Rachel Lockhart Folkerts, Farm Programs Director, Plant It Forward Established in 2011, Plant It Forward (PIF) empowers refugees to develop sustainable farms that provide fresh, healthy food to our community. PIF’s programs provide education, land, and market access to a network of over 60 new American growers from our city's Congolese, Sudanese, Rohingya, Burmese, and [...]

As people of faith and conscience, we believe elections are a referendum on the values that will shape our future. How can we renew our fragile democracy, which is imperative to creating policies that protect communities and our Sacred Earth? How do we honor the human dignity and worth of every person? Given our mutual [...]

If you are not registered to vote in Harris County, or if you have moved & need to update your registration, you can do so at Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston on Sept. 15.  To check if you are registered, and at what address, see https://www.hctax.net/Voter/Search. Bring your TX driver’s license, or [...]

You are invited to a rain barrel workshop. Join us on Sunday, September 29 to learn about the benefits of rain barrels, get one for your home/house of worship and learn how to install it on your property. Rain barrels not only conserve water, a precious natural resource, they also help to keep water clean [...]

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2024 is Restoration, Renewal & Regeneration. Mary Anne Morris, Director & Founder, Wild Bird Adventures A Feathered Adventure Birds are all around us. They are seen and heard every day. Too often they can [...]

The CTK Creation Care Team invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2018 is Stewardship. Jordan Fengel, Executive Director, State of TX Alliance for Recycling In September, we welcome Jordan Fengel, Executive Director of STAR (State of Texas Alliance for Recycling).  Richard holds a Bachelors degree  in Environmental Management, [...]

The online People’s Ecochallenge offers you the opportunity to care for the earth by taking on a challenge(s) in: community, energy, food, health, nature, simplicity, transportation, waste, and water.  You can learn about these topics, take action in your personal life, advocate or create a new environmental justice/stewardship habit over the course of the month [...]

Wednesdays, October 2 – November 6, 6 p.m., online Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react, but also prepare. Over the last decade, hurricanes have intensified, wildfires have burnt stronger, and heat waves have baked our cities. These [...]

A Monarch butterfly visits the current garden Love to garden and love butterflies?  Please join us to more than double our native plant pollinator garden at Christ the King Lutheran Church in the Rice Village in Houston.  We could use your help!  Please bring your own gardening gloves & tools, we’ll supply the plants. Contact [...]

Japanese Garden at Hermann Park, photo by Patrick Talley Saturday, October 12, 9 a.m. & Saturday, November 9, 10 a.m. Hermann Park 6001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77030 Connect with God as revealed through creation at Hermann Park in this guided prayer walk in the park, using the park’s beautiful natural setting to stimulate prayer [...]