of Fungi & Native Plants online on Oct. 26. Learn how your voice can make a difference for clean water in Clean Water in Action: Advocacy Through the Permitting Process online on Oct. 5. Learn how to reduce your household carbon footprint & create a plan for a 50% reduction by 2030 in Living the Change.  Not sure how human society can effectively address climate change?  You can find out in Drawdown Roadmap online on Thursdays, Oct. 21 – Nov. 13. For youth, consider Understanding Creation Care in Everyday Contexts as an educational offering.

Discipleship

Share these “Bulletin blurb” eco-tips (+ verses & quotes) with your congregation. Experience spirituality in nature in the Via Creationis: Walking the Way of Creation in Hermann Park in Houston on Oct. 18 or Nov 1. Join the Lutherans Restoring Creation – Gulf Coast team for the People’s Ecochallenge online throughout October to live out your faith.  Create a devotional playlist using materials from A Creation Liturgy. Consider how micro-retreats can enhance your spiritual life.

Building & Grounds

Learn How to Become a Cool Congregation online on Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. Done great things to care for creation?  You could win a prize. Apply for the American Climate Leadership Awards 2026. Learn how to reduce your energy bills in Energy for Purpose. You still have time to get solar direct pay tax credits for non-profits.  Learn more in Deadline for Solar Tax Credits recording and Deadline for Solar Tax Credits resources. Get inspired by the work of Churches of Restoration in Nashville.

Public Ministry/Advocacy

The weekly-updated Opportunities to Care for, Learn About, and Enjoy Nature features volunteer events in the greater Houston area.  Commit to advocacy on climate policy in The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities on Tuesdays, Oct. 21 – Nov. 11. Bring a group to the Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event on Oct. 12 in Willow Waterhole Greenspace in Houston.  Join the Lutherans Restoring Creation bike team for Bike Around the Bay (10/18 & 10/19 in Galveston/Baytown) or the Park to Port ride (10/25 in Houston).  A new eco-justice advocacy opportunity is posted on the synod team’s website each week.

October & Early November Creation Care Events