Creation Care and Climate Change Sermons

Each year, millions of Christians observe the Season of Creation from September 1 to October 4, an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect God's earth. During 2019's Season of Creation, nearly 600 Faithful America members pledged to either preach or ask their pastor/priest to preach on the climate crisis. We are delighted to share some of their sermons here!

• "World Day of Prayer for Creation," the Rev. Megan Lovejoy, September 1, 2019

• "Choose life for you and your children!", the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, September 8, 2019

• "Once We Start to Act, Hope is Everywhere," the Rev. Sara Cosca-Warfield, September 22, 2019

• "One in Christ," Nori Kieran-Meredith, M. Div., October 6, 2019

• "Thanksgiving," the Rev. Dr. F. Mark Mealing, October 13, 2019

The Season of Creation is helpful for reminding us of the importance of environmental justice to our faith, but the tasks of combating climate change and caring for God's creation demand our attention all year-round. Faithful America's campaigns director, the Rev. Nathan Empsall, is an Episcopal priest with a Master in Environmental Management, and frequently preaches about faith and the environment. Here are several of his sermons from the rest of the calendar year:

• "Finding Hope and Right Relationship: A Climate-Change Sermon on the Conversion of St. Paul." January 25, 2019

• "Yes, we are dust: Stardust." Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

• "On Wolves, MLK, and the Trinity: Revealing the Image of God in Nature." Trinity Sunday, June 16, 2019

• "'It's tiny, it's shiny, it's beautiful, it's home, and it's fragile.'" July 21, 2019.

• "St. Francis and the Blessing of the Pets," October 6, 2019

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