Welcome to "Let All Creation Praise"
- resources to celebrate creation-care worship throughout the year -

Our website offers resources for congregations to worship with God’s creation
so as to reconcile and restore our relationship with the rest of nature
and to foster love of and care for God’s whole creation.
We also provide resources to celebrate a “season of creation” in the church year.
 
NEW For Preachers: Care for Creation Commentary on the Common Lectionary:
Trinity Sunday in Year B (by Dr. Dennis Ormseth)                                               [Commentary Archive]
 
For a great forum to share your ideas on incorporating creation-care into the worship life of your congregation, and to learn from others visit our facebook page.
  Facebook page.  (You can access the page even without a Facebook account.)
 
Earth Day, 2012 was on a Sunday. Many congregations and other groups took advantage of this grand opportunity with liturgies, sermons, forums on care of earth, and joyous celebrations!
St. Stephen's Lutheran in Monona, WI held a water festival, including offering rain barrels to members.  At St. Luke Lutheran in Beckley, WV, National Park rangers spoke after a Green Day potluck, and children planted flowers in re-used tin cans.  Faith Lutheran in Janesville, WI had a Rogation day to bless soil and seeds for the year and the dedication of a new community garden.  Others congregations used sidewalk chalk and a family showing of "Wall-E." 
The Greater Milwaukee Synod of the ELCA had a special worship service followed by kitemaking. 
Here is their slideshow for worship:

earthday_2012.ppt


How did you or your congregation celebrate?  Share stories or pictures on our Facebook page or send them to Nick Utphall at nick@ststlc.net.

Summer Outdoor Worship
As we move into warmer weather in the northern hemisphere, we have an easier opportunity to connect our worship services with our creation-care focus by getting outdoors amid nature to worship!
We have some beginning thoughts on our worship outside page. 
You can also visit the Sanctuary tab to think about good ways to bring the outside into your regular worship environment.
Maybe it's at a lakeside or surrounded by the hymns of birds on your own church lawn. 
Perhaps you gather at a Bible camp or worship at a park campground. 
What are your outdoor worship plans this summer?  We'd love to post them here.
Share ideas or photos on our Facebook page or with Nick Utphall at nick@ststlc.net.
 
Care for creation weekly commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary
1. Lutherans Restoring Creation commentary by Dennis Ormseth http://www.lutheransrestoringcreation.org

2. Christian Ecology Link (United Kingdom) Ecological Notes on the Common Worship Lectionary by Keith Innes. 

3. The Environmental Stewardship Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota (MEESC) has Earth-centered sermons and commentaries on lectionary readings. http://www.env-steward.com/lectnry.htm.  


Worship Checklist. This list of possibilities for renewal is suggestive of actions and resources that might assist you in worshiping with creation  in your congregation. Choose what works best for you, add to the list, and seek to do it all in communion with the love God has for all creation. 
Four Steps to Care for Creation in All Worship. Follow these simple suggestions and modest changes to make every worship service a opportunity to worship with creation and on behalf of creation.
NEW Devotional Resources for Individuals and Small Groups: Here are some devotional booklets and collections of inspirational reflections and sermons for personal devotion and for readings in small prayer groups.
Contact us: If you wish to offer suggestions and ideas or submit material for inclusion on the site, see our contact information in the "About us" section.