As an extension of this year’s SEASON OF CREATION THEME: ROOTED, we have arranged with the Duwamish Alive Coalition to take a GUIDED TOUR OF THE ROXHILL BOG on SATURDAY, JUNE 25, from 10:00 to 11:30. The BOG serves as the headwaters of Longfellow Creek, a tributary of the Duwamish. Urbanization and climate change have caused damage to the urban […]
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CREATION CARE AND CARBON NEUTRALITY At our congregational meeting on January 30, 2022, the Creation Care Team of Peace will present a resolution on carbon neutrality for consideration. The text of the resolution and the background leading to its creation can be found here: Resolution 2022-1 carbon neutrality To PREVIEW the Video introducing the resolution, click […]
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Welcome to Peace – We’re glad you’re here. As part of our Season of Creation: Rivers series in June 2021, we asked author and river advocate BJ Cummings and Duwamish Tribal leader and riverkeeper James Rasmussen to share with us some of their deep knowledge and hard-won wisdom about Seattle’s only River–the Duwamish. The result is the recording below. […]
The River that Made Seattle: Interview with BJ Cummings and James Rasmussen Read More »
It looks a bit like a Charlie Brown christmas tree at the moment, but Vicki and I planted this year’s baby tree from the Seattle Trees For Neighborhoods program on December 9, 2020. Its species is called Amur Maackia. The arborist with the program chose it for this location for multiple reasons, including its hardiness […]
New Baby Tree Planted at Peace! Read More »
Workers from Artisan Electric have completed installing solar panels on the roof at Peace, allowing us to harvest the sun’s energy for our needs and contributing clean energy these summer days to the needs of our neighbors. 😎 For more information: – About Creation Care at Peace Lutheran Church – About our Creation Care Team
SOLAR PANELS ARE INSTALLED AND WORKING! Read More »
After reading and discussing Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home, leaders from our congregation drafted a letter to Pope Francis, which is printed below. We invite you, in turn, to read Laudato Si’ and to share your responses with your own faith community, friends, and neighbors. May 29, 2016 His […]
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A story about the raft for Harbor Seal pups our congregation built and launched in Puget Sound last summer is being told in the April 2015 edition of our national ELCA magazine, THE LUTHERAN. Follow this LINK to read the article and read about other ways ELCA ministries are working to be Earthkeepers. http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article.cfm?article_id=12535 In the photo at left, Pastor Erik Kindem (blue Kayak), […]
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