Good news, Peace Earth-keepers! The 2026 Peace Lutheran Church Climate Action Plan is ready and available!
Approaching this fourth annual action planning process, the Creation Care Team was blessed with so many wonderful ideas that flowed from the Vision Task Force’s small group gatherings, online survey and a Post-It notes exercise at the 80th Anniversary event. For Creation Care, those recommendations and requests broadly fell into three categories:
1) Keep reducing Peace Lutheran’s environmental impact;
2) Get more involved with the broader community caring for creation; and
3) Deepen our environmental justice work in partnership with Social Ministry and other ministries at Peace. We built this year’s plan around them.
Our pollinator program is back in the spotlight this year with an emphasis on creating housing and habitat for our native bees, including the mason bee. Mark your calendar for the Feb. 1 after-service event to build bee houses!
We’ll also continue our programs to reduce plastic waste, particularly during our third annual “Plastics Free July” campaign, and to encourage more plant-based eating to lessen the environmental impact of our daily dining.
In collaboration with other Peace ministries, we’ll be emphasizing environmental justice to address the unequal impacts of climate change around the world and right here in the Duwamish Valley where marginalized communities often suffer the most while contributing the least to the climate crisis.
Take a look and see what interests you most.
The full plan is available for download as a PDF file: 2026 Peace Lutheran Church Climate Action Plan
More information about Creation Care at Peace Lutheran Church:
- What is Creation Care?
- Creation Care Team at Peace Lutheran Church
- (Archive of Creation Care-related Announcements)
- Care of Creation is a goal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): Caring for Creation – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca.org)
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