Creation Care Task Force
Welcome to the Diocese of Virginia’s Creation Care Task Force web page.
Our mission is to help church members, parishes and missions of the Diocese consider environmental stewardship as a practice of faith and to provide resources for the implementation of creation care projects.
“When the bow is in the clouds, I will look upon
it and remember the everlasting covenant
between God and every living creature of all
flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:16
Download your Lenten Creation Care Calendar from Virginia Interfaith Power & Light.
Grants available:
- The Episcopal Church Task Force on Creation Care and Environmental Racism is offering grants for appropriate projects now. Deadline to apply is April 16, 2021 at 5 p.m. Learn more and apply. Watch this webinar recording for additional information on this grant.
- The National Fund for Sacred Places grant program is accepting letters of intent for the 2021 cycle until March 15. Learn more.
Creation Care Resolutions and Resources
The Episcopal Church, on all levels, has made Creation Care one of its top priorities.
The Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ, in 111 dioceses and regional areas in 17 nations; 100 of which are in the United States. The Episcopal Church’s Covenant for the Care of Creation is a commitment to practice loving formation, liberating advocacy and life-giving conversation as individuals, congregations, ministries and dioceses. Learn more, get involved and take advantage of resources offered through the links below.
- The Episcopal Church’s vision for creation care.
- Episcopal Covenant to Care of Creation: Putting It into Practice
- Episcopal Creation Care Facebook page
- Subscribe to the monthly Episcopal Church Creation Care newsletter.
- Agrarian Ministries of the Episcopal Church Facebook group
- Cultivate Episcopal Food Movement Facebook page
- Episcopal Beekeepers Facebook page
- The Center for Religion and Environment at Sewanee: University of the South. Subscribe to their newsletter.
- Subscribe to Province III of the Episcopal Church’s by emailing kentshifferd@gmail.com.
Diocese of Virginia
Creating a Green Team in Your Church
Each congregation in the Diocese of Virginia is unique. Having a Green Team within your church means creation care worship, education and action goals can be made meaningful to your own congregation. Environmental justice issues can be addressed at the local level. Even the smallest steps help. The diocesan Creation Care Task Force is here and ready to help. Send us an email at DioceseOfVaCreationCare@gmail.com. Below is a list of additional resources for use by green teams in local congregations.
- The Episcopal Church’s vision for creation care.
- Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake’s Faithful Green Leaders Training Program.
- Blessed Tomorrow offers this Moving Forward Guide to help congregations plan action steps
- Interfaith Power and Light
- Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
- Greening Congregations Handbook: Stories, Ideas, and Resources for Cultivating Creation Awareness and Care in Your Congregation is an excellent resource and includes tools for worship, education, forming mission statements and moving into community outreach.
- How do I begin to help my Planet? Ideas to help you get started.
Contact the Creation Care Task Force
- Aisha Huertas, Minister for Missional Engagement
- Stacey Remick, Task Force Chair