Greening Congregations Toolkit
A tool-kit for congregations seeking to integrate creation care into all aspects of their congregational life. This comprehensive guide is generally the first step to becoming a Greening Congregation.
Earth Letter
Earth Ministry/WAIPL’s nationally acclaimed quarterly journal, Earth Letter, is a benefit of membership in Earth Ministry/WAIPL. In addition to articles from leading voices in the faith-based environmental movement, you can keep up on the latest Earth Ministry/WAIPL events.
Care More, Car Less
Our Care More, Car Less workbook is the perfect tool for putting together a Care More, Car Less Sunday in your faith community. This companion workbook includes worship aids such as relevant scripture, sermon ideas, and an optional Blessing of the Travelers so you can tailor the event to your congregation’s desires.
Caring for All Creation
Earth Ministry/WAIPL’s two-part Caring for All Creation curriculum encourages individuals and communities of faith to live in loving community with all of God’s creation, in specific aspects of our lives.
Ken Burns’ National Parks PBS
Religious Study Guides
Two religious study guides designed to accompany Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” 12-hour portrait of our national parks. These guides encourage participants to explore God in nature and our covenant with the earth. This an effective tool for groups, and include 2 free “clips” DVDs with purchase.
Food & Faith:
Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread
A diversity of voices and a helpful study guide point to directions that both individuals and communities can take to bring about a healthier and more equitable world through the food we eat.
Natural Saints: How People of Faith are Working to Save God’s Earth
Natural Saints: How People of Faith are Working to Save God’s Earth shares stories and strategies of people of faith working to integrate the environment into their ministries. This book reveals how a focus on God’s earth transforms both people and congregations.
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life
A diversity of voices and a helpful four- to twelve-week study guide make this an effective tool for individuals and groups ready to consider alternatives to the high-price, high-stress “Good Life”: the riches of simplicity and compassion.
Money & Faith: The Search for Enough
A timely collection, a diversity of voices and a community-building study guide encourage individuals and groups to consider issues of happiness and trust, investments and retirement, equity and ecology, and scarcity and abundance.