Earth Sermons

Worship is central to the ministry of faith communities, and sermons proclaim God’s kingdom. Environmental issues, and global warming in particular, are issues that affect not only God’s creation of the natural world but also affect God’s people all over the world.  The poor, both in developed and developing countries, bear a disproportionate share of the negative effects of global warming.  Issues of social justice are issues that faith communities have lifted up in sermons for millennia.

Through this site, we are collecting and archiving Earth Sermons from around the globe. Send us yours.

Earth Sermons

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Celebrating God's Creation
A report of 2007 programs at Second Presbyterian Church
Richmond, Virginia

Caring for Creation: Stuff
An all Sunday school liturgy
Used on April 20, 2008
At Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsville, Virginia

Earth Day Celebration in Tidewater
A report by Susan Hedge, Ecological Educator Diocese of Richmond
Contact:  shedge@!richmonddiocese.org or 549-725-2197
May 3, 2008

God's Creation, Our Sacred Trust
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Luke 16:1-13
A sermon by Dick Neelly
Delivered at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
September 23, 2007

Menuha
A homily on a Rogation Theme by Evelyn Wheeler, Lector
Delivered on April 27, 2008
Olivet Episcopal Church, Franconia, Virginia

What Do We Hear?
Psalm 19:1-14; Romans 8:8-25
A sermon by Harry Postal
Delivered at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
April 20, 2008

At One With the Earth (.pdf)
A Hymn
By Courtney Joyner

Ecology and the Church: Theology and Action (.pdf)
by Diane E. Sherwood
Originally published in The Christian Century
May 13, 1987

Ecology and Economy (.pdf)
A lecture by the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Delivered on March 8, 2005 at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England

Ecological Compassion (.pdf)
A sermon by Courtney Joyner
Delivered April 22, 2007
Devereux United Methodist Church, Devereux, Ga.

Conviction of the Heart (.pdf)
Genesis 1:1 – 2:4
A sermon by Sharon K. Core
Arlington Presbyterian Church, Arlington, Va.
Delivered on April 22, 2007

Changing the Focus on Non-Renewable Energy and the Stewardship of the Environment (.pdf)
An address by the Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane, D.D.
Bishop of Washington, and Dean of Washington National Cathedral
November 6, 2004

Religion and the Environment (.pdf)
An address by the Rev. Sally Bingham
Delivered Nov. 6, 2004 at Washington National Cathedral

A Call to Action (.pdf)
A Sermon by Reverend Bob Wohlfort
Delivered at 1st Trinity Lutheran Church, Washington DC
March 9, 2008

The Earth is the Lord’s (.pdf)
A sermon by Reverend R. Charles Grant, D.Min.
Delivered on April 29, 2007 at Bon Air Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia
Scripture references: Psalm 8 Psalm 24:12, Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31, Romans 8:19-24

‘Let Everything that Breathes …’ (.pdf)
A sermon by Kirk Nave
Delivered April 29, 2007 at River Road United Methodist Church, Richmond VA
Scriptural references: Job 12:7-10; Psalm 148; Psalm 150

Noah (.pdf)
A sermon by Paul Amrhein
Human Concerns Minister
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, Richmond, Va.

The Great Connection (.pdf)
A sermon by Bass Mitchell
Delivered on July 16, 2006 at Ivy Creek UMC, Charlottesville, Va.
Scriptural references: Psalm 24

Creation Care (.pdf)
A testimonial by John Adams Broughton
Delivered on April 22, 2007 at Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church, Spotsylvania, Va.