ELCA Social Statements on:

Environment (Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice)

http://www.elca.org/socialstatements/environment/

Economic Life (Sufficient, Sustainable Livelihood for All)

http://www.elca.org/socialstatements/economiclife/

Other sites within the ELCA’s Division for Church in Society:

Environment (General) ~ http://www.elca.org/dcs/epr/environment/envindex.html

Global Warming ~ http://www.elca.org/dcs/epr/environment/issues/globalwarming.html

ELCA Environmental Audit Guide

http://www.elca.org/dcs/epr/environment/pdf/envaudit.pdf

Your Congregation and the Environment:A Manual for Action
http://www.webofcreation.org/start/manuals/rhoads/contents.html

A manual created by David Rhoads, M.Div., Ph.D., who is Professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (LSTC). He is the faculty advisor for the LSTC Green Zone.

“Parish as Model: Buildings and Grounds” by Professor David Rhoads http://www.webofcreation.org/Building-and-grounds/model.html

Practically Green with Love: A guide to environmental education and action in ELCA congregations.

http://www.webofcreation.org/start/manuals/scheidt/

Lutheran Earthkeeping Network of the Synods (LENS) homepage:

http://www.webofcreation.org/lens/index.html

NCC’s Eco-Justice Homepage (the ELCA is part of the National Council of Churches of Christ and therefore part of their Eco-Justice program)

http://www.nccecojustice.org/ 

“Care of the Earth” handbook: An Environmental Resource Manual for Church Leaders, Edited by Tina B. Krause, Produced by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago In Memory of Joseph B. Sittler, 1994; http://www.webofcreation.org/start/manuals/krause/index.html

"Earth's Climate Embraces Us All: A Plea from Religion and Science for Action on Global Climate Change."  Statement signed by ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, May 2004.
The full text can be found at www.nrpe.org or go to: http://www.nrpe.org/climate_letter.pdf

Web of Creation: Global Warming (by Professor David Rhoads)

http://www.webofcreation.org/advocacy/globalwarming/GlobalWarming.htm

Center Priorities (.pdf)

Bulletin Inserts
Child Support (.pdf)
Environment (.pdf)
Housing Trust (.pdf)
Indigent Defense (.pdf)
Payday Lending (.pdf)
Minimum Wage (.pdf)

Advocacy Resources
Advocacy Guide (.doc)
Advocacy Portal (link)
Lending Info. (.ppt)
Richmond Map (.pdf)

For Small Groups
Eco-Stewardship (link)
Prayers for Creation (link)
Poverty Diet (link)

Policy Briefs
EITC (.doc)
TANF Child Support (.doc)
Payday Loans (.doc)
Healing Creation (.doc)
Child Ombudsman (.doc)
Affordable Housing (.doc)
Indigent Defense (.doc)
Minimum Wage (.doc)
Wage & EITC (.doc)
VA Tribes (.link)

Actions
Lending Petition (link)
Title Petition (link)
Wage Petition (link)

Reports
Budget Analysis (.pdf)
Food Stamps (.doc)
Lottery Study (link)

FAQ's (link)

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